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Location :  Home > News Archive > News Item     News 22 June 2009 Austroads Bridge Conference Awards Three projects with which BBR Network Members were associated have been recognised by awards presented at the recent Austroads Bridge Conference in Auckland. The overall Gold Award went to the Green Bridge in Brisbane. Structural Systems supplied and installed the stay cables for this project which is now named the Eleanor Schonell Bridge. "This dedicated bus, pedestrian and cycle bridge links the community of Brisbane and the University of Queensland in a spectacular way taking into account architecture, construction, economy and the environment. A state-of-the-art design, which includes for the future provision of a light rail system, was a competition winner which was significantly lower in cost than the others and was constructed on budget and ahead of schedule. Considerable thought was entertained to find the most cost effective solution and this was achieved in a spectacular way through innovative design and careful material selection which is expected to increase the life of the structure from 100 to 150 years". Eleanor Schonell Bridge Gold Award Winner Submitted by GHD Consultants, the Green Bridge also won the Certificate of Excellence Award for large structures. To view our project data sheet on the Eleanor Schonell Bridge, click here. BBR Network Member for New Zealand, BBR Contech was involved with the award winners for both the Maintenance & Rehabilitation division as well as the Medium Structures division. They performed the FRP strengthening for the Esmonde Road Underpass project submitted by Opus International Consultants for the Maintenance and Rehabilitation section and they supplied and installed the stay cables for the Ormiston Road Bridge submitted by Beca Infrastructure Ltd which was the first significant cable stayed road bridge in New Zealand. BBR Network Members have again demonstrated their capability in key projects and are proud to be associated with these award winning achievements.