The main outcomes of the day were getting a better understanding of the task in hand.
Before the site visit we discussed different bridge design and thought about the requirements for our bridge.
The site visit helped us to establish what we were working with and gave us some rough ideas for the design. I also took some pictures to aid us in the concept design process.
After getting back to the drawing studio we sketched out some ideas and discussed different options. I put forward a few ideas toward the structural supporting and we delegated some research work to the 6th form students in our group.
In the evening I researched a few case studies for bridges our size and researched requirements such as the height the bridge needs to be above the road (5m min) and the width of the bridge to ensure that the pedestrian traffic is split from the cyclists (5m).