ABSTRACT

Abstract Fidgett Footbridge is located on the western side of the village of Chalgrove in Oxfordshire. It has the distinction of being the first concrete structure in Britain, and possibly Europe, to be reinforced entirely with glass fibre composite bars. It is one of the case studies which form part of EUROCRETE, a pan-European collaborative research programme developing non-ferrous reinforcement for concrete and the associated design methods. A crucial element of the case study is the monitoring of the short-and long-term behaviour of the structure and it is these aspects together with an outline ofEUROCRETE which are covered in this paper. Keywords: Bridges, fibre composites, footbridges, structural Monitoring, site testing.