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Future of Walk to Work in Middle East
Every day repairs have to be done and platforms and bridges are built. BRIDGES2000 does that. In addition, the BRIDGES2000 team recently started promoting its special way of working. Hendrik van der Ham, who in addition to his position as Head of Operations is also the founder of the company, has established a platform called New Circular Economy Companies Platform for companies in the Maritime and Offshore sector that want to work according to the same principle. The platform provides ideas and a mode. The aim is to burden the environment as little as possible while still being functional. The Platform will be introduced at the BRIDGES2000 booth during Adipec.
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In 1997 Van der Ham started in the bridges. From that moment on, he was already innovative. Awards were won from the Aluminum Centre for most innovative pedestrian bridge and also for the aesthetic and lightness of the various components, which could be assembled quickly. Approximately four men were able to assemble an entire bridge from the pallet to 15 m in one afternoon.
BRIDGES2000 now works with a team that understands its objectives and wants to promote them. “Of course, it’s about safety, speed of delivery and precise fitting,” says Van der Ham, “but also about being innovative and thinking about the environment. We use all kinds of leftovers, which are on our shelf in various sizes. When we see the hall of BRIDGES2000, there are the plates and tubes ready that can be used immediately, so that the transport is less burdened. In addition, reuse is emphasized.”
Aluminum
Manufactured from aluminum, BRIDGES2000 has many bridges, stairs and gangways in stock to rent out and function in various situations. In addition, the team receives daily questions to make specials. For example, Van der Ham’s team has been able to put together a number of specials and, among other things, an Accommodation Ladder has been made that keeps its steps horizontally downwards, flat and upwards. This is excellent for shipyards where ships protrude below and above the quay for a period of time every day due to the tide and where there is no large deck space on the ship. This solution also reduces the load on the quay, because it only moves parallel to the quay.
Offshore Access Systems
A completely different solution that BRIDGES2000 is working on is a solution for offshore platforms. The CGS 2 is an Access System that works the other way around than other well-known Walk-2-Work systems. Instead of working from the ship, the system works from the platform at sea and has a moving, stabilizing part at the bottom, the landing gear is dynamic and compensates the Roll and Pitch. In this way, a New Circular Economy solution is thought of, because every ship can drop people off and pick them up from the offshore platforms with this system.
Innovation & Challenge
BRIDGES2000 invites people from companies that also want to work in a New Circular Economy way. Come to the stand at ADIPEC 2022, where you receive the ‘Ten Tips for New Circular Economy Companies’ and where you can participate in being selected as one companies that the BRIDGES2000 team wants to guide to also become a New Circular Economy Company.
