Bridge Seismic Design

At WSP, our team of Future Ready experts use latest earthquake engineering findings and techniques, including performance-based design, sophisticated geotechnical analysis, and three-dimensional structural modelling, to predict the behavior and potential damage of bridges and civil structures during an earthquake.

Expertise Insights Projects Services

Our design goal is to ensure that bridges located in high seismic regions can withstand the large seismic forces with predicted structural damage that is consistent with the owner defined performance for post-earthquake emergency response and economic recovery.

Our team of bridge engineering experts comprises experienced engineers, seismologists, geologists, and technicians who have a deep understanding of seismic design principles and state-of-the-art technologies. Our team is well-versed in international seismic design codes and standards, including AASHTO, Eurocode, ASCE, Canadian standards and AS/NZS standards (Australia/NZ). We have extensive experience in working across earthquake-prone regions globally in new and retrofit design, risk assessment and post-earthquake emergency response including temporary and permanent repairs of earthquake damaged structures.

Our extensive global experience encompasses all aspects of seismic design and assessment of bridges including:

Seismic hazard assessment
Dynamic analysis
Response spectrum analysis
Ground response analysis
Soil-structure interactions
Low damage design
Bridge inspection and assessment
Post earthquake recovery
Seismic retrofitting
Tsunami design of bridges

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