SAN FRANCISCO -- T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, is proud to announce that the Sanhao Bridge in Shenyang, China, is the winner of the International Road Federation (IRF) 2009 Global Road Achievement Award (GRAA) for Design. Designed by TYLI鈥檚 Chongqing office, this signature cable-stayed bridge features two unique steel arch shaped towers that resemble a butterfly. The prestigious design award recognizes 鈥渙utstanding achievements in the broad design arena, including aesthetics, applications in challenging environments, cost efficiency and originality.鈥?
pandora beads The Sanhao Bridge is a new design configuration for cable-supported bridges wherein cables are used to impart additional strength to a girder bridge that, alone, would not be able to attain a given span length. Upon news of the award, TYLI Chairman of the Board, Dr. Man-Chung Tang, who conceptualized the partially cable-stayed girder bridge design acknowledged, 鈥淲ith the completion of the Sanhao Bridge, we have achieved yet another engineering milestone. TYLI addressed the City of Shenyang鈥檚 need for a design that would both impact people visually and also inspire a spirit of innovation鈥攖he kind of innovation Prada Replica Handbags that TYLI engineers have embraced for decades. We strove to encapsulate beauty and simplicity in a structure, and in doing so, raised the engineering practice to new heights.鈥?
TYLI accepted the engraved IRF GRAA crystal trophy on January 11, 2010 at IRF鈥檚 Annual Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. Over 200 road professionals and government officials gathered for this event to celebrate the accomplishments and successes of the road industry. Winner profiles can be found on the IRF website located at: .
Founded in 1954, T.Y. Lin International is an internationally recognized, multi-disciplined full service infrastructure engineering firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market. With more than one thousand employees working in offices throughout the United States and Asia, the firm is able to provide support on projects of varying size and complexity.
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