As part of the Faculty of Civil Engineering's excursion week, the Chair of Steel and Hybrid Construction took students from the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses in Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards and Risks in Engineering (NHRE) on a day trip on 23.05.2018. In the morning, we visited the construction site of a steel pedestrian bridge over the A4 near Stadtroda. We were given a detailed tour by the planning engineering firm DÄHN - Ingenieure and the client's representative from the Thuringian State Office for Construction and Transport. The production of steel building structures and metal construction was then on the agenda during the guided tour of the production halls at the Treuen site of Goldbeck GmbH. On the return journey from Treuen, the Glötzschtal Bridge was the first stop on the way. This is still the world's largest brick bridge and, as a technical monument, an impressive structure of early engineering achievements. The day ended with a visit to the Dragon's Tail Bridge near Ronneburg. The longest wooden bridge in Europe offers interesting insights into the structural design of a wooden span construction and structural wood protection.
