Our onsite Fabrication Team have installed the Date Plaques to the North and South Abutment entrances on the Queensferry Crossing.

The 2017 Date Plaque above the South Abutment entrance. Photo courtesy of Transport Scotland.

Numbers for the 3.5m x 1.5m plaques, were designed on 3D Solidworks, cut with our Swift Cut 3000 Plasma Table and will be our highest profile application of this capability to date. While perhaps a very small piece of the project endeavour, the Plaque installation marks a significant symbolic milestone towards the completion of this iconic engineering undertaking.

Andy O’Kane of FCBC commented:-

“These stainless steel plaques have been fabricated with great precision by The Blake Group and are a fitting addition to the bridge’s abutments marking the year this grand structure will open”

To keep up to speed with progress on the new bridge, visit www.forth-bridges.co.uk/queensferry-crossing