Professional On-Site Timber Bridge Contractors

Bridge Builders

WHO WE ARE

Bridge Builders is the premier timber bridge contractor in the United States, providing innovative and environmentally conscious construction of custom timber vehicular bridges, public access boardwalk complexes, and light duty bridges for public trails, golf courses, and many other applications.

As the leading timber bridge contractor nationwide for more than twenty-five years, Bridge Builders ™ has constructed more than a thousand projects in commercial and residential developments, parks, and golf courses including building a 780-foot long bridge in Seagrove, a master-planned community in Santa Rosa Beach in Florida – the longest pile-supported HS-25 vehicular timber bridge in the country. No other timber bridge contracting company can match this outstanding record of work. Download our pdf Bridge Builders Overview.

WHAT WE DO

Bridge Builders ™ sets the standard for excellence in service, quality, and integrity for the timber bridge industry. We specialize in custom timber vehicular bridges built to AASHTO specifications for HS 20-44 or greater. Our timber bridges are a cost-effective and aesthetically pleasing alternative to the impersonal feel of concrete or steel bridges and unsightly culverts.

In addition to new timber bridge construction and timber boardwalk construction, we can also repair your existing boardwalk or timber bridge project. To learn more about the repair process, visit our boardwalk repair and bridge repair pages here.

View a sample video of a Bridge Builders’ ™ vehicular bridge construction project here.

HOW WE DO IT

Bridge Builders’ ™ Concept to Completion© proven formula allows the company to be more than simply a bridge contractor. Bridge Builders ™ manages the total life cycle of a project, working with owners, developers, architects, and general contractors. Our team of professionals responsible for design, engineering, management, and construction ensure the successful on-time, cost-effective completion of your project.

Nearly thirty years ago, Bridge Builders spearheaded design solutions for the timber bridge industry by developing “top-down” construction – an accelerated construction method whereby we can build timber bridges in wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas with minimal impact to the environment. The result: our bridges fit beautifully in their natural settings and are installed in a manner which helps preserve some of our nation’s prime environmentally sensitive areas and wetlands. Read more about preserving the natural environment for construction of the timber bridge built at Erin Hills, site of the 2017 U.S. Open.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Our past and current clients commend us for outstanding performance, quality, attention to detail and workmanship. As one of our clients put it, “Your crew needed little or no ‘hand holding.’ It was almost like your guys said, ‘show me where the bridges go and I’ll tell you when I’m done.'”

Get more information on Bridge Builders Contact us to find out how we can help you with a vehicular bridge or other timber bridge construction.

Please accept this letter as our sincere appreciation for your recent efforts in quickly repairing one of our bridges damaged by a torrential rainstorm early in the spring of this year. Your quick response to this matter was a crucial step in opening the race track for this year’s Indianapolis 500. Our appreciation and respect for your company as well as our relationship goes all the way back to 1991 when we first worked together during the reconstruction of our golf course.

Since 1991, you have completed three projects for us, the latest of which, was repairing a bridge you previously built in 2004 – a bridge damaged during a 200 – year rainstorm. However, even though the repair was, for you, a small, troublesome and complicated project, you still regarded us as though this was your first opportunity to work for a new and sought after client. The quality of your work is exacting and consistent no matter what size or complexity the project, and is exceeded only by the caliber of the people in your organization. It is that kind of unfailing attention and careful regard for a client that sets an organization apart from their competition, and it is those very same reasons that keep us returning to you.

Again, thank you for having the vision, philosophy and resources required to drive an organization that truly recognizes the regard for their clients while delivering a product with superb and consistent quality.

Kevin H. Forbes
P.E., Director of Engineering
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, L.L.C.