The Company advocates the design and construct process as a most beneficial procurement route for bridges, particularly when it can result in solutions which integrate the design for service with the design for erection. For larger projects, Cleveland Bridge will appoint a leading bridge design consultant for the permanent works design to work closely with the in-house engineering team to achieve the best solution.

The process is particularly appropriate for integrating all the engineering disciplines involved with moving bridges - and to do so safely and efficiently in the typical short procurement times for commercial bridges such as ro/ro spans. To a lesser extent the same design skills are used to develop clients' conceptual designs and through value engineering to achieve economy whilst maintaining the original design concept.