OREANDA-NEWS. April 13, 2011. WISCO signed strategic cooperation agreement with China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co., Ltd ((or BRDI in abbreviation). Based on the principle of complementary advantages and mutual developments, both sides will work together on development, design and application study of bridge steel, provides technical support and information for each other, so as to enhance industrial influence and market competitiveness of both sides, reported the press-centre of WISCO.

China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co., Ltd is the only special institute focused on Railway Bridge. Since its founding 60 years ago, it has implemented reconnaissance, design and consultation for over 800 large-scale and oversize bridges for highway, railroad and municipal construction. For the past many years, WISCO has been in well connection with BRDI, both are devoted to boost localization of oversize railroad bridge steel, and succeeded in steel development and application for Wuhu Yangtze River, the biggest Rail Road Bridge at that time, as well as joint development of 14MnNbq steel which has become the priority steel used for oversize railroad bridges in China. In recent years, WISCO and BRDI again jointly developed the fifth generation bridge steel of WNQ570, and it has been used in some major projects successfully such as Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River, Anqing Yangtze River.

The agreement between WISCO and BRDI will further deepen the cooperation of two sides on new steel research and development, talent training, technical communication and standard formulating. WISCO will take this cooperation as good opportunity to provide quick respond towards market and consumer demands, strengthen new material design and research and development for supporting welding technology, in pursuing of making new contribution along with BRDI to advance the development of Chinese bridge industry.