Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery

ERE Logistics wants to give a big nod to Didier over at BricTechnic for an impressive recreation of the ERE Logistics Portable Bridge System. You can go take a look at more pictures here, Didier’s ERE Logistic Bridge Imitation, the site is in French, so it may require translation if you don’t speak the language.

In the meantime here is a teaser picture of his project,

photo credit to didiercoll on BricTechnic

Yep, if you cannot tell, he did the recreation in LEGO! How cool (and impressive) is that! Be sure to check out the other pictures as well and keep up the great work!

Weather has been playing havoc in all parts of the country recently. Whether it is rain, tornados or flooding, something seems to be affecting just about every region. One of the big problems for many rural people is having their only roadway washed out by some of these huge rain storms.

ERE recently ran into this situation and the question was, how can you turn this,

and this,

into a workable solution that allows a local farmer to leave his property? In this case the answer was installing a portable bridge solution that allows them to easily cross the river and in this case is also capable of supporting the heavy equipment commonly found on a farm.

Here’s what that answer looked like!

To find out more be sure to check out our videos, ERE S80T Bridge Install or visit us on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/erelogistics and watch us install the bridge!

ERE Logistics just took on a project with Parks Canada to install a temporary bridge for them in Banff National Park.  Despite some rather cold weather and some huge delays involving crossing some busy railway tracks the installation was flawless.

The last day of the install we were dealing with -25 Celsius temperatures, but other than slowing down the installation itself, it showed how we can install in everything from desert conditions with extreme heat to Canadian winters with extreme cold.

The final install was a 137 foot bridge which will be left in place for three months to assist in fire management for the Parks people. Once they are finished we will come back in, remove the bridge and other than tire tracks and some over turned stones there will be essentially zero impact on the environment and nothing left behind.

Just another example of a great use for our portable bridging system. If you would like more information about the ERE S80T Portable bridging system be sure to leave a comment or you can reach us via the About section above.

Emergency bridges are not an area we had previously been targeting, but with all the crazy weather the world has been seeing globally lately we have actually had clients come to us looking for this type of a solution. From the floods in Pakistan to the earthquakes in Chile, it is becoming more and more crucial for governments and aid agencies to have access to these areas quickly.

With roads getting washed out, bridges getting destroyed and people in dire need of assistance, time is of the essence. This is where a system like the ERE S80T portable bridge system can be vital to getting support people in and victims out, quickly and efficiently.

With the ability to support vehicles up to 80 tons currently and the upcoming capability to support 90 ton vehicles, our portable bridge systems are becoming ideal for getting heavy equipment into areas where it is most needed. As more and more companies and governments are becoming aware of how ideal our bridge system works as an emergency road replacement solution we are receiving additional inquiries each month.

This is part of the reason we at ERE Logistics are continuing to evolve our system. Our latest features include longer leg systems, now allowing us to bridge deeper flood areas, handrail systems making the units ideal for moving large quantities of pedestrians safely and efficiently and even more safety features making the bridge system faster and more efficient to operate.

For government agencies and more cost efficiencies we even built the system based on the military flatrack systems which are a pallet system allowing vehicles to have multi uses and allowing more cost effective storage and delivery options. Just one more way we provide solutions while saving overall costs to the buyers.

If you have any inquiries about how ERE Logistics can help you with an emergency bridge system that is fast, cost effective and suitable for anywhere in the world contact us today to get more information. We can be reached at info@erelogistics.com

It’s finally here, the Aerospace Conference & Industry Trade Show at the Delta Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta starts today at 2:00 (Oct 12th, 2010) and runs until Thursday October 14th.

This years focus is on “Strategies for Success” and Richard Richter (President of ERE Logistics) will be one of the presenters Wednesday October 13th at 11:00.

The organizers also asked Richard to bring one of his portable scissor bridges along which has been set up outside the hotel. Here are some of the pictures to give you an idea.

This will be a great opportunity for anyone interested in finding out more about dealing with the Defence Industry in Canada or anyone looking for more information about ERE Logistics and their portable bridge systems.

This last picture shows a section of the bridge with the new hand rails added for foot traffic. This has been an excellent addition and helps make our product even more suitable for emergency bridging solutions.

With saving our environment becoming more of a priority in everyone’s eyes, once again the ERE Logistics portable scissor bridge system comes to the rescue. Our design leaves almost a zero footprint when we use a single span to cross an area.

Below is a quote from Richard Richter President of ERE Logistics:

“If you’re using a single span of 40 feet or less, the impact is zero – you don’t even know we were there. You’ll see tire tracks going to the crossing, and then there’s tire tracks on the other side…If it’s over 40 feet, we have to put the support legs down, but that’s maybe 10 percent of the disturbance of walking a backhoe COMPARABLE through it – the leg comes in contact with the bottom and kicks up some sediment, and that’s all.”

It gets even better, since you aren’t making an impact on the environment, you also save the costs normally associated with the cleanup after the fact. Often this is overlooked when looking at the initial costs, but definitely becomes an issue when looking at the big picture.

To find out more about the ERE S80T portable scissor bridge system and to find out how we can help you get to where you need to go, give us a call at 403-369-0144 today or you can reach us via email at info@erelogistics.com

Recently ERE Logistics ERE S80T portable scissor bridge system was mentioned on the well respected Think Defence UK website in an article about military bridges. Well after some correspondence between Richard and the admin at Think Defence we were asked to write a guest post.

Here’s a quick link over to the Think Defence site, if you are interested in the military at all, you will find this to be a phenomenal site to visit! Plus we think the article was pretty good!

ERE Logistics Portable Bridge System Guest Post

As I read all the stories about forest fires raging in places like California, B.C. and Russia, I cannot help but think how incredibly helpful our flatrack scissor bridge would be. Quite often in these forested areas, the quickest path from A to B is a straight line, but due to terrain issues that straight line distance can often be tripled, quadrupled or even more in distance (and even longer in travel time due to rugged driving conditions.

Well with our portable bridge system, we could span some of the creeks, rivers, even normally impassible gaps saving hours of travel time, potentially millions in costs when it comes to protecting homes and property and untold amounts in man hours as crews could get to the heart of the fires so much quicker.

Sure many areas already have water bombers and helicopters in place, but wouldn’t having one extra tool available to help save millions be worth it?. Every week new opportunities and uses arise for the ERE S80T portable bridge systems, what creative ideas would work for your industry?

If you would like more information about our bridge systems (watch the video of a portable bridge being deployed here)and how it could be another tool in your emergency tool kit please contact us. We can be reached at info@erelogistics.com or you can simply leave a comment on this post below.

Big news for ERE Logistics and anyone interested in seeing the ERE S80T on display. Aviation Alberta in cooperation with the Canadian Defence Industry Association  & Alberta Finance and Enterprise is holding an important conference  in Kananaskis October 12-14, 2010.

The big news is we have been asked to attend and even more interesting we will be part of the Industry Panel that will discuss what a Canadian company needs to be more competitive in our global market. This is a great opportunity for ERE as we will have face to face access to several federal agencies and private sectors organizations who may not be aware of the ERE S80T portable bridge system.

As part of our attendance we will also have one of our trucks in place with a section of the scissor bridge on display. Here is a picture to give you an idea.

We think it should make a great impression! As more firm information on the event comes in we will post updates here. If you are interested in seeing the bridge and cannot make this even please contact us and we can potentially arrange a viewing elsewhere.

ERE Logistics is an Alberta company specializing in portable bridging systems. Their ERE S80T portable bridge system was designed for up to 90 ton loads and deploys off of a flat rack system designed to maximize space and functionality of vehicles.

A single 20 metre section can be installed from the back of the launch vehicle and is vehicle traffic ready in approximately 30 minutes making it the fastest portable bridge deployment system currently out there. Even more important, additional sections can quickly be attached expanding the bridge indefinitely to cross larger spans.

With minimal impact on the environment this bridging system is well adapted for anything from short term bridge replacement to military use in the field for when you absolutely have to get there from here!

For more information contact us at info@erelogistics.com or watch one of the videos of the ERE S80T portable bridge system in action under the ERE S80T Portable Bridge System tab.