Bridge Consulting Services

suicide bridge project programs

Suicide intervention strategies on bridges often include installation of a suicide deterrent net. Complex, expensive, labor intensive efforts with aggressive timelines, tight budgets, and high community expectations, there’s a lot on the line.

Our team can help you foresee and plan for the unexpected—because we’ve been there before.

Are these discussions happening on your project?:

  • The politics of perception

  • Loss of intervention opportunities

  • Training & support for net extractions

  • How to time the build to suicide jump trends

  • Technology lifts

  • Unintended consequences

jake ricker

Jake Ricker

Bridge Suicide Expert

Since 2018, Jake has documented every stage of the Golden Gate Bridge’s $500 million construction of a suicide deterrent net. He has experienced the construction on-foot as he walked over 12,000 miles along the bridge’s 1.7 mile span. The first structural change since the bridge’s 1937 construction, the net project is meant to reduce suicides.

Chuck Donnels

Structural & Technological Engineer

A structural engineer who grew up in the design and construction industry, Chuck Donnels earned his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. From hands-on construction of projects including a bridge near Anchorage, Alaska to 20 years leading design and pre-construction for major builds at Sundt Construction, Chuck understands the complexities of large-scale builds.

Let’s talk about your project:

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