Accelerated Bridge Construction: Best Practices and Techniques

by Mohiuddin Ali Khan

Overview

The traveling public has no patience for prolonged, high cost construction projects. This puts highway construction contractors under intense pressure to minimize traffic disruptions and construction cost. Actively promoted by the Federal Highway Administration, there are hundreds of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) construction programs in the United States, Europe and Japan. Accelerated Bridge Construction: Best Practices and Techniques provides a wide range of construction techniques, processes and technologies designed to maximize bridge construction or reconstruction operations while minimizing project delays and community disruption.

• Describes design methods for accelerated bridge substructure construction; reducing foundation construction time and methods by using pile bents
• Explains applications to steel bridges, temporary bridges in place of detours using quick erection and demolition
• Covers design-build systems' boon to ABC; development of software; use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)
• Includes applications to glulam and sawn lumber bridges, precast concrete bridges, precast joints details; use of lightweight aggregate concrete, aluminum and high-performance steel

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124072251
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	656
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Khan has more than 35 years of experience as a structural and bridge engineer, project and design manager for transportation and industrial clients. Ali has supervised numerous design projects on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Maryland State Highway Administration and Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODSChapter 1 Introduction to Modern Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)Chapter 2 Recent Developments in ABC Concepts Chapter 3 Research and Training in ABC Structural Systems Chapter 4 Innovative ABC Techniques

SECTION 2 RAPID CONSTRUCTION ISSUESChapter 5 Modular Bridge Construction Issues Chapter 6 Rapid Bridge Insertions Following FailuresChapter 7 ABC Planning and Resolving ABC Issues

SECTION 3 MODULAR BRIDGESChapter 8 Prefabrication of the SuperstructureChapter 9 Prefabrication of the Substructure And Construction IssuesChapter 10 Alternative ABC Methods and Funding Evaluation Chapter 11 A Review of Chapters, River Bridges and Conclusions

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