Highway bridge replacement : processes, techniques and advancements / Yong Bai, Jun Huan and Seonghoon Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bai, Yong, 1963-

Contributor:

Huan, Jun, 1975-

Kim, Seonghoon, 1970-

Series:

Transportation infrastructure : roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit series.

Construction materials and engineering

Transportation Infrastructure - Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports and Mass Transit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bridges--Design and construction.

Bridges.

Bridges--Maintenance and repair.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railroads, harbors, and public buildings built in the 1950s and 1960s are wearing out, while inflation-adjusted federal spending on infrastructure has fallen. The current situation, with respect to highway bridge maintenance, is in fact so severe that many states cannot afford to attend in need of replacement, so they are focusing only on the most severe cases. Recently, rapid assessment, repair, and replacement of damaged highway bridge after extreme ev

Contents:

""HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT: PROCESSES, TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCEMENTS""; ""HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT: PROCESSES, TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCEMENTS""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""IMPORTANCE OF BRIDGE REPLACEMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROCESSES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MODEL FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT""; ""TRAFFIC DETOUR""; ""DEMOLITION""; ""DESIGN""; ""CONTRACT""

""RECONSTRUCTION""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUES ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PREFABRICATED BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY""; ""INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: CASE STUDIES ON BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""I-87 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT""; ""I-95 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT""; ""QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY REPLACEMENT""; ""I-40 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT""; ""LESSONS LEARNED FROM CASE STUDIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""MOTION AND TIME STUDY THEORY""""PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT METHODS""; ""METHODS OF PRODUCTIVITY DATA ANALYSES""; ""BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: DEVELOPMENT OF THE WRITE SYSTEM""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""COMPONENTS OF THE WRITE SYSTEM""; ""WRITE SYSTEM FRAMEWORK""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY MONITORING MODEL""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: HUMAN POSE ANALYZING ALGORITHMS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN POSE""; ""HUMAN POSE CATEGORIZATION ALGORITHMS""; ""EXPERIMENTAL STUDY""

""CONCLUSION""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT USING THE WRITE SYSTEM""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FIELD EXPERIMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 9: TRENDS ON BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SELF-PROPELLED MODULAR TRANSPORTERS""; ""BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING BRIDGE""; ""DESIGN-BUILD""; ""EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-61122-712-7

OCLC:

857282875