LOCALS WANT TO ENSURE INPUT IN LOOK OF PROPOSED CROSSING

Like tolls, the design-build approach has apparently become one of the casualties of the continuing struggle to build a new bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina. Hoping to secure funding from the public sector, the South Carolina Department of Transportation has recently decided to revert to a traditional approach. The community voiced its opposition to design-build, fearing that it would not have as much control over how the bridge will look.

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• Publication Date: 1998-8-31

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 11
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 241
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge construction; Bridge design; Bridges; Construction; Contract administration; Design build; Government funding; Structural design
• Geographic Terms: Cooper River; South Carolina
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00753339
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1998 12:00AM