CONCRETE IN VANCOUVER AND BRITISH COLUMBIA

This pictorial article describes several innovative concrete construction projects in Vancouver, British Columbia, including an extension to an existing light rail transit system, an airport runway expansion and a pier extension. The light rail project involved the fast-track design and construction of a 16 km elevated twin-track guideway. Seven long-span structures were erected by balanced cantilever method. In the $100 million runway expansion project, a new 3030 meter-long runway and 12 connecting taxiways were designed with special consideration to aircraft speed, climate, drainage, grade and pavement structure. In the pier extension project, a cruise ship terminal was expanded to add a third berth. The substructure was constructed on 360 piles using precast panels and topped with cast-in-place concrete. Most of the precast panels and cast-in-place concrete supplied for the deck was specified at a minimum of 35 Mpa and a water-cement ratio of 0.40 or less.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute (ACI)

  38800 Country Club Drive
  Farmington Hills, MI  United States  48331
• Authors:
  • Yuers, K
• Publication Date: 2003-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 39-44
• Serial:
  • Concrete International
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0162-4075

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Berthing facilities; Cast in place structures; Concrete construction; Concrete structures; Cruise ships; Design; Elevated guideways; Light rail transit; Piers (Wharves); Precast concrete; Substructures; Taxiways
• Geographic Terms: Vancouver (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Design; Marine Transportation; Pavements; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941133
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 2003 12:00AM