TIME SAVING TECHNOLOGY SUCCEEDS FOR FAIRFIELD UNDERPASS

The 28-m Fairfield Underpass was built under the A507 trunk road in Stotfold, Bedfordshire to provide a link for pedestrians and cyclists between the town and a new development on the south side of the town. Geoffrey Osborne won the contract with an innovative approach that cut 12 weeks off the schedule and confined traffic disruption to just one weekend. The entire structure of precast concrete sections was built in a purpose-built casting pit to one side of the road and then driven into position over the weekend closure. The structure was built using EFCO tunnel formwork and specialist multi-axle trailer systems (Sarens' SPMT units). Details are given of the underpass design, formwork strategy, and construction logistics.

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  THE CONCRETE SOCIETY

  RIVERSIDE HOUSE, 4 MEADOWS BUSINESS PARK, STATION APPROACH
  BLACKWATER, CAMBERLEY, SURREY  United Kingdom  GU17 9AB
• Authors:
  • THORNHILL, D
• Publication Date: 2004-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26-7
• Serial:
  • CONCRETE
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: THE CONCRETE SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0010-5317

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Concrete; Construction; Cyclists; Design; Formwork; Pedestrians; Precast concrete; Tunnels; Urban areas; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 4755: Concrete; 3655: Construction; 1742: Cyclist; 9011: Design (overall design); 3639: Formwork; 2748: Main road; 1733: Pedestrian; 4792: Precast concrete; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 374: Urban development
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987124
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 3 2005 12:00AM