TIMBER PILINGS: MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SUMMARY OF A PANEL DISCUSSION

The panel discussion concerned with maintenance and inspection of timber pilings attracted about 100 attendees (including ten who registered only for this event) to a lively evening session. Timber pilings are used in large numbers in bridge structures and for harbor and navigational facilities. The inspection and maintenance of these pilings, to prevent failures such as the collapse of the Coos Bay bridge in Oregon in 1977 (because of damage caused by marine borers), was the topic for discussion.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Pub. in Proceedings of the Nondestructive Testing of Wood Symposium (4th) Held at Vancouver, WA. on August 28-30, 1978, p155-159 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  14th Between E Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20234
• Authors:
  • Kaiserlik, J
  • BERGER, H
  • McGogney, C
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conferences; Failure; Inspection; Maintenance; Marine borers; Nondestructive tests; Support piles; Timber; Wood; Wooden bridges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Timber piles; Wood piles
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00198656
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 17 1980 12:00AM