INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE AND EMBANKMENT FOUNDATIONS IN EUROPE

In June 2002, the Federal Highway Administration, in a joint effort with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, organized a geotechnical engineering scan tour of Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Belgium. Its purpose was to identify and evaluate innovative European technology for accelerated construction and rehabilitation of bridge and embankment foundations. The scan team also explored opportunities for cooperative research and development and implementation of accelerated construction technology. The team identified 30 technologies and up to 15 processes that offer a potential for accelerating construction and rehabilitation of bridge and embankment foundations. Many of the technologies also offer a potential for cost savings and, in a majority of the cases, an improvement in the quality over current practice. This report includes complete tables with a relative ranking of all the technologies in terms of anticipated improvements in construction time, cost, and quality.

• Record URL:
  https://international.fhwa.dot.gov/bridgeemb/BridgeEmbankment.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38632
• Corporate Authors:

  American Trade Initiatives

  P.O. Box 8228
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22306-8228

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of International Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dumas, C
  • Mansukhani, S
  • Porbaha, A
  • Short, R D
  • Cannon, R R
  • McLain, K W
  • Putcha, S
  • Macnab, A
  • Lwin, M M
  • Pelnik III, T W
  • Brown, D A
  • Christopher, B R
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 88 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge foundations; Construction; Cost effectiveness; Embankment foundations; Geotechnical engineering; Quality control; Rehabilitation; Study tours; Technological innovations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Time savings
• Geographic Terms: Belgium; Finland; Germany; Italy; Sweden; United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00969932
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-03-014
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-99-C-0005
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 24 2004 12:00AM