Construction of High Tension Median Median Cable Barrier on Alberta Highway 2: A Case Study of Cost-Effective Innovation

In July 2010, Alberta Transportation completed the installation of133 km of high tension median cable barrier (HTCB) on Alberta Highway 2, possibly the largest single such project to date in North America. EBA, A Tetra Tech Company, provided the design and construction supervision services and Alberta Highway Services Ltd. (AHS) was the construction contractor selected through competitive bidding. This paper presents an overview of the HTCB installation and with the help of photos, describes the relevant details of the innovations employed during construction which resulted in substantial cost savings and a record-breaking completion time. For the covering abstract of this conference see record control number 201111RT334E.

• Record URL:
  http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2011/english/papers_by_title.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • HASSAN, M
  • ROGERS, C
  • EDGINGTON, J
  • DAMBERGER, M
  • MORISON, C
  • NGO, B
  • KENNEDY, G
  • MCGREGOR, R
• Conference:
  • 2011 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. TRANSPORTATION SUCCESSES: LET'S BUILD ON THEM. 2011 Congress et Exhibition de l'Association des Transports du Canada. Les Succes en Transports: Une Tremplin vers l'Avenir
  • Location: Edmonton , Canada
  • Date: 2011-9-11 to 2011-9-14
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 18 p.
• Monograph Title: 2011 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation Successes: Let's Build on Them

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Conferences; Construction management; Costs; Guardrails; Installation; Medians
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 4530: Cable; 8018: Canada; 2914: Central reserve; 8525: Conference; 3666: Construction method; 224: Cost; 3840: Installation; 1686: Safety fence
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01360458
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Jan 9 2012 11:44AM