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Testing and Specifying Chloride Resistance of Concrete
A wide range of test methods has been used to measure the resistance of concrete to chloride penetration. Each method is purported to measure the property of concrete central to the chloride transport mechanism into concrete. They include water…
Building and Maintaining Bridges to be Sustainable
One of the hottest discussed topics in the international engineering community at present is sustainability of infrastructure with respect to global warming and climate change. Global warming and climate change could result in frequent extreme…
The Use of Bar Chairs in Bridgeworks - An Assessment of bar chairs for use in precast concrete
The Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) has had various concerns regarding the quality of the “cover concrete” produced by contractors and suppliers using certain types of bar chairs in the manufacture of concrete products for RTA bridges.…
Lifting the Future of Bridges
  • ABC-WPD009-11
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Bridges
Whether you believe sea levels will rise in the future due to global warming or not, can bridges be easily designed to accommodate changing sea levels? This paper describes how a bridge on New Zealand’s state highway network has been designed with…