Industrial bridge construction: Need for a more effective bridge construction process
Paper in proceeding, 2015

Designing for ease of construction is something that is always demanded by contractors and a challenge for the designers. It is widely known that the ability to influence a structure and its future properties is at its greatest in early stages, i.e. the project preparation phase followed by the design phase. Despite the fact that there is an obvious need for knowledge of construction in design work, there is a lack of a consistent and structured transmission of experience between the construction stage and the designing engineers. The results in this project are achieved based upon three standalone studies. A thorough literature review, a meta-analysis of the current research covering effective bridge construction and a study of the current industrial view on how the industry intend to achieve a more effective bridge building process. Based upon these studies it is clear that using a holistic approach and a production oriented design methodology is likely to generate the progress that the construction industry needs.

Efficient process

Structural design

Sustainable

Integrated design process.

Knowledge transfer

Author

Daniel P T Ekström

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

Rasmus Rempling

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

Mario Plos

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

The Eighth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Sydney, Australia, November 23-28, 2015

1115-1120
978-099604371-7 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering

DOI

10.14455/isec.res.2015.6

ISBN

978-099604371-7

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