Concrete Bridge Construction Introduction Effective Construction Engineering Construction Project Management General Principles • Contract Administration • Project Design • Planning and Scheduling • Safety and Environmental Considerations • Implementation and Operations • Value Engineering (VE) • Quality Management • Partnership and Teamwork • Project Completion and Turnover of Facility 46 Simon A. Blank California Department of Transportation Major Construction Consideration Structural Materials Normal Concrete • High-Performance Concrete • Steel Michael M. Blank . Army Corps of Engineers Construction Operations Prestressing Methods • Fabrication and Erection Stages • Construction of Segmental Bridges • Construction of HPC Bridges. | Blank . Blank . Luberas . Concrete Bridge Construction. Bridge Engineering Handbook. Ed. Wai-Fah Chen and Lian Duan Boca Raton CRC Press 2000 46 Concrete Bridge Construction Introduction Effective Construction Engineering Construction Project Management General Principles Contract Administration Project Design Planning and Scheduling Safety and Environmental Considerations Implementation and Operations Value Engineering VE Quality Management Partnership and Teamwork Project Completion and Turnover of Facility Major Construction Consideration Structural Materials Simon A. Blank Normal Concrete High-Performance California Department Concrete Steel of Transportation Construction Operations Michael M. Blank Prestressing Methods Fabrication and Erection . Army Corps of Engineers Stages Construction of Segmental Bridges Luis R. Luberas Construction of HPC Bridges . Army Corps of Engineers . Falsework Introduction This chapter will focus on the principles and practices related to construction of concrete bridges in which construction engineering contributes greatly to the successful completion of the projects. We will first present the fundamentals of construction engineering and analyze the challenges and obstacles involved in such processes and then introduce the problems in relation to design construction practices project planning scheduling and control which are the ground of future factorial improvements in effective construction engineering in the United States. Finally we will discuss prestressed concrete high-performance concrete and falsework in some detail. Effective Construction Engineering The construction industry is a very competitive business and many companies who engage in this marketplace develop proprietary technology in their field. In reality most practical day-to-day issues are very common to the whole industry. Construction engineering is a combination of art and 2000 by CRC Press LLC .
