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A SURVEY OF EUROPEAN HIGH-RISE CONCRETE PREFABRICATION PLANTS DETERMINED THAT NO RESEARCH ON THE FOUNDATION SUBSYSTEM HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT THE FOUNDATION PROBLEMS WERE UNIQUE FOR EACH SITE. ON THE OTHER HAND, WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO REDUCE FOUNDATION SITES TO A LIMITED SET OF SUBSYSTEM TYPES BEST SUITED FOR VARIOUS FOUNDATION SOIL CONDITIONS ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS. ACCORDING TO THE CLOSED-SYSTEM APPROACH, A SINGLE FIRM SHOULD HANDLE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND POSTCONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. BY CONTRAST, THE OPEN SYSTEM WITH MODULAR COORDINATION PERMITS WIDE INTERCHANGEABILITY OF COMPONENTS OR SUBSYSTEMS BY VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS. LARGER AND LARGER COMPONENTS ARE BEING PREFABRICATED: IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, 900-FOOT CONTINUOUS CASTING BEDS FOR PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILES WERE USED FOR THE SAN MATEO--HAYWARD BRIDGE. THE MOVE TO LARGER PREFABRICATION IN URBAN AREAS HAS BEEN PRIMARILY FOR WATER CROSSINGS, WHERE WATER TRANSPORT TO THE SITE PERMITS LARGE COMPONENTS. A BRIDGE BETWEEN SIBERIA AND ALASKA HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR WHICH A BRIDGE PIER 300 FEET HIGH WOULD BE PREFABRICATED AT A SITE SUCH AS SEATTLE, TOWED TO THE BRIDGE SITE, PLACED UPRIGHT, AND SUNK INTO THE FOUNDATION SOILS. FROM A SYSTEMS STANDPOINT, COMPUTER SOFTWARE IS INCREASINGLY BEING USED TO DETERMINE THE MOST ECONOMICAL COMBINATIONS OF DECK SPANS AND OTHER PRECAST COMPONENTS. GREATER ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MOBILE OR RELOCATABLE BRIDGES.

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Highway Research Board Special Report

Workshop on Systems Building for Bridges

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Bridge foundations; Bridges; Construction; Prefabricated structures; Systems engineering

Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Apr 2 1973 12:00AM

• CONSTRUCTION ECONOMY THROUGH SYSTEMS BUILDING
• CURRENT PRACTICES IN STEEL CONSTRUCTION
• DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORTATION, AND ERECTION OF SYSTEMS BRIDGES
• Fast-Assembly Bridge Over the Aegidientorplatz in Hannover
• FOUNDATIONS, PIERS AND ABUTMENTS, SUPERSTRUCTURES, AND DETAILS AND APPURTENANCES OF SYSTEMS BRIDGES
• INFORMAL DISCUSSION ON SYSTEMS BUILDING FOR BRIDGES
• INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON SYSTEMS BUILDING FOR BRIDGES
• STEEL, CONCRETE, ALUMINUM, AND TIMBER IN SYSTEMS BRIDGES
• SYSTEMS CONCEPTS FOR PRECAST AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
• WHAT DIRECTION IN BRIDGE BUILDING?