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Title: RETAINING STRUCTURE SELECTION AT PROJECT LEVEL
Accession Number: 00712988
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: With recent advances in retaining structure technology, the retaining structure selection process has become increasingly complicated. Because of the potential for cost savings, the benefits of optimizing the selection process are significant. Eight state departments of transportation (DOTs) are characterized in terms of how they select and analyze designs of, and obtain subject-matter expertise on, retaining structures. Results indicate most retaining structure types are specified by DOT engineers, including those designed by engineering consultants. However, 90% of the DOTs select only retaining structures for which they have in-house design expertise. The rational is presented for DOTs to have design expertise within their agencies for the full range of retaining structure technologies available if they are to select optimal structure types.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1474, Mechanically Stabilized Backfill and Properties of Geosynthetics and Geocomposites. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Accession #: 01399792
Language: English
Authors: Hess, Timothy GAdams, Teresa MPagination: p. 39-45
Publication Date: 1995
Serial: ISBN: 0309061105
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Oct 12 1995 12:00AM
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