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The 2007 Ravenel River Bridge Inspection

The 2007 Ravenel River Bridge Inspection
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Presented at 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008, published in , pp. 480-481
DOI: 10.2749/222137908796293433
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The Ravenel Bridge is a 4km cable stayed bridge which opened in July 2005. It connects downtown Charleston, SC to Mount Pleasant, SC. Freyssinet, supplied and installed the 128 parallel strand stay...
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Author(s):
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008
Published in:
Page(s): 480-481 Total no. of pages: 7
Page(s): 480-481
Total no. of pages: 7
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.2749/222137908796293433
Abstract:

The Ravenel Bridge is a 4km cable stayed bridge which opened in July 2005. It connects downtown Charleston, SC to Mount Pleasant, SC. Freyssinet, supplied and installed the 128 parallel strand stay cables supporting the structure. As part of their warranty, Freyssinet is required to perform an inspection of the cable stays.

Standard NBI forms don’t address particular issues associated with cable stay systems. Due to this, Freyssinet provided a specific inspection & maintenance manual as part of their contract with Palmetto Bridge Consortium.

The first warranty inspection was performed in October 2007; Freyssinet contracted with Advitam to computerize the inspection manual with ScanPrint software. The software was then used during the inspection. The software package includes:

  • Checklists to guide the inspectors in their decision process

  • Digital drawings of components to inspect,

  • A library of typical defects which enables accurate and organized descriptions of stays condition,

  • 100% electronic process including automatic reporting with drawings, defects, and photos.

This paper will describe the methodology used to accurately define inspection methods and processes; as well as, the computerized system used to increase the quality of collected data. Finally, the paper will focus on the benefit of electronic inspection manual to efficiently record and manage data.

Keywords:
defects Cable-Stay Computerized Inspection Inspection Manual ScanPrint SCDOT Cooper