Development and implementation of a new steel bridge edge beam for a cost-efficient replacement
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
José Javier Veganzones
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Diego Ramos Sangrós (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) Håkan Sundquist (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) Ulf Nilsson (Ramböll AB, Stockholm, Sweden) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Stockholm, 2016 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 802-809 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2016 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/stockholm.2016.0789 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Bridge edge beam replacements in Sweden imply high life-cycle measure costs during the bridge’s life span. Moreover, the long duration of roadworks with a partial or full closure of the bridge causes significant user costs. The Swedish Transport Administration presented new edge beam solutions that could be better for the society in terms of cost. The purpose of this paper is to present the development and implementation processes of a new steel edge beam in a bridge project and evaluate its cost-efficiency. The design and planning phase is described addressing the challenges encountered and explaining the execution of the works. A life-cycle cost analysis is performed to compare with the standard concrete integrated edge beam. The steel edge beam results in a cost-efficient alternative for an edge beam replacement because of the lower life-cycle costs due to a faster execution of works and good working conditions. |
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| Keywords: |
stainless steel maintenance cost-efficiency life-cycle cost analysis bridge edge beam system steel edge beam
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