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Fixed link crossings: a global perspective

 Fixed link crossings: a global perspective
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021, published in , pp. 1288-1295
DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2021.1288
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This paper benchmarks the challenges involved with major sea, or fixed link, crossings from their planning to final construction. Initially it gives an overview of existing major crossings globally...
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Author(s): (ARCADIS, Guildford, UK)
(Jacobs, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021
Published in:
Page(s): 1288-1295 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 1288-1295
Total no. of pages: 8
DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2021.1288
Abstract:

This paper benchmarks the challenges involved with major sea, or fixed link, crossings from their planning to final construction. Initially it gives an overview of existing major crossings globally, including statistical information such as length and inflation adjusted project costs. Well known links such as the UK Channel Tunnel and the more recent Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau crossing have been included in the data. The paper considers the construction methods required to surmount the challenges of bridging or tunnelling such crossings. The paper presents statistics on the construction time period for these crossings and considers links between construction time and cost. Finally, the paper looks to the future: How the data can be used to better bound estimates of time and costs for fixed link projects. The paper also considers other potentially important future benchmarking data such as carbon emissions.

Keywords:
bridges construction tunnels cost carbon emissions
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