The New Champlain Bridge: Technical Challenges in Design of the Approach Viaducts
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Zachary McGain
(International Bridge Technologies, Laval, QC, Canada)
Damien Goulmot (International Bridge Technologies, Laval, QC, Canada) Sevak Demirdjian (SNC Lavalin Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada) Marco Tremblay (SNC Lavalin Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 2083-2089 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/vancouver.2017.2083 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The New Champlain Bridge is an iconic structure, being delivered on an extremely fast tracked schedule. Add to that numerous limitations on construction activities arising from the sensitive river environment, difficult climatic conditions, and concerns over existing regional infrastructure. Finally, throw in strict visual quality requirements to achieve a pre-published architectural concept. This paper discusses how the above conditions guided decision making and design concepts for the approach structures and specific design challenges encountered while meeting the expectations of the constructor, concessionaire and the Authority. |
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| Keywords: |
concrete bridge durability precast winter case box-girder modular fast-track segmental Champlain
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