Post Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Robert Magliola
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| 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: | IABSE Congress Chicago 2008 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 360-361 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2008 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137908796292966 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, triggered by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, devastated the northwest coast of the Aceh Province in Indonesia. Long segments of the coastal highway and 90 bridges were destroyed. The loss of the highway crippled transportation, hampered post tsunami aid relief, and created great social and economic hardships. Under contract to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Parsons designed the roadway and replacement structures. Spliced precast I-beams, steel trusses and box culverts were selected as replacement structure types based on local construction means and methods, site accessibility and economy. |
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| Keywords: |
box culverts temporary bridges tsunami steel truss bridges Sumatra-Andaman earthquake Bina Marga design code spliced precast I-beams
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