Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Learning from incidents during bridge erection
Year:2014
Research Areas
  • Civil engineering and architecture
Information
Abstract
Bridge building is a highly uncertain endeavour that entails considerable risk, as attested to by the succession of construction-related incidents and accidents recently reported in Spain and elsewhere. While efforts are being made to improve on-site safety, many issues are still outstanding, such as the establishment of reliability requirements for the ancillary systems used. The problems that must be dealt with in everyday practice, however, are more elementary and often attributable to human error. The overall organisation of the use of bridge construction equipment is in need of improvement. Close cooperation between the bridge engineers responsible for construction planning and ancillary element suppliers is imperative, for flawed interaction between building equipment and the bridge under construction may generate structural vulnerability. External quality assurance should likewise be mandatory
International
Si
Congress
37th IABSE Symposium - Engineering for Progress, Nature and People
960
Place
Madrid
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-3-85748-135-2
Start Date
03/09/2014
End Date
05/09/2014
From page
1047
To page
1054
Report of 37th IABSE Symposium
Participants
  • Autor: Juan Luis Bellod Thomas UPM
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de Hormigón Estructural
  • Departamento: Mecánica de Medios Continuos y Teoría de Estructuras