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Third quarter issue

Among other articles in this issue you can read about

  • construction of the new St Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis
  • a full site report from the new Brisbane Gateway Bridge
  • two new bridges being built over the Tennessee River in the USA
  • heavy lifting on the Uljanovsk Bridge in Russia
  • lessons to be learned through forensic engineering
  • a new organic prestressing process for movable scaffold systems
  • recent applications of formwork & falsework
  • structural health monitoring on the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong
  • specialist software for the international bridge market

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Published:  August 11, 2008

Aerial showing the main span reaching closure (Zak Breitenbach Aetos Images)

Reaching closure

Speed is not the only thing that makes the new bridge in Minneapolis special, reports Helena Russell.

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Spreading the word

Forensic engineering can provide in-depth understanding of bridge deterioration and failure, says Dr Jonathan Wood, but it is essential for the information to be disseminated rapidly.

Published:  August 15, 2008
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Russian raise

Engineers building a new bridge over the Volga River in Ulyanovsk in Russia came up with some interesting solutions for lifting in the main spans. Vladimir Guryanov, Aleksandr Dankovtsev, Stanislav Pshenichnikov and Valeriy Kotov report.

Published:  August 11, 2008
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Twice as nice

To increase road capacity in the state of Queensland in Australia, the iconic Brisbane Gateway Bridge is being expanded - by building a near-duplicate alongside. Report and photographs by Adrian Greeman.

Published:  August 11, 2008
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Customer friendly

Formwork being used for construction of some parts of Brisbane’s new Gateway Bridge has been designed to be adaptable for piers and deck alike.

Published:  August 11, 2008
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