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Falsework centering in the center arch of Monroe Street Bridge, Spokane, Washington, 1911 In the UK, BS 5975 gives recommendations for the design and use of falsework on construction sites. It was first introduced by the British Standards Institute in March 1982 and the third version was published in 2008 with Amendment 1 in 2011.
Bottom falsework is seen on Pier No. 4 as the Hannibal Bridge nears completion on March 2, 1869. Falsework is the name given to the temporary stuctures built to support bridge the bridge while ...
The Loddon Bridge disaster was a collapse of falsework during construction of a reinforced concrete deck on the Loddon Bridge of the A329(M) motorway in Berkshire, England, on 24 October 1972. It killed three people and injured ten others.
Northbound lanes shored up with falsework and reopened 3 days later; temporary bridge installed to carry southbound lanes. New permanent bridge completed in November 2004. New permanent bridge completed in November 2004.
When the falsework began to be removed, the dead load caused the bridge to bend about 2.5 inches (64 mm) below horizontal. [34] The bridge was jacked up and the falsework put back in place. Stone then ordered the chord members to be returned to their original lengths, restoring Tomlinson's intended camber.
The concrete arch sections were erected using timber falsework. The bridge opened in June 1936. [1] When the bridge was completed in 1936, it was the longest bridge in Oregon. [2] It was the costliest of the Oregon Coast bridges at $2.14 million (equivalent to approximately $35 million in 2012 [3]).
Salginatobel Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine ravine in the grisonian Prättigau , belonging to the municipality of Schiers , in Switzerland between 1929 and 1930.
Over 300,000 board feet (700 m 3) of Douglas fir timber, used to build a 250-foot (76 m) high falsework to support the arch during construction, was transported from the railroad terminal in Monterey over the narrow, one-way road to the bridge site. The falsework, built by crews led by E. C. Panton, the general superintendent, and I. O ...