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In 1935 W.A. de Vigier designed an adjustable steel prop which revolutionized many aspects of the construction industry including to support slab formwork, wall formwork, trench sheeting and falsework. [3] Materials from which falsework systems are manufactured have also diversified from traditional steel and timber to aluminium components.
A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge type in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck, rather than directly to the ground or via large anchorages. [1] The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, or in areas of unstable soils where anchorages would be difficult to construct.
A segmental bridge is a bridge built in short sections (called segments), i.e., one piece at a time, as opposed to traditional methods that build a bridge in very large sections. The bridge is made of concrete that is either cast-in-place (constructed fully in its final location) or precast concrete (built at another location and then ...
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Aggregate (construction) – Construction aggregate is a broad category of coarse to medium grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates.
For the construction of the bridge arch, Richard Coray erected falsework that rested on concrete foundations specially built on the valley floor and the side slopes. The process used 1.5 m 3 of wood per 1 m 3 of the concrete arch. However, in the end, it was possible to reuse the wooden beams for another viaduct over the Sitter.
Centring [1], centre [2], centering [3] [4], or center [5] is a type of falsework: the temporary structure upon which the stones of an arch or vault are laid during construction. Until the keystone is inserted an arch has no strength and needs the centring to keep the voussoirs in their correct relative positions.
The articles about each type of bridge have further specific construction details. Suspension bridges are suitable for the longest spans, provided the cables and their anchorage are of sufficient strength. Their construction cost is high, so usually they are less economical than other bridges for spans less than 1,000 ft (300 m).