System for Construction of a Railway Underpass
Authors: Francisco de Asís Ramírez Chasco, Ph.D., Andrés Seco Meneses, Ph.D. [email protected], and Eduardo Prieto CoboAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 16, Issue 2
Abstract
The increasing shortage of available spaces in urban areas resulting from the construction and consolidation of certain facilities related to basic services (such as transport) mean that the provision of infrastructure is sometimes excessively complex in relation to its intended use. This article describes, in detail, the building of an underpass under railway tracks using a system of pushing a structure consisting of a ready-built reinforced concrete box using jacks. Implementing the system proved particularly delicate, given the constraint of maintaining normal rail traffic throughout the construction of the underpass. The primary responsibility was to design and effectively carry out a process that would adequately guarantee the safeguarding of the stability and maintenance of the track bed while the box was being pushed underneath, at what was an undeniably shallow depth (approximately 1 m). The developed system, although laborious, proved to be highly efficient, given that at no time during the course of the work did there arise any circumstances that might jeopardize either the safety of rail traffic or the physical integrity of the workers on site.
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 29, 2010
Accepted: Jun 22, 2010
Published online: Jun 25, 2010
Published in print: May 1, 2011
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Francisco de Asís Ramírez Chasco, Ph.D.
Strategic Project Coordinator, Pamplona Municipality.
Assistant Professor, Public Univ. of Navarre (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Eduardo Prieto Cobo
Professor, Public Univ. of Navarre.
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