Managing Challenges and Mitigating Risks in Design, Construction, and Product Conformity of the Shared Path Bridge over Epping Road at Marsfield
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 21, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper identifies the challenges and risks in the design, construction, and product conformity of shared (pedestrian and bicycle) path bridges. Also, the paper describes how these challenges were managed and the risks mitigated. The biggest challenge in the design of this project was the erection of the superstructure with minimum disruption to the traffic. The steel arch structure was designed to span 42 m over the width of 6-lane carriageways plus the median on the busy Epping Road at Marsfield. This was further complicated when the fabricator proposed procuring circular hollow sections from other economies that generally use a steel that is manufactured to other national standards without providing enough evidence of compliance to Australian product standards. This could jeopardize the validity of design that was undertaken in accordance with the Australian bridge design standards. The project was designed and managed by a multidisciplinary team from Roads and Maritime and constructed by a contractor who subcontracted the fabrication of the steel arch, deck, and other minor steelwork.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the chief executive of Roads and Maritime for permission to publish this paper. The opinions and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Roads and Maritime.
References
AISC. (2008). AISC certification program for bridge and highway metal component manufacturers, Chicago.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute). (2007). National conformity assessments principles for the United States, New York.
API (American Petroleum Institute). (2004). API 5L: Specification for line pipe, API Publishing Services, Washington, DC.
Fatemi-Nayeri, H., and Ancich, E. J. (2014a). “Establishing compliance for steel mill products: A comparison between Australian steel standards and the corresponding American standards.” Proc., 9th Austroads Bridge Conf., Austroads, Sydney, Australia.
Fatemi-Nayeri, H., and Ancich, E. J. (2014b). “Establishing compliance for steel mill products: A comparison between Australian steel standards and the corresponding European standards.” Aust. J. Struct. Eng., 15(2), 123–129.
Microstran [Computer software]. Bentley Systems, Inc., Exton, PA.
Standards Australia. (1999). “Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard. Road lighting part 3.1: Pedestrian area (category P) lighting—Performance and installation design requirements.” AS/NZS 1158.3.1, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2004a). “Bridge design Part 2: Design loads.” AS 5100.2, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2004b). “Bridge design Part 6: Steel and composite construction.” AS 5100.6, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2005). Australian Standard AS 5104 General principles on reliability for structures, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2007). “Bridge design set.” AS 5100.6, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2009a). “Design for access and mobility: General requirements for access: New building work.” AS 1428.1, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2009b). “Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard, cold-formed structural steel hollow sections.” AS/NZS 1163, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2010a). Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3679.1 structural steel, hot rolled bars and sections, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2010b). Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3679.2 structural steel, welded I sections, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2011). Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3678 structural steel, hot rolled plates, floorplates and slabs, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Standards Australia. (2013). “Draft for public comment Australian/New Zealand standard DR.” AS/NZS 1163, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Timoshenko, S. P., and Young, D. H. (1965). Theory of structure, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 21 • Issue 2 • May 2016
Copyright
© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Feb 24, 2015
Accepted: Aug 16, 2015
Published online: Jan 22, 2016
Published in print: May 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Jun 22, 2016
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.