Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Decision Making and Economic Modeling Tool
Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) uses both new technology and innovative project management techniques to reduce the impact of bridge construction projects on the public and to reduce bridge construction costs. In particular, ABC can lead to substantially lower user delay costs and significantly lower traffic control costs. While the potential advantages of ABC are recognized, transportation personnel do not have an established protocol to quantify the risks and economic benefit of using ABC over conventional construction for specific bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects. This pooled fund effort will develop a project-level tool for engineers and decision-makers to quantitatively assess the utility of ABC in the early project development stage and to determine whether or not ABC is more economically effective than conventional construction for a given bridge replacement or rehabilitation project.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $120000.00
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Contract Numbers:
TPF-5(221)
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Sponsor Organizations:
Washington State Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
Olympia, WA United States 98504Utah Department of Transportation
4501 South 2700 West
Project Development
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114-8380Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483Oregon Department of Transportation
555 13th Street NE
Salem, OR United States 97301Montana Department of Transportation
2701 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 201001
Helena, MT United States 59620-1001Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010 -
Project Managers:
Tang, Benjamin
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Performing Organizations:
Oregon State University, Corvallis
Corvallis, OR United States 97331 -
Principal Investigators:
Saeedi, Amirali
Doolen, Toni
- Start Date: 20091223
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20110630
- Source Data: RiP Project 29801
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge construction; Decision making; Economic models
- Uncontrolled Terms: Accelerated construction; Construction costs; Modeling tools; Project development process
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Economics; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01528646
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: TPF-5(221)
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jun 22 2014 1:00AM