Rapid Girder Selection and Cost Estimation

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RapidGirderSelectionandCostEstimationforSimple-Made-ContinuousSteelBridgeDesign

JohnW.vandeLindt,M.ASCE1;andAlexStone,A.M.ASCE2

Abstract:PrestressedprecastbridgescurrentlydominatetheshorttomediumbridgemarketinthestateofColorado.Thiscanbeattributedtoalackofcompetitivesteelconstructionproductscombinedwithastrongpresenceofprecastfabricatorsintheregion.Forsteelgirdersthereisalackofreadilyavailableeconomicalandinnovativeprocedurestodesignandconstructsteelbridges,whichhashinderedtheindustryincertainareasofthecountrysuchasColorado.AsignificantpercentofthebridgesthroughouttheUnitedStatesareinneedofrepairandmanyinneedofreplacement.Inmanypartofthecountry,steelbridgescanprovideaneconomicandrapidsolutionfornewandreplacementbridges.ThispapersummarizestheresultsofastudysponsoredbytheColoradoDOTtodeveloparapidpreliminarydesignandcostestimationtoolforsimple-made-continuousdesignandconstruction.Inthatmethod,steelgirdersaredesignedassimplysupportedforthenoncompositedeadloadsandcontinuousforcompositedeadloadsandliveloads,whichcanprovideeconomyforspansupto35m͑120ft͒.ThemethodologysummarizedhereinfollowsthelogicoftheAASHTOLRFDspecifications.Designchartsandtableswerecreatedtooutlinestructuralsteelweighttospanlengthandnumberofgirders,whichcouldbeusedtoprepareinitialbidsduringthematerialsectionprocess.

DOI:10.1061/͑ASCE͒SC.1943-5576.0000062CEDatabasesubjectheadings:Bridges,steel;Bridges,girder;Costs;Estimation;Construction;Design.Authorkeywords:Simplemadecontinuous;Steelbridges;Costestimation;Construction.

BackgroundAccordingtotheASCEintheir2005ReportCardonAmerica’sInfrastructure͑ASCE2005͒bridgesreceiveda“C,”definedas“mediocre,”with27.1%ratedasstructurallydeficientorfunc-tionallyobsolete.Theyestimatedthatitwilltake$9.4billionayearfor20yearstoeliminateallbridgedeficiencies.Innovationisneededinthebridgedesigncommunitytodecreasethisfinancialdemandwhilemaintainingusersafety.Forthepast50yearsinthemidwesternUnitedStatesconstructionofshorttomediumspansteelbridgeshasremainedconstantordeclined,whileprestressedconcretebridgeconstructionhasdominatedthatspanmarket͑Azizinaminietal.2003͒.Infact,inthestateofColoradotheratioofconcretetosteelbridgesiscurrently20:1͑TreverWang,personalcommunication,2006͒.Onereasonforthisdiscrepancyisthelackofreadilyavailableeconomicalandinnovativeproce-durestodesignandconstructsteelbridgesofthislengthwhichhashinderedthesteelindustryincertainareassuchasColorado.Theprecastconcreteindustryhasworkedoverthepast2de-

cadestodeveloptoolstomakethebiddingprocesssimplerfordesigners,particularlywheredesign/buildbidsareconcerned.Asmentionedabove,thereisnotoolavailableforsteelbridgedesignthatisanalogoustothoseforprecastconcrete.Thustheoutcomesoftypeselectionstudiesareroutinelypredominatedbypre-stressedconcrete.ThispaperpresentsthemethodandresultsofaColoradoDOTstudytoinvestigatesimple-made-continuous͑SMC͒steelbridgedesignandconstructionthroughthedevelop-mentofsuchanumericaltool.Alinktothefullreportandforthcomingsoftwarecanbefoundathttp://www.dot.state.co.us/publications/ResearchReports.htm#Bridges.

ExistingSMCBridgesintheUnitedStatesTheconventionalmethodforconstructionofmultispansteelbridgesistobuildasystemascontinuousgirdersinordertodistributetheloadoverallmembers.Inthatapproachtherolledgirdersarefabricatedandshippedtothejobsite.Theretheyareassembledbythecontractorusingaboltedorweldedfieldsplice,usuallyinbetweenpierswhichiscostly,timeconsuming,anddisruptivetotrafficontheroadbeingspanned.Inarecentlyde-velopedmethod,simplysupportedbeamsarespecifiedbythedesignerandbeamsarethenmadecontinuousatthepiersbyaconcretediaphragmorconnectionplate͑Azizinaminietal.2007͒.Inthisapproach,oncetheslabanddiaphragmarepouredthesimplysupportedbeamisdesignedtosupportitsweightalongwiththewetconcretedeck.Astheconcretediaphragmhardens,makingthegirderscontinuous,allotherloads͑liveloadandsu-perimposeddeadload͒aresharedthroughthesystemofbeams.Thislatterconceptiscalledsimplefordeadload,continuousforliveload,orSMC͑Azizinaminietal.2007͒.SomeofthemajoradvantagesoftheSMCmethodoverthefieldspliceapproach͑the

1ProfessorandDrummondChairinCivilEngineering,Dept.ofCivil,

Construction,andEnvironmentalEngineering,Univ.ofAlabama,Box870205,Tuscaloosa,AL35487–0205;formerly,AssociateProfessor,Dept.ofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,ColoradoStateUniv.,FortCollins,CO80523-1372͑correspondingauthor͒.E-mail:jwvandelindt@eng.ua.edu2Formerly,GraduateResearchAssistant,ColoradoStateUniv.,

CampusMailStop1372,FortCollins,CO80523-1372.Note.ThismanuscriptwassubmittedonOctober13,2009;approvedonJanuary29,2010;publishedonlineonFebruary1,2010.DiscussionperiodopenuntilApril1,2011;separatediscussionsmustbesubmittedforindividualpapers.ThispaperispartofthePracticePeriodicalonStructuralDesignandConstruction,Vol.15,No.4,November1,2010.©ASCE,ISSN1084-0680/2010/4-287–293/$25.00.