Innovative Materials and Methods for Long Lasting, Rapid Renewal of Aging

Infrastructure

Innovative Materials and Methods for Long Lasting, Rapid Renewal of Aging

Infrastructure

Director Kirk T. Steudle, P.E.Michigan Department of Transportation

United States of America

Director Kirk T. Steudle, P.E.Michigan Department of Transportation

United States of America

Michigan U. S. A.

Infrastructure Management

• Asset Management Approach

• Innovative Contracting Methods

• Innovative Construction Methods

• Use of Innovative materials

Asset Management

A systematic process to cost effectively maintain, upgrade and operate an organization’s infrastructure by inventorying assets (roads, bridges, utilities, equipment, facilities) and evaluating specific data (condition, value capacity) in order to make critical infrastructure decisions based on fact rather than assumption.

ExpectationsDecision-Making &Resource Allocation

Goals and Objectives

Analysis of Optionsand Tradeoffs

Preservation, Operations,Capacity Expansion

Implementation

Monitoring and Performance Measures

Feed

back

Transportation Asset Management

Overview

Budgets Policies

Inventory and condition assessment

Transportation Asset Management

Preservation Capital Improvement

Operations

RESOURCES

Safety Other

• Innovative construction methods

• Innovative bridge designs for rapid renewal

• Durable bridges for service life beyond 100 years

Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2)

RapidApproaches

MinimalDisruption

SuccessfulRenewal

Long-LastingFacilities

Renewal Program - Goals“GET IN, GET OUT,

STAY OUT”The search for

renewal tools and techniques that

reduce preparation and execution times, reduce disruptions to traffic, utilities, and neighborhoods, and

extend the time between renewal

activities

R09. Risk ManualR09. Risk Manual

R06. High-Speed NDT*R06. High-Speed NDT*

R04. Innovative Bridge Designs

R04. Innovative Bridge Designs

R01. Locating Utilities*R01. Locating Utilities*

R02. Geotech SolutionsR02. Geotech Solutions

R05. Modular PavementR05. Modular Pavement

R07. Performance SpecsR07. Performance Specs

R16. Railroad-DOTMitigation StrategiesR16. Railroad-DOT

Mitigation Strategies

R15. Integrating Utility and Transportation Agency Priorities*

R15. Integrating Utility and Transportation Agency Priorities*

R23. Using Existing In-place Pavement & Achieving long Life

R23. Using Existing In-place Pavement & Achieving long Life

R21. Composite Systems

R21. Composite Systems

R26. Preservation Approaches

R26. Preservation Approaches

R19. Bridges for Service Life

of 100 Years*

R19. Bridges for Service Life

of 100 Years*

Rapid Approaches Long-Lived Facilities

Minimize Disruption

SHRP 2 Renewal Landscape

R11. Strategic Approaches at

Corridor/Network Level

R11. Strategic Approaches at

Corridor/Network Level

R10. Project Management for Large

Projects

R10. Project Management for Large

Projects

R03. Worker FatigueR03. Worker Fatigue

Technology related

Project Delivery related* Track Project

Innovative Contracting Methods

• Contracts with cost and time components (A+B) versus exclusively low bid contract

• Performance contracting with specific performance requirements

• Design-Build-Finance alternatives being investigated

“ABC” Accelerated Bridge

Construction• Precast bridge

elements

• Building bridges and moving them into place

• Scheduling to reduce customer delays

An Illustration of ABC (Accelerated Bridge Construction)

Parkview Avenue over US-131

Demolition Took Place at Night with Maximum 5 Minute

Freeway Closure

Beam removal was done at night allowing for a maximum of 5 minute lane closures

All Bridge Components were Precast Concrete

Abutment Placement

This abutment segment took 8 minutes to place

Placement of the Pier Caps

Prestressed I-Beams were Placed at Night

The Bridge Deck was Made of Precast Concrete

Panels

48 deck panels were placed in four days

A Hot-Mix Asphalt Wearing Surface was Placed on

the Deck

Waterproof membrane and 1 ½ inch lift of hot mix asphalt (HMA) placed on top of the concrete deck panels

Parkview over US 131

Before After

Self-Propelled Modular Transporters

• Used to move entire bridge spans into place

• Reduces roadway closure time• Less impact to the traveling public

Bridge Preservation

• Epoxy Overlays on bridge decks

• Zinc-based primer paint systems for steel beams

• Acrylic coatings for concrete elements

Durable Bridges for Service Life Beyond

100 Years

• Innovative materials and designs

• Protecting bridges with preventive maintenance

Innovative Materials Designed for Maximum

Durability

• Non-corrosive materials– Carbon fiber

reinforced composites

– New alloys of stainless steel

• Ultra-ductile, high-performance concrete

Column Wrapping with Fiber Reinforced Polymer sheets

Using Innovative Materials to Build, Strengthening,

and Repair Bridge Beams

Prestressed concrete beam reinforced with CFRP prestressing strands and rebar

Load Testing a CFRP Reinforced Bridge

Thank you!