Jerry Weigel, Washington State Department of Transportation Since our 1997 HPC Showcase, state and local agencies in Washington State have constructed eight bridges with high performance concrete (HPC) girders, have ten ready to be advertised, and have eight being designed.
Question and Answer
Question: Can I use a higher ratio between release strength and 28- or 56-day strength when using HPC in prestressed concrete girders? Answer: There are two approaches that can be used to answer this question. The first approach is from
USE OF HPC ON ADMIRAL CLAREY BRIDGE, HAWAII
Michael J. Abrahams, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. The Admiral Clarey Bridge was a design/build project for the US Navy to improve access to the largely undeveloped Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. Due to the need to provide an
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF NEW YORK STATE BRIDGE DECKS
Sreenivas Alampalli and Frank T. Owens, New York State Department of Transportation When the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) decided to improve the quality of its bridge decks, it developed a three-phase program to achieve the desired results.
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