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Nova Science Highway Bridge Replacement Processes Techniques & Advancements 2011 Edition by Yong Bai, Jun Huan, Kim Seonghoon
It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railroads, harbours, and public buildings built in the 1950s and 1960s are wearing out, while inflation-adjusted federal spending on infrastructure has fallen. The current situation, with respect to highway bridge maintenance, is in fact so severe that many states cannot afford to attend in need of replacement, so they are focusing only on the most severe cases. Recently, rapid assessment, repair, and replacement of damaged highway bridge after extreme events have been given close attention to by government agencies, engineering and construction communities, and the general public. This book presents the complicated undertaking of highway bridge replacement in an easy-to-read format. Table of contents :- Introduction to Bridge Replacement; Bridge Replacement Processes; Bridge Replacement Techniques; Case Studies on Bridge Replacement; Construction Productivity; Development of the Write System; Human Pose Analyzing Algorithms; Bridge Replacement Using the Write System; Trends on Bridge Replacement; Conclusion; Index.