Implementation of sustainability in bridge design, construction and maintenance.

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• Creators:
  Korkmaz, Kasim Armagan ; Syal, Matt ; Harichandran, Ronald S. ; Korkmaz, Sinem
• Corporate Creators:
  Michigan State University
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge construction
  • Bridge design
  • Sustainable transportation
  • Construction projects
  • Ratings
  • Life cycle costing
  • Guidelines
  • Bridges--Design and construction
  • Sustainable design
  • Life cycle costing
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RC-1586
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Michigan. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The focus of this research is to develop a framework for more sustainable design and construction ; processes for new bridges, and sustainable maintenance practices for existing bridges. The framework ; includes a green rating system for bridges. The green rating system is divided into three sections, which ; are design, construction and maintenance. The three sections are further divided into various criteria. For ; each criterion the description, intent, and requirements have been established. The requirements were ; established after reviewing various industry standards. The Delphi survey was conducted at MDOT ; divisions to assign point values to sections and the criteria. The results of the Delphi survey and scorecard ; of the rating system are shown in the relevant appendix and/or sections. The certification levels for the ; rating system are established to categorize sustainable bridges. A bridge can be categorized as Non-Green, ; Certified, Green, Total Green, and Evergreen, depending on the total score obtained by the project. LCA ; and LCCA guidelines are also developed to support the sustainability of bridge projects. LCA guidelines ; include the steps to calculate GHG emissions in a bridge project. It was made an inventory of construction ; materials and equipment that can be used in bridge projects, and found their emission factors in literature, ; historical databases, or by using computer tools. Certain products emit less GHG compared to ; conventional products. Recycled materials such as fly ash, blast furnace slag cement, high performance ; concrete, and steel produce much less emissions than traditional materials. Sustainable products are listed ; along with their emission factors and can be used to calculate GHG emissions. LCCA guidelines include ; steps to calculate the life cycle cost of bridges.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2010-0294
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25695/dot_25695_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.87 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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