Author: Stansfield, Kathy
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Stansfield, Kathy
The Structural Engineer, Volume 76, Issue 21, 1998
In the last 50 years, prestressed concrete, pretensioned bridge beams have developed from a few experimental applications to one of the key solutions to bridging problems in the short- to medium-span range, 1O-40m. This paper is written to chart that progress and to put in context the current and likely future developments in precast concrete bridges. H.P.J. Taylor
The Madejski Stadium is a new, purpose-built stadium for Reading Football Club. It was ready for the start of the 1998/99 football season and has provided a magnificent state-of-the-art home for the club for the next century. D.K. Chapman, P. Arnold and I.T. Scott
The largest and best known applications for cold-formed components are for purlins and cladding. A more recent success has been the floordeck and composite slab market where a considerable market share has been won by metal floordecks against the precast concrete slab suppliers.