Concrete Bridge Design and Construction. No. 10: Concrete bridge detailing

The understanding of structural materials can be viewed as an academic discipline in itself. This article is the first in a three-part series outlining the serviceability calculations to be undertaken in the preliminary structural design stage.

Modern building services cost up to three times as much as the structural steelwork in a typical commercial building. Steel frame design needs to be considered in the context of the overall building cost, where early design decisions concerning structural layouts have a significant impact on the building services.

A new series from the Concrete Bridge Development Group (CBDG). This article demonstrates the benefits of using concrete in bridge design and construction.