The durabiliy and maintenance costs of concrete highway bridge decks are highly dependent upon the care exercised during the construction phase, including attendant activities during the preconstruction and post-construction periods. Recommendations relative to these periods are presented, covering the areas of design considerations, inspection, pre-construction planning, falsework and formwork, reinforcement, concrete materials and properties, measuring and mixing, placing and consolidation, finishing, curing, postconstruction care, and the use of overlays. Keywords: admixtures; aggregates; air entrainment; bleeding (concrete); bridge decks; cements;concrete construction; concrete finishing (fresh concrete); concretes; consolidation; cover; cracking (fracturing); curing; drainage; durability; epoxy resins; falsework; formwork (construction); inspection; maintenance; mixing; placing; protective coatings; proportioning;reinforced concrete; reinforcing steels; resurfacing; scaling; shrinkage; skid resistance; spalling; specifications; structural design; surface roughness; texture; vibration; workability.
SDO | ACI: American Concrete Institute |
Document Number | 345 |
Publication Date | Jan. 1, 1991 |
Language | en - English |
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