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1. 1. Innovative Bridge Design for Defence Force

   www.skmconsulting.com/news/200 - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/26/2002   Last Visited: 10/3/2006

   Sinclair Knight Merz Project Design Manager, Ross Dunkley, said that the new design developed by his Structural Team was innovative yet simple, robust enough to handle the challenges posed by the River, and aimed at delivering cost savings to the DIPE and Department of Defence.
   
   "At the height of the wet season, the Victoria River's main flow has a peak velocity of up to six metres per second and carries a large quantity of logs and debris, all of which put significant lateral forces onto a bridge's structure," Mr Dunkley said.
   
   "This meant we had to devise a substructure that would ensure the bridge is strong enough to withstand the River's forces, yet be relatively quick and inexpensive to build," he said.
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   "Because we specified the tops of the steel socket liners to be at a higher level than the dry season river flow, the construction crew was able to continue working through the early part of the wet season as the River rose," Mr Dunkley said.
   
   "The simplicity and strength of the design also enabled us to reduce the original number of bridge spans," he said.
   
   "Together, these factors produced cost savings of around 10%," Mr Dunkley added.
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