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If America’s 47,744 miles of interstate highways were paved with concrete, 10,989,557 gallons of fuel would be saved each day. - EAR TO THE GROUND
Service Life Engineering has become its own powerful field of study with immense impact on the future. - THAT’S A FACT
Concrete is a light color, which reflects from 33 to 50 per cent more light than asphalt, and can even lower the average town temperature by six degrees.
Pawtucket Bridge No. 550 Replacement – I-95 Over The Seekonk River Sakonnet Bridge No. 250
Rhode Island DOT Bridge Replacement
Bridge replacements for two primary and 7 secondary bridges in Rhode Island. Provide concrete durability consulting and laboratory testing for new bridge replacement projects in Rhode Island. Bridge 250 … Bridge 550 … Secondary bridges …
TCG provided Aggregate and Concrete Testing: Mass Concrete, Durability Concrete Specifications; Construction Administration. Key elements of TCG services included the following:
Concrete Laboratory Testing
- Test Aggregates for ASR
- Test Aggregates for mitigation of ASR with SCMs.
- Test Concrete for RCP
Concrete Durability Consulting
- Write JS specification changes for concrete durability.
- Shop drawing review
- Write JS specification changes for mass concrete
- Modeled service life performance with Life 365 software simulations
- Evaluated the anticipated chloride levels and freshwater river degradation in the concrete over the design life.
- Summarized Service life modeling results to provide the owner with key alternatives for the different bridge components, based upon their exposure conditions
- Summarized recommendations for quality control and materials specifications
Construction Phase Consulting Services
- Review concrete Mixture design submittals
- Review Mass Concrete Submittals
Client:
Commonwealth Engineers & Consultants, Inc.
Owner:
Rhode Island DOT