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BRiDGES Modularsystems
A new concretemodulaIbridge systemfor overbridgesofvarying span length is a new alternativeto steel compositestructures.
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CONTAINMENT Centralreservations
New research into barriers is analysed
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BUILDINGS Plymouth
The new faculty of arts building at the city's university
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04 Wind Farms
Concrete's rol.ein the next generation
10 Guides
Complyingwith BS8soo
16 Pipes
Tacklingsewageand drainage flood risk
18 SUDS
Sustainable drainage is not as widespread as it should be
19 HBM
Cost savings with
hydraulically bound mixers
22 Guidedbusways
Cambridge's new system
26 Birmingham
A concrete hall of residence is taking shape
30 News
Technical round up of developments in concerete
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Introduction
The Ccmcn~te Centre'"
A modern mate ria 1for a modern construction industr,
Despite being used for civil engineering and building projects by the Romans, concrete is very much a modern material for a modern world.
1ts inherent characteristics fully answer the traditional demands of robustness, low maintenance and f1reresistance, as well as the more modern preoccupations of thermal efficiency, sound insulation, durability and sustainability. .
Concrete's inherent qualities are fully proven in maTIr civil engineering projects, including with concrete crash barriers. New cost model studies have demonstrated that these superior benef1ts are available at priees comparable to steel barri ers. Similarly, they are being appreciated for the next generation
"For hotels and $Iodent
accomodation projects, modular
and prefabricated concrete is increasingly the norm:'
ofwind turbine towers as well as for innova- tive transport solutions such as guided bus ways.
Concrete is well suited to modern modulaI construction methods both for building and for civil engineering projects. For ho tels and student accommodation projects, the use of modulaI and prefabricated concrete is
increasingly the norm. The approach offers assured factory quality and fast construction times. A concrete modulaI approach is now being developed for bridges. Ir is envisaged that their cost, programme and performance benef1ts means that modulaI concrete bridg- es will provide an attractive and economic
solution. .
Ongoing development of concrete as both a material and a product means that it will continue to provide optimum solutions. The Concrete Centre will bring these innovations to the market and provide designers and engineers with the assistance and guidance to realise the full potential of concrete.
!IIAlan Eromage is head of civil engineering at the ConcreteCentre
