A casting yard is a confined place where all the concrete structures like segments, I-griders/ beams etc are casted. The casting yard brings factory- controlled production techniques, efficiency, quality control, and time savings to bridge construction. Fabricating bridge segments in a separate area also removes casting operations from the construction critical path and reduces overall construction time.
Regardless of the project location or size, a contractor's casting yard for bridge segments has several essential features. These include:
- delivery and storage areas,
- a concrete batch plant,
- a rebar cage assembly area,
- one or more casting cells,
- steam curing facilities,
- geometric control stations, and
- segment storage and handling facilities.
Producing bridge segments in casting yard away from the bridge construction site is a major advantage of segmental concrete bridges.
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