세계 최초 플라스틱 모듈러 교량 개발 Arup's plastic modular bridge concept

Arup's plastic modular bridge concept

  모듈러 교량은 근래들어 건설분야에서 가장 주목받는 이슈 중의 하나다.

교량의 부재는 제작부터 운반 거치까지의 과정을 거치는데

현장이 열악할 경우 적용될 수 있는 모듈러 교량 공법이 개발됐다.

영국의 건설 설계회사 아럽(Arup)사는 세계 최초로 유리섬유와 보강폴리머재로

만들어진 모듈러 교량을 개발하는데 성공했다.

첫 기술 사용권은 마비사(Mabey)가 갖게됐다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

One of the most challenging issues with modular construction, of any kind, is the sheer size and weight of many of the components that need to be transported and lifted in place once onsite. That presents a specifically tough situation for jobsites that are not easy to get to.  Arup, a design, engineering, and consulting team in the United Kingdom, has developed and successfully implemented what they say is the “world’s first modular glass-fiber, reinforced polymer bridge.” You may remember Arup from their testing of a “living wall” scaffolding cover that we wrote about last year.

Though the modular plastic bridge is designed by Arup, Mabey has become the first licensed distribution partner of the system. The first bridge was installed in Oxford, England, for Network Rail at a Site of Special Interest (SSSI) for pedestrian traffic.  SSSIs are “protected by law because they contain the core of Britain’s natural heritage,” according to Network Rail.

Because of the relatively low weight of the bridge sections, they were able to be transported by an articulated tractor/trailer, as the site was not conducive to large cranes and other heavy machinery.  Arup says that the plastic components are 70% lighter than steel and can be moved by a pallet truck or forklift.

The sections were then assembled on site with bolted shear connectors and post-tensioned.  Each section is over 3 feet (1m) in length and the system has a maximum span of almost 100 feet (30m).  Mabey is marketing the bridge under the brand name Pedesta.

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