Bridge Planning & Design

The seminar conducted last September 5, 2015 by Engr. Arnold O.

Dacwag is about different topic regarding bridge design and planning, it
includes, the required design, general provisions, design criteria and
standard, and lastly, design procedure.
He tought us the required design criteria for a bridge, eg. Bridge Site
Topographic mapping, River-cross sections, Hydraulic and Hydrologic
Analysis, and etc. The next thing that he tought us is the general provisions
of a bridge; it vertical clearance, Geometrics, Span of Bridges, Determination
of the Length of the Bridge, Types and classifications of Superstructure, and
this includes the Bridge Composition, according to usage, to system of
design, and structure type.
He also thought us about substructure; the Factors in Selecting the
Type of
Substructure, which is according to abutment and pier, Substructure
elements, Foundation, and also the types of piles.
The seminar also includes the loading specifications for a bridge; dead
load, live load, impact, sidewalk loading, windload, thermal force, uplift, force
from stream current, bouyancy, earth pressure, and seismic load.
The last part is the Design Procedure, it includes, (1) Preliminary layout
of the proposed bridge; Survey data, Review hydrologic/hydraulic analysis
to determine the required waterway opening and bridge elevation, (2)
Establish the design criteria and specifications; Design Specifications /
Standards, Design live load, Design Stresses, Seismic design criteria.
After the seminar Engr. Dacwag encourages each one of us to someday
design a bridge because he says that building a bridge is one of the most
essential part of being a civil engineer. He said that some civil engineers
excel on their field because of a bridge planning and design.

Bridge Planning

& Design
(Reaction Paper)

Submitted by:

John Paulo B. Yap

BSCE V
Submitted to: Engr. Ariel Rojas