Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Bidding Documents Part 2

Package No. MAHSR- C-7 Section VI-3 Requirements (Technical Specifications)

during launching the girder.
iii. If launching of girder is expected to take long time, fixing device of stopper
inside the girder shall be checked by the Contractor.
iv. When the temporary opening of top slab of girder is provided, the post-filling
part of top slab around the stopper shall be filled with non-shrink grout, the
compressive strength of which is equal to or higher than the concrete of girder.
The post-filling part of top slab shall be subsequently covered with
waterproofing work.
Steel Box Stoppers Installation Methodology
i. General
Steel box stoppers installation is closely related to the launching schemes of
viaduct superstructures.
This clause provides merely a general guidance to the Contractor on steel box
stoppers installation methodology. The contractor shall submit complete
method statement for the proposed installation scheme for approval of the
Engineer prior of actual construction.
The Contractor shall be fully responsible for preparation of detailed
methodology for steel box stoppers installation in conjunction with the
launching schemes of each girder including the design modifications required
for such methodology.
The steel stoppers installation methods may be categorized in three (03)
-out (post-
indicated in the following table:

Full Box-
out

Structures Insert Cast-in Box-out

(post-
installatio
n)

Superstructur PSC Box Span by Span Simply

e girder Erection Supported
Method

(SBS)
(segmental)

Cast In-situ Continuou

Balanced s
Cantilever
Construction

PSC I- Crane Erection Simply

girder Method supported

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