Bridge construction equipment / Marco Rosignoli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Beam launchers -- Self-launching gantries for span-by-span erection of precast segments -- Launching gantries for macro-segmental construction -- Movable scaffolding systems (MSSs) for in-place span-by-span casting --Forming carriages for the deck slab of composite bridges -- Self-launching equipment for balanced cantilever construction -- Special equipment for precast spans -- Design loads and load combinations -- Analysis and design --From procurement to safe operations -- Forensics.

"Bridge Construction Equipment provides exhaustive coverage of new and emerging bridge construction technology and modern construction methods for all bridge professionals looking to save time, labour and costs, reduce risk, and increase the value and quality of projects through mechanized bridge construction. Bridge construction equipment is becoming increasingly more complex and sophisticated. With extensive illustrations, the book explores industry trends for every family of machines and their configurations for operations, loading, kinematics, launch and lock systems, performance, productivity and structure-equipment interaction. Each chapter also includes extensive coverage of deck fabrication."--Back cover.