RENEWAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS REPORT

East Ring Road Bridge

Ottawa Ontario

Be Nguyen Gordon Sin Parshad Patel

KEY MAP EAST RING ROAD BRIDGE

SN 05667 OTTAWA, ONTARIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION EXISTING STRUCTURE
DECK CONDITION SURVEY FINDINGS

REPLACEMENT OPTIONS REHABILITATION OPTIONS COST MODELS LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS PREFERRED REPLACEMENT & REHABILITATION OPTIONS Q&A

INTRODUCTION
THE PURPOSE IS TO COMPLETE A RENEWAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS REPORT FOR THE EAST RING ROAD BRIDGE IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO. THE CONDITION SURVEY WAS PERFORMED BY JACQUES WHITFORD ON JUNE 14, 2006 AND BASED ON THE PROCEDURES AND FINDINGS, TO DETERMINE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION OPTIONS FOR THE BRIDGE.

EXISTING STRUCTURE
THREE SPAN POST-

TENSIONED SOLID CONCRETE SLAB

CONSTRUCTED IN 1985 CARRIES TWO LANES IN ONE

DIRECTION
SPAN OF 48.0m BETWEEN

ABUTMENTS
STRUCTURE WIDTH OF 13.9m

DECK CONDITION SURVEY FINDINGS

CONCRETE DECK
BELOW ASPHALT WEARING SURFACE COURSE

GOOD CONDITION

BITUMINOUS SURFACE / WATERPROOFING

FAIR CONDITION W/ NUMEROUS UNSEALED WIDE CRACKS ASPHALT THICKNESS VARIES FROM 80 TO 110 mm MEMBRANE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH GOOD BOND

DECK SOFFIT
GOOD CONDITION W/ SOME DELAMINATION AT NORTH END
MINOR CRACKING AT DECK EDGES

OTHER COMPONENTS
THE PIERS, WING WALLS, SIDEWALKS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION

REPLACEMENT OPTIONS
: Replacement with post-tensioned solid concrete deck of the same thickness and configuration as the existing deck.

REPLACEMENT OPTIONS
: Replacement of deck with concrete slab on steel plate girders.

REHABILITATION OPTIONS
: Rehabilitation including converting deck to semi-integral configuration

REHABILITATION OPTIONS
: Rehabilitation including replacement of expansion joints
: Rehabilitation of the deck including sealing of expansion joints

COST MODELS

LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS

PREFERRED REPLACEMENT OPTION

: Replacement of deck with concrete slab on steel plate girders.
MORE ECONOMICAL (1,030,000 VS.1,285,000) AVOID THE CONSTRUCTIBILITY ISSUES OF PLACING THE

POST-TENSIONING STRANDS PARALLEL TO THE TRAFFIC LANES

PREFERRED REHABILITATION OPTION

: Rehabilitation including converting deck to semiintegral configuration
ELIMINATING EXPANSION JOINTS MARGINALLY HIGHER COSTS BUT INCREASES THE

DURABILITY OF THE STRUCTURE

LONGER LIFE CYCLE APPROX. BY 50% (30 YEARS VS. 15

YEARS) COMPARED TO EXPANSION JOINTS

QUESTIONS?