ABSTRACT ONLY:
The completion of a modern cable-stayed bridge across a major navigation channel in Charleston, South Carolina, was followed by the dismantling of two older, through truss structures. The deconstruction of Charleston’s Grace Memorial and Silas N. Pearman bridges relied on both conventional methods and specialized techniques, and how the challenges ranged from time restrictions to the ever-changing structural condition of the bridges as key elements were removed.
BIOS:
By Sarbjeet Singh, Ph.D., A.M. ASCE, a structural engineer of Weidlinger Associates Inc., in New York City; Mehrdad Mirzakashani, P.E., M.ASCE, an associate principal of Weidlinger Associates Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Abdol Hagh, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, is a senior vice president of DMJM Harris, a division of AECOM, in New York City.