Title: Value Engineering Expands Bulb-Tee Girder Market
Date: September-October, 1998
Volume: 43
Issue: 5
Page number: 34-44
Author(s): H. Hubert Janssen, David A. Tomley
https://doi.org/10.15554/pcij.09011998.34.44

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Abstract

The authors' firm has applied the principles of value engineering to eight bridge projects in Ohio during the past several years. Six projects were for the Ohio Department of Transportation/ one was for the City of Moraine and one was for the Hamilton County Park District. All eight value engineering proposals were submitted and approved using precast bulb-tee girders. All of the value engineering projects resulted in construction cost savings/ and two of the projects saved both time and money. Key design features and project highlights are discussed in a case study format.

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