HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
accuracy will be closely monitored and fixed. Concrete will be poured into the casings to
fix the casing bottom and steel cofferdam.
• A slurry recycling system will be established on the work vessel.
• Drilling machine will use gas-lift reverse circulation technology. A steel reinforcement
cage will be lowered in the casing to create the cast-in-situ piles. After the casing insides
are cleaned, concrete will be poured in.
2.4.1.2 Pier body construction
The pier body is cast-in-site. The construction work covers locating, formwork erection,
reinforcement assembling, concreting and demoulding.
2.4.1.3 Pouring concrete into box girder
Pouring concrete into the box girder of the superstructure will use a cantilever and a basket.
Pouring process of standard girder sections include mobile hanging basket, locating and
formwork erection, reinforcement assembling, concreting, tension of longitudinal and transverse
prestressing tendon and demoulding.
2.4.1.4 Construction of box girder’s closure segment
Construction of box girder’s closure section also uses a hanging basket to cast-in-site. After the
completion of closure the hanging basket shall be removed.
2.4.1.5 Construction of side-span cast-in-site segment
After the closure of each main span, the construction of side-span cast-in-site will be completed.
The construction of side-span cast-in-site segment uses a hanging bracket. The hanging basket
used in the construction shall be replace by hanging bracket when the cantilever reaches the
maximum.
The nose girder shall be set between the transition pier and hanging bracket. Other activities
include formwork erection, reinforcement assembling and the concrete pouring of side-span
cast-in-site segment.
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