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SUMMARY:The Strengthening of Docklands Light Railway - Will Duckett (Giffo
 rd)
DTSTART:20101027T173000Z
DTEND:20101027T183000Z
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CONTACT:Nami Norman
DESCRIPTION:Will Duckett’s talk will be on the DLR 3-Car Enhancement pro
 ject.  The talk will focus on the innovative procedures developed by Giffo
 rd to minimise the strengthening requirements\, including strain gauging a
 nd ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) to improve the fatigue strength of we
 lds.  The use of strain gauging substantially reduced the amount of streng
 thening required and the UIT had significant quality and programming benef
 its for the contractor.\n\nThe talk will also cover:\n\n•the assessment 
 and design of strengthening for 28 bridges and viaducts\, comprising 184 s
 pans of varying construction type and approximately 3.5km of viaduct\, inc
 luding the specification of shock transmission units\;\n•the design of t
 he new viaduct at Delta Junction\;\n•and the design of a widened bridge 
 viaduct to support the new South Quay Station at Millwall Cut Dock.\n\n
LOCATION:Engineering Department - **LR5**
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