TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure

Morandi (Polcevera) Viaduct (2018)

Italy · PT corrosion · 43 deaths · PSC 'homogenized' stays in concrete shells

Stays: strand grouted inside concrete shells — uninspectable by design…

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