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DEVELOPMENT Customized Trainings for Sri Lanka Road Development Authority Engineers: Development of First Major Elevated Expressway in Sri Lanka
T
he Road Development Authority of the Government of Sri Lanka, with
with different methods of Elevated Highway and Interchange Design and
the support of World Bank is planning for the extension of the South-
Construction and in turn become independent of external consultants.
ern Expressway in Sri Lanka. The expressway, which is still undergoing
To fulfill AIT’s mission in regional capacity building and development, AIT
feasibility study and design, is going to be Sri Lanka’s first elevated express-
Consulting and the Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Soft-
way connecting the city of Godagama to Hambantota. To equip the sector
ware (ACECOMS), organized two customized trainings for the Structural and
to undergo such a project, the Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka is
Transportation Engineers from the Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka,
eager to invest in the capacity building of its engineers to familiarize them
as detailed below.
Customized Training on Design of Segmental Box Girder Bridges 18-27 June 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
Topics • Modeling and Analysis of Bridge Structures • Various Techniques for Modeling of Bridges • Design of Bridge Components • Precast Segmental Bridge Construction Techniques • Use of software and computing tool
Sri Lanka Road Development Authority engineers (first group) visit the Bangkok Skytrain purple line project (Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand) The first training on Design of Segmental Box Girder Bridges was held from
ware. The training provided an overview on analysis and design of continu-
18 June to 28 June 2012, for 6 engineers from the Road Development Au-
ous and simply supported in-situ case box girder bridges of various spans
thority, Sri Lanka at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. The
and provided guidelines and training on structural detailing and construc-
training focused on a “Theory and Practice” training methodology and was
tion process of segmented box girder bridges. Two site visits were organ-
carried out by Dr. Naveed Anwar, Engr. Keerati Tuntasuwatana, and bridge
ized to enhance the training. The first was at Bangkok’s Industrial Ring Road
specialist Dr. Songkiat Matupayont. Initial sessions focused on providing the
Bridge, also known as Bhumibol Bridge, followed by a visit to the Construc-
necessary theoretical background while the subsequent sessions were used
tion site of the Sky train purple line project for Mass Rapid Transit Authority
to demonstrate the practice on the use of appropriate design tools and soft-
of Thailand (MRTA).
38 Technology | January 2013
