Panama Canal: full tilt in the tropics

Panama Canal: full tilt in the tropics

The high design standards were necessary to reduce the risk of having to close the locks in order to undertake repairs to the superstructure. "At the existing locks we have two lanes of traffic, which permits outages for maintenance without closing the entire canal," says ACP design manage...

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Veröffentlicht in:Civil Engineering : Magazine of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 2013-01, Vol.21 (1), p.48-51
1. Verfasser: Schexnayder, C J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Canals
Civil engineering
Concrete mixing
Consortia
Construction
Contractors
Design engineering
Design specifications
Engineers
Fines & penalties
Lanes
Locks
Maintenance
Ports
Risk
Shipping
Traffic engineering
Traffic flow
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Zusammenfassung:The high design standards were necessary to reduce the risk of having to close the locks in order to undertake repairs to the superstructure. "At the existing locks we have two lanes of traffic, which permits outages for maintenance without closing the entire canal," says ACP design manager Cheryl George. "The new locks will only have one lane. Any closure of either of the locks would put the post-Panamax system out of service."
ISSN:1021-2000