Sistemas prefabricados y su aplicación en la construcción de puentes.

Abstract

Colombia is currently developing a modernization process in its road infrastructure, which is focused in improving the operational capacity and speed of design of existing road corridors through the construction dual carriageway type infrastructure. Which in turn require to achieve the objectives described above the construction of more technically complex works such as tunnels and bridges.

However, the construction of a large number of bridges increases the total execution times of the work, since This type of elements demand large injections of resources and specialized personnel as described by the Professor Mounir Kjalil El Debs (2021, p.3) in his book Pontes de concrete com enfase na aplicacao de elementos pre-modeled, in some cases becoming relevant activities within the critical path of a project. Taking the above as a reference, it can be determined that developing totally prefabricated bridges and not only some elements as it is currently done is determined in a strategy that can reduce the times of execution and quality control in the works.

Throughout this document we will analyze the feasibility of implementing fully prefabricated systems in the construction of bridges in Colombia, through the analysis of bibliographical sources that reflect the experience in other countries and regions, hoping to conclude with the relevant aspects to be taken into account from the regulatory aspect and logistics for the success of this type of construction procedures in the local environment.