West Gate Bridge Case Study
‘West Gate Bridge’ is described as being a gigantic monitor lizard poised in an elongated ‘S’ astride the River Yarra linking Melbourne’s Western suburbs with Eastern Victorian suburbs between Central Business District as imagined by Carmel Egan, a fine journalist.
(Brown, 2002)
1. An Analysis of the Project’s Structure and Management:
1.1 Project Structure:
The West Gate Bridge in Melbourne was going to be, undoubtedly, the largest bridge of Australia, with four lanes in each direction and a total span of 2.6 kilometres. The bridge consisted of two parts:
1) Approach Spans:
Spans in reinforced concrete of 67 metres each.
2) Centre part:
Total length of 848 metres, in steel.
This steel section was a continuous box-girder …show more content…
On removal of 37 bolts, the inevitable collapse started. Buckles spread in the transverse direction due to overloading. (Åkesson, 2008) (Building) ultimately span 10-11 collapsed killing 35 people including two onsite engineers (Victoria)
(Works)
2. A proposal for the Structure and Management of the Project:
2.1 Management:
One of the major reasons for the collapse of the West Gate Bridge was the inappropriate selection of the management for a project of that scale. Thus management should be laid stress upon.
Experienced Management:
Only companies which have good experience for handling such a large scale project should have been given the opportunity to manage a project like that.
Better co-ordination of the teams involved:
Lack of co-ordination can be seen between WSC and FF&P which was the main reason of all the collapse and miss management. Teams should have had better co-ordination among themselves in order to work efficiently.
Strict implementation of laws:
There must have been proper implementation of laws that govern the bridge construction work so that it was made sure that the materials used were up to the accepted grade mark.
Autonomous
(Brown, 2002)
1. An Analysis of the Project’s Structure and Management:
1.1 Project Structure:
The West Gate Bridge in Melbourne was going to be, undoubtedly, the largest bridge of Australia, with four lanes in each direction and a total span of 2.6 kilometres. The bridge consisted of two parts:
1) Approach Spans:
Spans in reinforced concrete of 67 metres each.
2) Centre part:
Total length of 848 metres, in steel.
This steel section was a continuous box-girder …show more content…
On removal of 37 bolts, the inevitable collapse started. Buckles spread in the transverse direction due to overloading. (Åkesson, 2008) (Building) ultimately span 10-11 collapsed killing 35 people including two onsite engineers (Victoria)
(Works)
2. A proposal for the Structure and Management of the Project:
2.1 Management:
One of the major reasons for the collapse of the West Gate Bridge was the inappropriate selection of the management for a project of that scale. Thus management should be laid stress upon.
Experienced Management:
Only companies which have good experience for handling such a large scale project should have been given the opportunity to manage a project like that.
Better co-ordination of the teams involved:
Lack of co-ordination can be seen between WSC and FF&P which was the main reason of all the collapse and miss management. Teams should have had better co-ordination among themselves in order to work efficiently.
Strict implementation of laws:
There must have been proper implementation of laws that govern the bridge construction work so that it was made sure that the materials used were up to the accepted grade mark.
Autonomous