{"id":14459,"date":"2015-11-23T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/second-penang-bridge-exemplifies-civil-engineering-excellence\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:49:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:49:51","slug":"second-penang-bridge-exemplifies-civil-engineering-excellence","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/second-penang-bridge-exemplifies-civil-engineering-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Penang Bridge exemplifies civil engineering excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Penang Bridge, the longest sea crossing in Southeast Asia, has recently clinched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.org.uk\/news\/industry-achievers-celebrated-in-awards\" target=\"_blank\">Brunel Medal<\/a> from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>ICE is one of the world\u2019s most respected professional associations, with a history of almost 200 years, and its highly prestigious Brunel Medal recognizes civil engineering excellence. This is the first time it has been awarded to a Southeast Asian project and it is the third project outside of the United Kingdom to be honored.<\/p>\n<p>The award was reported in both international and local media including <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukconstructionmedia.co.uk\/news\/ice-2015-brunel-medal-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\">UK Construction Online<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernama.com\/bernama\/v8\/ge\/newsperspectives.php?id=1178397\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bernama<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In awarding the Brunel Medal, ICE emphasized that the project is \u201ca vivid example of how civil engineering can overcome the merciless forces of nature and direct its resources to sustainable use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AECOM\u2019s work on the 24-kilometer (14-mile) long Second Penang Bridge helped deliver one of the largest sea crossing projects in the recent history of bridge construction around the world. The project accomplished several engineering feats, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advancing the art and science of modern cable-stayed bridge design and construction.<\/li>\n<li>Engineering a seismic resilient and tsunami resistant long-sea crossing by design.<\/li>\n<li>Carrying out one of the deepest bored pile operations to a depth of 127 meters (416 feet).<\/li>\n<li>Installing 5,168 concrete spun piles, a record number in bridgework construction.<\/li>\n<li>Conducting the biggest Statnamic load test ever, to assess the load carrying capacity of the bridge\u2019s foundations.<\/li>\n<li>Implementing a major load testing on the structure before bridge opening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Robin Sham, global long-span and specialty bridges director, was AECOM\u2019s project director for its comprehensive consultancy services to China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd. (CHEC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Second Penang Bridge project pioneered numerous innovations in design and construction. The natural hazards in that region and the extreme difficulty of construction in a hostile marine environment spurred our problem solving creativity,\u201d shared Dr. Sham. \u201cThe project is a fine example of design, build, finance and operate procurement, and it is a catalyst for further economic expansion in Malaysia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bridge was officially opened in March 2014. The ICE awards ceremony in October 2015 followed shortly after the international launch of the project book \u201cThe Second Penang Bridge \u2014 a glorious chapter in modern bridge engineering.\u201d In this landmark project, AECOM worked closely with CHEC and China Highway Planning and Design Institute to provide feasibility studies, detailed design, site supervision and construction engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-14459","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/14459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/14459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}