A slab bridge structure having improved rigid connection strength between bridge girders and concrete piers. The slab bridge structure has a rigid connection structure in which slab concrete (3) is poured between side surfaces of bridge girders (1) arranged in line in a bridge width direction, throughout a longitudinal direction of the bridge girders, connection concrete (12) in which bridge girder portions (1) supported by a bridge seat (2a) of a concrete pier (2) that supports the bridge girders are embedded is further added onto the bridge seat, and the slab concrete and the concrete pier are concrete-joined through the connection concrete, the slab bridge structure further includes: a connecting rod (13) embedded in the concrete pier and projecting upward from the bridge seat of the pier; and a connecting plate (14) connecting upper end portions of the adjacent bridge girder portions.

A construction module for a structure, comprising: a formwork member that includes a base, a pair of parallel side walls that extend upwardly from the base, and a pair of parallel end walls. The base, the side walls and the end walls define a cavity for reinforcement and concrete. A reinforcement member includes an upper portion and a lower portion. When the reinforcement member is located in the cavity and concrete fills the cavity, the lower portion of the reinforcement member and the concrete define an elongate beam.

A beam used for construction, particularly of short- to mid-span bridges. A beam can include flanges extending from a web that are joined to flanges of another beam. When joined two beams form an open internal void. The beams can be manufactured from concrete and include an embedded reinforcement cage. Manufacture of the beams utilizes a formwork that can be filled in a single pour.

A precast concrete beam including a substantially planar web extending longitudinally between ends of the beam; a pair of flanges formed integrally with the web, each flange extending laterally from an elongate edge of the web and extending longitudinally between the ends of the beam so as to define a structure engaging surface of the beam; and a plurality of diaphragms formed integrally with the web and the flanges, each diaphragm spanning laterally between a side of the web and one of the flanges, wherein the diaphragms are spaced apart along the beam to thereby support the flanges.

A method of producing a precast concrete bridge and headwall assembly including casting a reinforced concrete bridge unit having a top wall connecting opposite side walls; positioning the bridge unit with a first side supported by a horizontal casting surface, wherein the top wall is positioned adjacent a framing unit for the headwall; forming a precast concrete headwall on the casting surface adjacent the top wall with a series of earth anchors at laterally spaced intervals along the top wall between the side walls, each earth anchor formed with: a) a body member extending outward from the headwall to the top wall; and b) a foot member extending laterally outward from the body member engaged on the top wall and including an upper surface generally parallel to the top wall; and removing the headwall and earth anchors as a unit from the bridge unit.

A transition slab connected at opposing ends to a deck compression slab and to an anchoring. The transition slab absorbs the expansions of the deck by means of compressing sheets of polymer, elastomer or the like, that are arranged in parallel spacing and integrated in the transition slab to be oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the road. The transition slab absorbs the contraction movements of the deck limited expansion due to the summation of crack openings in induced cracks. Crack planes are created by forms made of wood, polymer or the like arranged in parallel, spaced relation within the body of the transition slab.

A formwork system, including a plurality of side formwork elements configured to confront a concrete structure, a horizontal formwork panel configured to support the concrete structure, and at least one working platform, wherein the system is configured to be split in a longitudinal direction and stricken or cycled from the concrete structure in two discrete parts.

A device for cathodic protection against corrosion of at least one metal structure in contact with an electrolytic medium comprising a sedimentary soil, the protective device dispensing with the need for a sacrificial metal and means for connection to an electrical distribution network and including at least two microbial anode systems including microorganisms and an electrode configured to be in contact with the microorganisms and the electrolytic medium, the microorganisms having the ability to supply electrons to the electrode by degradation of oxidizable ambient resources according to oxidation-reduction reactions, the electrode of each microbial anode system being configured to be buried at least partially in the sedimentary soil of the electrolytic medium and the free electrochemical potential of the microbial anode system is lower than the free electrochemical potential of the metal of the metal structure to be protected.