Instructions for Assignment 1

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Instructions for Assignment 1 : MECH 6541 X and XX winter session The students are required to find their way to the bridge on their own. Take the metro to the Montmorency station in Laval and then take the bus line number 8 in the direction of St Eustache Assignment 1 : Bridge Project. The student is required to visit a bridge on Chemin des ils Corbeil in Sainte Eustache, Quebec and report on how the Bridge was manufactured and erected. You can find the bridge by typing in Google Maps : Île Corbeil, Saint-Eustache, QC Please include the following in your assignment 1 report – printed copy with your colour picture Read the case history – both reports Unfortunately, the company ABC Inc was removed from the supply of the bridge. The insurance company scrapped the bridge work at ABC Inc and went ahead and ordered a bridge from another leading Construction company in Quebec City. The Insurance company further seized all the assets of ABC Inc sold them to the lowest bidder and sued the owner of ABC inc for 3 Million dollars of losses. This unfortunate turn of events occurred in September 2015, where ABC Inc was closed for ever and almost 80 jobs were lost in the region. The student is required to visit the newly erected bridge, and observe the difficult access to the site for long and heavy original bridge components and understand the new bridge design.
1. Take a selfie at the beginning of the bridge in the location shown below 2. Look for the name of the constructor of the bridge elements and find out from the web how the bridge must have been erected. The web site has good information. Describe this process in your report. You may even find a drawing on the web, include it in your report. 3. How is the bridge surface protected from the environment? 4. Comment on the life expectancy of the bridge structure. (time in years) 5. Observe the bridge elements and take close ups of some accessible welds, 2 – 3 welds and indicate what welding processes were used in the manufacture of the bridge.
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