Forte and Tablada provided topographic surveying and terrestrial LIDAR services for the LA DOTD Sunshine Bridge Emergency Repair project following the severe impact of a barge mounted crane with the lowest horizontal bridge chord. The severity of the structural damage forced the closure of the bridge resulting in disruption and re-routing of a large volume of industrial and general population motorists. Due to the elimination of this major corridor for commerce and its consequences, an expeditious and time efficient rehabilitation was paramount. Forte and Tablada worked with a design team to formulate a practical solution for obtaining advanced measurements that were unachievable with traditional measuring practices which were required for the structural analysis and repair design for the bridge. Forte and Tablada surmounted the challenges of the repair effort through the use of LIDAR techniques employing innovative applications to provide the necessary data for the bridge repair analysis and inventive construction of an apparatus needed to apply these techniques.
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St. James Parish, LA
