China’s Sichuan province is famed not only for its distinctive cuisine, but also for the kind of challenging terrain that stymies highway construction projects. SCODI, a Sichuan based engineered firm, was recently awarded an engineering feasibility study for the $1.42 billion Circle Highway of XC City.
This new 69-kilometer long highway would circle the Sichuan highlands via bridges, tunnels, side hill cuts, and interchanges. For SCODI, the challenge was not just designing a feasible highway, but selling that design to government and regional officials.
This project was submitted to the 2013 Excellence in Infrastructure Awards Program. To learn more about the program and submit for 2016, visit the awards program site – AEC Excellence Awards.
Project summary
The province of Sichuan, China is in the early planning stages of very large transportation project located in the highlands of southwest China. The first stage of the planning effort—an engineering feasibility…
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