50% More Safety with Phoscrete Bridge Repairs

The leading cause of fatalities in highway construction is struck-by incidents – workers hit by vehicles in or near active traffic lanes. On bridge repair jobs, the duration of the lane closure is directly tied to how long your crew is exposed to that risk. Shorter closures mean less exposure time per repair.

That is where material set time becomes a safety variable, not just a productivity one.

 

The Connection Between Set Time and Worker Exposure
A traditional OPC concrete repair on a bridge deck requires [24] hours or more before the lane can reopen to traffic. During that window, crews are either standing by near live lanes or returning for follow-up work after the initial pour.

Phoscrete MPC sets fast enough to return lanes to service in as little as 40 minutes under most conditions. That compresses the window during which crews are working in proximity to moving vehicles.

More repairs can also be completed within a single lane closure. Fewer closures per job means fewer total mobilizations into live traffic environments.

 

What This Changes on the Job

Reduced time near active traffic. A repair that closes a lane for [1] hour instead of [24] hours represents a significant reduction in crew exposure per event.

Fewer return trips. Phoscrete bonds chemically to existing concrete and does not shrink or crack at cold joints, reducing the callbacks that require crews to re-enter the repair zone.

Fewer lane closures per job. Faster set time means more work can be completed per closure, reducing the total number of traffic control setups per project.

 

 

Conditions That Affect These Outcomes

Set time is condition-dependent. Temperature, substrate condition, and repair depth affect how quickly Phoscrete reaches traffic-ready strength. Verify applicable set time and strength targets against the Phoscrete F1 or F3 TDG for your specific repair conditions before planning your closure window.

 

 

Where This Applies

• Partial and full-depth bridge deck patching in active traffic lanes
• Expansion joint repairs requiring quick return to service
• Highway infrastructure repairs with fixed lane closure windows
• Any repair where crew exposure to moving vehicles is a primary risk

 

 

Talk to a Phoscrete sales engineer.

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