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Welcome to Webinar on Accelerated Bridge Construction Featured Presentation: Economical Details over Piers Using Simple-for-Dead-Load & Continuous-for-Live-Load Design –Part 3: ABC Steel Girder Bridges – Field Application of Typical and Simplified Details Sponsored by
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Welcome to Webinar on Accelerated Bridge Construction Featured Presentation: Economical Details over Piers Using Simple-for-Dead-Load & Continuous-for-Live-Load Design –Part 3: ABC Steel Girder Bridges – Field Application of Typical and Simplified Details Sponsored by Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Center at Florida International University Website: abc.fiu.edu Email: abc@fiu.edu December 11, 2012 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Webinar Agenda ABC Announcements (10 minutes) Featured Presentation (35 minutes) Economical Details over Piers Using Simple-for-Dead-Load & Continuous-for-Live-Load Design – Part 3: ABC Steel Girder Bridges – Field Application of Typical and Simplified Details Wayne J. Seger, P.E., SBE, Tennessee Dept. of Transportation Mark J. Traynowicz, P.E., SBE, Nebraska Dept. of Roads Question and Answer (15 minutes) Please post your questions in the chat box
1st ABC Center Technical Workshop December 5-6, 2012 Thanks to all participants! Email recommendations for future topics to Atorod Azizinamini at aazizina@fiu.edu
Upcoming AASHTO Events 2013 Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures Annual Meeting – Portland, Oregon June 16-20, 2013 http://bridges.transportation.org/Pages/MEETINGS.aspx
FHWA EDC– Summit Meetings http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/index.cfm
Upcoming ABC Session at • TRB Annual Meeting • January 13-17, 2013 – Washington, DC • Session 561: ABCs of Accelerated Bridge Construction • Policy Development • Co-sponsored by TRB AFH40 (lead) and AFF10 • Tuesday, January 15 • ABC Policy Development: Utah DOT – Carmen Swanwick • Statewide ABC Policy Development: Iowa DOT – Ahmad Abu-Hawash • MassDOT Experience with ABC Policy & Projects – Shoukry Elnahal • ABC-PBES Policy Development: Michigan DOT – Matthew Chynoweth • Also check structures-related Committee meetings for • ABC presentations • http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2013/AnnualMeeting2013.aspx
Upcoming Industry Events • 2013 Grouting Certification Training – Austin, • April 15-16, 2013 • Sponsored by American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI) • http://www.asbi-assoc.org/ • To register: • http://www.asbi-assoc.org/index.cfm/grouting/training • 2013 National Bridge Conference – Grapevine, Texas • September 21-24, 2013 • Sponsored by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) • http://www.pci.org • Abstracts due January 31, 2013 • Submit abstracts electronically at • https://www.softconf.com/d/PCI2013
Upcoming International Events 2013 International Highway Technology Summit: Innovative Approaches and Best Practices – Beijing, China April 16-18, 2013 Sponsored by China Highway and Transp. Society (CHTS) Co-Sponsored by Transp. Research Board (TRB) & International Road Federation (IRF) http://gclt.chinahighway.com/e/index.php Deadline for 500-word-max Abstracts: December 30, 2012 Submit abstracts to Betty Guo at betty05122@163.com & Nina Guan at ninee818@hotmail.com Early Bird Registration ends December 25, 2012
AISC ENGINEERING JOURNAL special edition Focus: design, construction, or monitoring in-service performance of SDCL steel bridges Deadline for paper submission: January 11, 2013 http://www.aisc.org/ej
New Link on ABC Center Home Page http://www.abc.fiu.edu/ “Upcoming Events & Activities” “Related News & Publications”
Next Webinar • Thursday, January 10, 2013 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern) • Featured Presentation • Work-Zone Road User Costs – Comparison between ABC and Conventional Construction • by • Nathaniel Coley • Office of Transportation Performance Management Federal Highway Administration • To register, visit: www.abc.fiu.edu
Industry Resources For resources related to concrete bridges, visit: http://www.nationalconcretebridge.org/ For resources related to steel bridges, visit: http://www.steelbridges.org For resources related to composite bridges, visit: http://www.acmanet.org/dac/tsc.cfm
If you wish to receive one-hour PDH Send an email to abc@fiu.edu State that you attended the December 11, 2012 webinar Give first and last name of everyone at your site who wishes to receive PDHs Please do not send request to any other email account
Webinar Agenda ABC Announcements (10 minutes) Featured Presentation (35 minutes) Economical Details over Piers Using Simple-for-Dead-Load & Continuous-for-Live-Load Design – Part 3: ABC Steel Girder Bridges – Field Application of Typical and Simplified Details Wayne J. Seger, P.E., SBE, Tennessee Dept. of Transportation Mark J. Traynowicz, P.E., SBE, Nebraska Dept. of Roads Question and Answer (15 minutes) Please post your questions in the chat box