Welcome to Webinar on

Accelerated Bridge Construction

Designer Perspective on Tackling

ABC Projects – Spotlight on SHRP2

R04 Gila River ProjectSponsored by

Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center

(ABC-UTC) at

Florida International University

Website: abc-utc.fiu.edu

Email: abc@fiu.edu

January 18, 2018 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Today’s Webinar

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (40 minutes)

Designer Perspective on Tackling

ABC Projects – Spotlight on SHRP2

R04 Gila River Project

Pamela Hutton, P.E., SHRP2 Implementation Manager,

AASHTO; Mark Chase, P.E., Senior Vice President, AZTEC

Engineering Group, Inc.

Question and Answer (10+ minutes)

Please post your questions in the question box

General Session

General Session

James Ray- Senior Adviser on Infrastructure

Recognizing Contributors to

Travel Scholarship Funds- General Session

Awards- General Session

Exhibit Hall

Reception and Entertainment

Exhibit hall Thursday Evening

Poster Session- Exhibit Hall

Eleven four hour long

Workshops- Day before Conference

119, 30 Minutes Long

Technical Presentations

2019 International ABC Conference: Including

Automation, Service Life and UHPC

December 11-13, 2019

Miami, FL

Call for Papers

ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering – Special Online

Collection of Accelerated Bridge Construction

Sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

https://www.asce.org/

Note: All papers submitted through this solicitation will undergo

the standard journal peer review process. Accepted papers will be

published in regular issues of the ASCE Journal as they are

accepted and will be added to the special online collection.

Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2018

Guest Editor: Dr. Atorod Azizinamini

For questions, contact Chief Editor:

Dr. Anil K. Agrawal, jbe.agrawal@gmail.com

Submit papers online:

https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnbeeng/

Upcoming Events

2018 Grouting Certification Training – Sterling, VA

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Sponsored by American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI)

https://www.asbi-assoc.org/

Online registration:

https://www.asbi-assoc.org/content/grouting/grouting-

additional/registration.cfm

For more information:

http://www.asbi-assoc.org/index.cfm/grouting/training

Upcoming Events

2018 World Steel Bridge Symposium – Baltimore, MD

April 11-13, 2018

Sponsored by National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA)

https://www.aisc.org/nsba/events/world-steel-bridge-

symposium

Held in conjunction with AISC’s NASCC: The Steel Conference

ABC Session: Accelerated Bridge Construction by Example

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Online registration: Opened January 15!

https://www.aisc.org/nascc/

For more information, contact Chris Garrell:

garrell@steelbridges.org

Call for Abstracts

2018 NDE / NDT for Structural Materials Technology for

Highway and Bridges Conference and the International

Symposium on Non-Destructive Testing in Civil

Engineering

– New Brunswick, NJ

August 27-29, 2018

Sponsored by American Society for Nondestructive Testing

(ASNT)

https://www.asnt.org/smt18

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 1, 2018

Submit 250-word-maximum abstract at:

https://www.asnt.org/MajorSiteSections/Events/Calls_for

_Abstracts.aspx

Available

at

PCI.org

For questions, contact:

William Nickas, P.E.

WNickas@pci.org

AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design

Guide Specifications

for GFRP-Reinforced Concrete

Bridge Decks and Traffic Railings

- Second Edition

New Edition in Progress!

ABC-UTC

Quarterly Research SeminarFriday, January 26, 2018 – 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern

Material Design and Structural

Configuration of Link Slabs for ABC

Applications

Behrouz Shafei, Ph.D., P.E., Principal Investigator

Michael Dopko, Ph.D. Student

Shahin Hajilar, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate

ABC-UTC / Iowa State University

Online Registration is open at:

http://abc-utc.fiu.edu/

Next WebinarThursday, February 15, 2018 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern)

Featured Presentation

Northeast Extreme Tee (NEXT) Beam

with Rochester VT Case Studyby

Rita Seraderian, P.E., Executive Director, Precast/Prestressed

Concrete Institute Northeast; Rob Young, P.E., Senior Project

Manager, Structures Section, Vermont Agency of Transportation;

Joe Carrara, President, J.P. Carrara & Sons, Inc.

To register, visit: www.abc-utc.fiu.edu

Today’s Webinar

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (40 minutes)

Designer Perspective on Tackling

ABC Projects – Spotlight on SHRP2

R04 Gila River Project

Pamela Hutton, P.E., SHRP2 Implementation Manager,

AASHTO; Mark Chase, P.E., Senior Vice President, AZTEC

Engineering Group, Inc.

Question and Answer (10+ minutes)

Please post your questions in the question box