Welcome to Webinar onAccelerated Bridge Construction

ABC Bridges from a County Perspective

Sponsored by

Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction(ABC) Center at

Florida International University

Website: abc.fiu.eduEmail: abc@fiu.edu

February 14, 2013 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

ABC Bridges from a County Perspective

Eugene Calvert, PE, PTOE, Engineering Supervisor & Marlene Messam, PE, Project Manager

Collier County, Florida

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

Please post your questions in the chat box

ABC Action taken at2013 TRB Annual Meeting

January 13-17, 2013 – Washington, DC

Formation of ABC SubcommitteeTRB AFF10 General Structures – parent committee

Subcommittee Chair: Ben Beerman, FHWA

Membership includes representation from:AFF20, Steel Bridges CommitteeAFF30, Concrete Bridges CommitteeAFH40, Construction of Bridges and Structures

For more information, contact:Ben Beerman, FHWA, Benjamin.Beerman@dot.gov

Call for Award Nominations

2013 PCI Design AwardsProjects completed within the last three years (no earlier than Jan. 1, 2010)Sponsored by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institutehttp://www.pcidesignawards.org/2013intro/

Submission Deadline: May 20, 2013

For more information, contact:William Nickas, WNickas@pci.org

DC

N.E. Region -July 2012

S.W. Region - Feb 2012

M.N. Region - May 2012

N.W. Region - Nov 2012

PR

S.E. Region - Feb 2013

[Feb 26 – March 1]

PBES/ABC Regional Peer

Exchanges

http://p2p.ara-tracker.com/

Upcoming Events

2013 PCI Committee Days – Chicago, ILApril 25-28, 2013Sponsored by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institutehttp://pciconvention.org/2013ComDays/

Meetings include:• PCI Committee on Bridges – Friday, April 26, 2013• AASHTO T-10, Concrete Design – Saturday, April 27, 2013

For more information, contact:William Nickas, WNickas@pci.org

Upcoming Events

2013 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium – Ames, Iowa

August 15-16, 2013Sponsored by Iowa Department of Transportation & Iowa

State University’s Institute of Transportationhttp://intrans.iastate.edu/events/midcon2013/

Call for Abstracts deadline: March 16, 2013Suggested topics include ABCSubmit abstracts online

For more information, contact:Judy Thomas, jathomas@ iastate.edu

Upcoming Events

2013 Western Bridge Engineers’ Seminar – Bellevue, Washington

September 3-6, 2013

Hosted by Washington State DOT and a biennial cooperative effort by FHWA & Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon & Washington DOTs

Call for Abstracts Deadline: April 5, 2013

Abstract Guidelines: http://cm.wsu.edu/WBES13

Suggested topics include PBES for ABC

Submit abstracts to Jugesh Kapur: kapurju@wsdot.wa.gov

Upcoming International Events

2013 International Highway Technology Summit – 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

Online registration is now open: http://gclt.chinahighway.com/e/ri.php

For more information, contact:• Betty Guo at betty05122@163.com• Nina Guan at ninee818@hotmail.com

Upcoming 2014 International Event

Lake Louise Peace Bridge, Calgary, Alberta

Ninth International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges – Calgary, Alberta, Canada

July 15-18, 2014

Sponsored by Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CACE)http://csce.ca/

Topics include Accelerated Bridge Construction

For more information and inquiries, email:smsb2014@csce.ca

Links on ABC Center Home Page

http://www.abc.fiu.edu/

“Upcoming Events & Activities”

“Related News & Publications”

Next Webinar

Thursday, March 21, 2013 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern)

Featured Presentation

ABC for Minnesota County Roads

by

Christopher Werner, PEProject Manager, HDR Engineering

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

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

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Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

ABC Bridges from a County Perspective

Eugene Calvert, PE, PTOE, Engineering Supervisor & Marlene Messam, PE, Project Manager

Collier County, Florida

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

Please post your questions in the chat box