Welcome to Webinar on

Accelerated Bridge Construction

Work-Zone Road User Costs – Comparison

between ABC and Conventional Construction

Sponsored by

Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction

(ABC) Center at

Florida International University

Website: abc.fiu.edu

Email: abc@fiu.edu

January 10, 2013 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

Work-Zone Road User Costs – Comparison

between ABC and Conventional

Construction

Nathaniel Coley, Engineer

Office of Transportation Performance Management

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

Please post your questions in the chat box

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

http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2013/AnnualMeeting2013.

aspx

Upcoming ABC Session at

TRB Annual Meeting

January 13-17, 2013 – Washington, DC

Committee Meetings with ABC presentations:

AFF10, General Structures

AFF20, Steel Bridges

AFF30, Concrete Bridges

AFH40, Construction of Bridges and Structures

http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2013/AnnualMeeting2013.

aspx

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 Industry Events

2013 Grouting Certification Training – Austin,

April 15-16, 2013

Sponsored by American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI)

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

Early-bird registration ends April 1

To register:

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

Upcoming Industry Events

7th New York City Bridge Conference – NYC, NY

August 26-27, 2013

Sponsored by Bridge Engineering Association

http://www.bridgeengineer.org

Call for Papers Deadline extended to February 1, 2013

Submit 300-word maximum abstracts to

info@bridgeengineer.org

Upcoming Industry Events

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

Focus: design, construction, or

monitoring in-service

performance of SDCL steel

bridges

Deadline for paper submission:

January 11, 2013

http://www.aisc.org/ej

AISC ENGINEERING JOURNAL

special edition

New Link on ABC Center

Home Page

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

“Upcoming Events & Activities”

“Related News & Publications”

Next Webinar

Thursday, February 14, 2013 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern)

Featured Presentation

ABC Bridges from a County Perspective

by

Eugene C. Calvert, P.E.

Engineering Supervisor, Traffic Operations

Collier County, Florida

& representative for the

National Association of County Engineers

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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abc@fiu.edu

State that you attended the January 10, 2013 webinar

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Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

Work-Zone Road User Costs – Comparison

between ABC and Conventional

Construction

Nathaniel Coley, Engineer

Office of Transportation Performance Management

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

Please post your questions in the chat box