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ABC Replacement of a Bridge over Thanksgiving Weekend in Allegheny

County, Pennsylvania

Sponsored byCenter for Accelerated Bridge Construction

(ABC Center) at Florida International University

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

May 9, 2013 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

ABC Replacement of a Bridge over Thanksgiving Weekend in Allegheny

County, Pennsylvania

Michael Dillon, PE, MBA, Allegheny County Dept. of Public Works, Pittsburgh, PA & Mark Pavlick,

PE, Project Manager, HDR Engineering

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

Please post your questions in the chat box

Call for Award Nominations

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

Submission Deadline: May 20, 2013http://www.pcidesignawards.org/2013intro/

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

Call for Award Nominations2013 National Design-Build Awards Program• Best Design-Build Projects in 10 Categories,

including Transportation • Projects must have been completed on time,

on budget, & without litigation(completed and opened after March 31, 2010)Sponsored by the Design-Build Institute of Americahttp://www.dbia.org

Submission Deadline: May 21, 2013For zip file with complete entry package: http://www.dbia.org/about/awards/national/

For more information, contact: awards@dbia.org

Upcoming Events2013 International Bridge Conference – Pittsburgh, P AJune 2-6, 2013Sponsored by Engineer’s Society of Western Pennsylvaniahttp://www.eswp.com/bridge/

Featured Agency: Massachusetts DOTSession: Monday, June 3, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

ABC Technical Sessions:Wednesday, June 5ABC 1, 8:30 - 12:00 pm: Presentations 13-50 through 13-55ABC 2, 1:30 - 4:00 pm: Presentations 13-74 through 13-77

FHWA ABC Workshop: Thursday, June 6W-5, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm: Accelerated Bridge Construction

Upcoming Events

Third Orthotropic Bridge Conference – Sacramento, CAJune 24-30, 2013Sponsored by Sacramento Section of ASCEhttp://www.orthotropic-bridge.org/www/2013/2013_Home.html

FHWA Orthotropic Bridge WorkshopTuesday, June 25 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pmFree to Conference registrantsTopic: FHWA Manual for Design, Construction, and

Maintenance of Orthotropic Steel Deck Bridges

Upcoming 2014 Events

2014 Structures Congress – Boston, MAApril 3-5, 2014Sponsored by ASCE/Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)http://www.seinstitute.org/

Call for Sessions & Abstracts deadline: June 12, 2013http://content.asce.org/conferences/structures2014/ call.html

Upcoming2014 International Events

4th International fib Congress 2014 – Mumbai, IndiaFebruary 10-14, 2014Organized by IMC – fib of The Institution of Engineers (India)http://www.fibcongress2014mumbai.com

Theme: Improving Performance of Concrete StructuresCall for Papers Deadline: May 15, 2013Category: 4.2 Structures for Road Transportation,

[4.2.2] Road Bridges and Viaductshttp://www.fibcongress2014mumbai.com/Content_CallPaper.aspx

Upcoming2014 International Events

2014 World Steel Bridge Symposium – Toronto, OntarioCo-located with NASCC: The Steel ConferenceMarch 26-29, 2014Sponsored by National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA)http://www.aisc.org/wsbs

Call for Papers Deadline: July 1, 2013Abstracts: 500 words or lessSubmission: pdf attachment sent to

abstracts@steelbridges.org

Links on ABC Center Home Page

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

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“Related News & Publications”

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

Next Webinar

Thursday, June 13, 2013 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern)

Featured Presentation

Applying ABC Conceptsto Long -Span Bridges

by

Theodore (Ted) P. Zoli, PE, National Bridge Chief Engineer, HNTB Corporation

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Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

ABC Replacement of a Bridge over Thanksgiving Weekend in Allegheny

County, Pennsylvania

Michael Dillon, PE, MBA, Allegheny County Dept. of Public Works, Pittsburgh, PA & Mark Pavlick,

PE, Project Manager, HDR Engineering

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

Please post your questions in the chat box