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
PBES/ABC Regional Peer Exchanges DC PR S.W. Region - Feb 2012 M.N. Region - May 2012 N.E. Region -July 2012 N.W. Region - Nov 2012 S.E. Region - Feb 2013 [Feb 26 March 1] 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 7 th 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
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, 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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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