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Bridges 2010
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  Afternoon, Wednesday, November 17, 2010  
   
  12:15 p.m.  

Networking & Refreshment Break

 
   
  1:15 p.m.  

Examining The Blueprint For Surface Transportation Investment And Reform

  • Providing an update on state transportation spending levels
  • Reporting and showing lessons learned form Recovery Act implementation
  • Discussing the state of current surface transportation and bridge funding, including Federal Highway Trust Fund conditions
  • Providing AASHTO’s funding and financing framework for the next six years
  • Giving the latest update on current program extensions and SAFETEALU reauthorization

- Joung Lee   Associate Director for Finance and Business Development, Aashto

 
   
  2:00 p.m.  

Innovative Design Techniques And Building Sustainable Bridgest

  • Developing bridge concepts considering project requirements, site condition, available materials, constructability and maintenance
  • Paying close attention to aerodynamic stability and human induced vibration if unique structural system is used
  • Creating better structural design with the help of 3-D modeling
  • Developing lighting scheme to enhance nighttime appearance
  • Designing construction sequences with consideration of contractors’ capabilities

- Ignacio Barandiaran   Project Director, ARUP

 
   
  2:45 p.m.   Networking & Refreshment Break  
   
  3:15 p.m.  

Implementing Best Practice Maintenance Regimes For Bridges

  • Ensuring your operational costs remain balanced and minimizing costs of up keeping the infrastructure.
  • Ensuring the value of your asset remains economically sustainable
  • Outlining maintenance procedures that are necessary to mitigate a major accident or hazard
  • Implementing modern maintenance and engineering practices to improve the bridge infrastructure
  • Taking a long term approach to asset maintenance and identifying appropriate service levels to improve your decision making
- Jon Tapping   San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Risk Management Coordinator, Caltrans
 
   
  4:00 p.m.  

Learning From Shake Table Tests Of Three, 110'-Long, 4- Span Bridge Models With Conventional And Innovative Materials

  • Three bridge models each supported on three, two-column bents were tested under simulated earthquakes to failure
  • Bridge-abutment interaction was included in the tests using hydraulic actuators at the ends of the bridge
  • The earthquake motions simulated the 1994 Northridge earthquake
  • Conventional reinforced concrete piers were used in one bridge model, but the other two incorporated innovative materials such as shape memory alloys, fiber concrete, built-in elastomeric pads, glass and carbon fiber composites, and precast columns

- Dr. Mehdi Saiidi   Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno

 
   
  4:45 p.m.  

End of Conference

 

 
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