2008 FHWA Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference

2008 FHWA Accelerated Bridge Construction: Highway For Life Conference Flyer

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March 20, 21, 2008

Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland

Short Course on Design of steel and concrete bridges using AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, March 19, 2008

Sponsored By: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Co-Sponsored By

• California Dept of Transp
• North Carolina Dept of Transp
• Florida Dept of Transp
• Oregon Dept of Transp
• Georgia Dept of Transp
• Pennsylvania Dept of Transp
• Maryland Dept of Transp
• South Carolina Dept of Transp
• Montana Dept of Transp
• Texas Dept of Transp
• Nebraska Dept of Roads Virginia Dept of Transp
• New York Dept of Transp
• Washington Dept of Transp

Pre-Conference Workshops

Steel Bridge Design using AASHTO/LRFD Specifications (2007 Edition)

8:00 a.m. to Noon, March 19, 2008

Starting with the third edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, major changes were incorporated for designing steel bridges. These changes, while making the code more readable and comprehensive, nevertheless demand familiarity with background and the philosophies for making them to begin with.

This portion of the seminar will include a brief background to various design provisions, followed by short examples demonstrating their use.

Instructor: Atorod Azizinamini Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). He is also Director of the National Bridge Research Organization (NaBRO) at UNL. He has more than 200 technical publications in the structural engineering field and is nationally and internationally recognized for his expertise in the steel bridge area.

Concrete Bridge Design Using AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification (2007 Edition)

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., March 19, 2008

This short course will provide an understanding of the background of the LRFD concrete specifications, an overview of the state-of-the-art design procedures, and design examples.

Instructors:

Shri B. Bhide, Ph.D. P.E., S.E., is Director of Engineering at Leap Software. He was formerly the manager of the Bridge Program at the Portland Cement Association. He is a member of numerous bridge engineering committees and has published extensively in the structural engineering area.

Bijan Khaleghi, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., is concrete specialist at the Washington State Department of Transportation in Olympia Washington. Bijan has over 21 years of professional experience in bridge design and is an active member of the PCI Bridge Committee and the AASHTO T-10 committee on Concrete Bridges.

Thursday General Session Schedule

Main Ballroom

General Session Moderators

Benjamin Tang, P.E., FHWA and Atorod Azizinamini, Ph.D., P.E., University of Nebraska -Lincoln

Thursday Breakout Sessions

Friday Breakout sessions

There is no registration fee to attend the conference or the workshops, however, you must pre-register to attend. Space is limited and registrations will be based on a first come first registered basis.

Attendees will receive a certificate stating they have attended continuing education classes

Visit www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/accelerated for more information

Conference Planning Committee

• Conn Abnee, NSBA
• John Dick, PCI
• William Nickas, Corven Engineering, Inc.
• Raj Ailaney, FHWA
• Sam Fallaha, Nebraska DOR
• Edward Power, HDR, Inc
• Atorod Azizinamini, Univ. of NE-Lincoln
• Lyman Freemon, Nebraska DOR
• Mary Lou Ralls, Ralls Newman, LLC
• Kent Barnes, Montana DOT
• Robert Healy, Maryland DOT
• Allen Raynor, North Carolina DOT
• Shri Bhide, LEAP Software
• Bruce Johnson, Oregon DOT
• Arun Shirolé, Arora and Associates, P.C.
• Barry Bowers, South Carolina DOT
• Jugesh Kapur, Washington State DOT
• Mark Stark, Olsson Associates
• George Christian, New York DOT
• Paul Lile, Georgia DOT
• Kevin Thompson, California DOT
• Lex Collins, Florida DOT
• Tom Macioce, Pennsylvania DOT
• Alex Wilson, Mittal Steel
• William Cox, Texas DOT
• Vasant Mistry, FHWA
• Homoz Seradj, Oregon DOT

Conference Co-Chairs:

Dr. Atorod Azizinamini
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
402 472-3029

Vasant Mistry
Federal Highway Administration
202 366-4599

Visit www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/accelerated For More Information

Hotel Information

Conference and workshops will be held at Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor

300 Light Street
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202
Ph. 410-528-1234
Fax 410-685-3362

For hotel Reservations

Block of room at the conference rates are reserved. The conference rate is set at the government rate for all attendees, regardless of their affiliation. The cut off date for getting conference rate is Feb 20, 2008. To make a hotel reservations follow the steps below:

1. www.baltimore.hyatt.com
2. Specify the check in and check out dates and other information requested
3. At the left of the page you will also see "Group/Corporate #". Specify "g-higb" and click

You should see the conference rates which are as follows:

Single Occupancy: $148.00
Double Occupancy: $148.00 Triple Occupancy: $173.00 Quadruple Occupancy: $198.00

Rates do not include applicable state and local taxes.
Or call hotel directly at 800-872-3600. Mention the group rate and the code "g-higb”

Registration Form

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