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FHWA Demonstration Project
Heat Straightening Repair for Damaged Steel Bridges

Typical Workshop Agenda

• Welcome
• Opening Remarks about the FHWA project
• Introduction to the program
• Overview of heat straightening repair (video)
• Discussion of basic principles of heat straightening
• Review of technical manual on heat straightening repair
• Demonstration of interactive computer program for heat straightening repair
• Review of case study of actual repair using the interactive computer program
• Field demonstration of heat straightening repair techniques