Second National Covered Bridges Conference
By Christopher Marston December 5, 2012
The Federal Highway Administration’s National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program (NHCBP) is sponsoring the Second National Historic Covered Bridge Conference in Dayton, Ohio, June 5-8, 2013. Co-sponsored by the National Park Service’s Historic American Engineering Record and the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, this event will feature presentations from some of the leading covered bridge engineers, scholars, and builders from across the country.
Topics include:
• purist versus pragmatist rehabilitation strategies
• documentation and assessment technologies
• fire protection systems
• low-cost maintenance strategies
• new covered bridge design and performance
• covered bridges as cultural artifact
• historical analysis of builders, designs, and construction techniques
Held in historic downtown Dayton, participants will also experience a timber framing demonstration, attend a reception and dinner at local historic sites and tour several historic covered bridges. The conference will offer the opportunity for exchange between a diverse audience of civil engineers, public transportation officials, academics, trades people, historians, architects, and covered bridge enthusiasts. Mark your calendar and plan to attend!
Second National Covered Bridges Conference
June 5-8, 2013
Dayton Crowne Plaza, Dayton, Ohio
Call for Papers: Abstracts due January 7, 2013
http://www.woodcenter.org/2013-national-covered-bridge-conference/
Registration will open in February/March 2013
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Preliminary Schedule
Wednesday June 5, 2013
Pre-conference tours of Dayton’s Aviation History
Timber Framing Demonstration
Opening Reception at Dayton Engineer’s Club
Thursday June 6
Opening Plenary and Paper Sessions
Hog Roast at Preble County Historical Society
Friday June 7, 2013
Paper Sessions and Closing Plenary
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Post-conference tours of area covered bridges