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Featured Presentation:2012 Domestic Scan on ABC Connections

Findings & Recommendations

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Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction(ABC) Center at

Florida International University

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June 14, 2012 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Webinar Agenda

ABC Announcements (10 minutes)

Featured Presentation (35 minutes)

2012 Domestic Scan on ABC Connections Findings & Recommendations

Alex Bardow, P.E. Director of Bridges and Structures, MassDOT

Question and Answer (15 minutes)

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Upcoming FHWA Events/Activities

2013 ABC Conference, Minneapolis, MNDate TBD

PBES/ABC Regional P2P ExchangesTo date: SW Region, Feb. 2012; Mid-North Region, May 2012

• East RegionJuly 30 – Aug. 3, 2012Boston, MA

• North West Region Date TBD, Washington State

• South East Region Date & Location TBD

Upcoming FHWA Events/Activities

PBES Workshop – Lateral Slide Projects:September 11, 2012Ames, IAbenjamin.beerman@dot.gov

Maryland SHA - SPMT Showcase:September 15-16, 2012Baltimore, MD

UHPC Alternative Haunch Report FHWA Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-12-042NTIS Accession No.:PB2012-107569Tech Brief LinkFull Report Link

benjamin.graybeal@dot.gov

Upcoming Industry Events2012 National Bridge Conference – Nashville, TNSeptember 29 – October 3, 2012Sponsored by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)http://www.pci.org

ASBI 24 th Annual Convention – Aventura, FLOctober 29-30, 2012Sponsored by American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI)http://www.asbi-assoc.org/content/events/convention /

2012 Design-Build Conference & Expo – New Orleans, LouisianaNovember 7-9, 2012Sponsored by Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)http://www.designbuildexpo.com/

Upcoming Industry Events

International Road Federation (IRF) Global Road Achievement Awards► advancing roads and transport

Award nominations deadline: July 15, 2012http://www.irfnews.org/awards/

2013 TRB Annual Meeting

January 13-17, 2013Washington, DC

Sponsored by Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academieshttp://www.trb.org/

Timeline for Paper Submission:• June 1, 2012 Paper Submission website opened• August 1, 2012 Deadline for submission of the full paper

in PDF formathttp://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2012/AM2012Particip antGuides.aspx

Upcoming 2013 Industry Events

2013 Structures Congress – Pittsburgh, PAMay 2-4, 2013Sponsored by ASCE/Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)http://content.seinstitute.org/Structures2013.html

Third Orthotropic Bridge Conference – Sacramento, CAJune 25-29, 2013Sponsored by Sacramento Section of ASCEhttp://www.orthotropic-bridge.org/

Abstracts due September 15, 2012Submit abstracts by email to Abstract_3OBC_ASCE@hotmail.com

Upcoming International Events

5th Australian Small Bridges Conference – Queensland November 19-20, 2012Sponsored by CommStrat Australia http://www.smallbridgesconference.com

1st International Highway Technology Summit: Innova tive Approaches and Best Practice – Beijing, China April 17-19, 2013Sponsored by China Highway and Transportation SocietyCo-Sponsored by Transportation Research Boardhttp://gclt.chinahighway.com/

500-word-maximum abstracts due June 15, 2012Submit abstracts to Nina Guan atninee818@hotmail.com

NCHRPApproved 2013 ABC Projects

NCHRP Project 12-95: “Design Guidelines for Connecti on Details of Adjacent Precast Concrete Box Beam Bridg es” $500,000

NCHRP Project 12-96: “Precast Full Depth Deck Panel Concept - Possible Next Generation Solution”$400,000

2013 panel nominations deadline: June 15, 2012http://www.trb.org/NCHRP/NCHRP.aspx

For more information, contact:Waseem Dekelbab, NCHRPWDekelbab@nas.edu

Industry Resources

For calendar of upcoming concrete and bridge events , visit:http://www.nationalconcretebridge.org/calendar.html

For resources related to steel bridges, visit:http://www.steelbridges.org

For composite products in ABC infrastructure applications, visit:http://www.acmanet.org/dac/tsc.cfm

Next WebinarThursday, July 26, 2012 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern)

Featured Presentation

ABC Short-Span Low -Volume Bridge Types & Lessons Learned – Part 1:

Steelby Bill McEleney, Director

National Steel Bridge Alliance

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2012 ABC Continuing Education Workshop

The ABC Center is sponsoring a 1.5-day workshop providing in-depth coverage of subjects related to ABC• Date: December 5 -6 (1 pm start on Dec

5 and end 5:00 p.m. on Dec 6)• Location: FIU campus, Miami, Florida

Your input is requested (email to abc@fiu.edu ):• Topics of interest• Potential interest in attending• Other suggestions

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