2024 Webinar Series
The National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC) is pleased to introduce our webinar program. Whether you’re involved in bridge design, maintenance, construction, or asset management we will be bringing you valuable insights regarding the concrete bridge industry. Certificates of attendance are available for these free webinars.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
“SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW IT AFFECTS CONCRETE BRIDGES”
Presented by Emily Lorenz, PE
Register for April’s Webinar!
Sustainability is a hot topic now, but rarely does the discussion focus on the concrete bridge industry. Our April webinar is for anyone who plans, designs, constructs, maintains, inspects and manages concrete infrastructure.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
“A Lot Has Changed! – the Updated 4th Edition of the Bridge Design Manual.”
Presented by Presented by Richard Miller, PhD, PE, FPCI
Register for May’s Webinar!
It is important to keep up to date with the PCI Bridge Design Manual! Our May webinar will feature the BDM 4th Edition, 1st Release and its updates to make it current with the 9th Edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification, along with new or updated PCI publications and recent results of PCI sponsored research.
Other scheduled dates:
June 12, 2024: FHWA Primer on Bridge Design with Lightweight Concrete, presented by Dr. Reid Castrodale
July 17, 2024: Introduction to Resources for Learning Bridge Geometry, presented by John Corven
August 21, 2024: Texture Coated Reinforcing (speaker TBD)
September 18, 2024: Silica Fume User Guide, presented by Jim Wolsiefer
October 16, 2024
November 20, 2024
December 18, 2024
Prestressed Concrete Bridge Seminar: Concepts for Extending Spans
Workshop presented by the National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC) in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration
April 24–25, 2024
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown
590 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
Two industry experts, Dr. Reid Castrodale and Dr. Rich Miller, along with other industry experts, will give DOT professionals, contractors, consulting engineers, and other industry professionals the opportunity to learn more about topics from relevant industry best practices including the new PCI Bridge Design Manual, 4th Edition, 1st Release. Experts will cover topics such as prestress (pretensioned and post-tensioned) losses and relevant guidance for the design and construction of long-span precast, prestressed concrete bridges. These topics will be directed toward engineers with several years of bridge design experience.
Registration for this event is offered through PCI’s website – www.pci.org/April24BridgeSeminar. While registration is hosted on PCI’s site, membership in PCI is not required. You can create a new account or sign-in to your existing PCI account, if you have one.
Registration closes April 1st
REGISTER TODAY!
The National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC), with its supporting organizations, offered a webinar series on Cutting-Edge Techniques to Assess, Repair, and Protect Concrete Bridges for Extended Service Life.
The 6-part series, supported by Vector Corrosion Technologies and VCS Engineering, included interactive sessions where industry experts explored innovative techniques for assessing, repairing, and safeguarding concrete structures. Whether you’re involved in bridge design, maintenance, or construction, this series offers valuable insights for sustainable and resilient infrastructure development. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay at the forefront of concrete technology and enhance the durability of your infrastructure projects. Click here for recordings and presentation slides.
“A PRIMER ON LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE FOR BRIDGES”
Webinar: Held March 29th, 2023
Presented by: Reid Castrodale PhD W. PE
Hosted by ASBI and NCBC
This presentation introduces the Lightweight Concrete Bridge Design Primer that has been published by FHWA to provide a document with the basic information needed for designing and specifying lightweight concrete bridges and to address perceived obstacles. The document includes: 1) an introduction to the production and properties of lightweight aggregate and lightweight concrete; 2) an overview of the information needed for design, including a discussion of how to assess the relative cost of lightweight concrete; 3) a discussion of design provisions in the LRFD Specifications related to lightweight concrete, including recent revisions that have clarified design process and have improved the efficiency of designs using lightweight concrete; 4) information on specifying and field use of lightweight concrete; and 5) brief discussions of a range of bridge projects where lightweight concrete has been successfully used. The concept of using prewetted lightweight aggregate to deliver curing water to the interior of concrete elements, or “internal curing,” is briefly discussed. The Primer includes references to allow readers to obtain additional information when it is needed.
Read the primer
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Webinar recordings now available! Click here to register and access the webinar recordings.
The National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC), with its supporting member organizations, is pleased to bring you recordings from the summer’s premier virtual workshop series on concrete bridges and how to repair, maintain, and extend their life cycle.
The 6-part series, supported by Structural Technologies, included interactive sessions with industry experts sharing proven methodology which identifies root causes of issues encountered on concrete bridges and provides guidance for optimal solutions and design strategies. Understanding this holistic approach dispels perceived limitations in our ability to repair and preserve concrete bridges. Tools are provided to help owners and practitioners be the best possible stewards of critical transportation infrastructure.
Sessions:
- Fundamentals of Concrete
- Evaluating Concrete Bridges
- Analyze, Design & Select the Solution
- Concrete Repair 101
- Strengthening Bridge Assets
- Delivering Long-Term Bridge Protection
Presentation on FHWA’s Post-Tensioned Box Girder Design Manual
NCBC proudly sponsored a presentation by noted bridge engineer and author John Corven on FHWA’s Post-Tensioned Box Girder Design Manual. Mr. Corven spoke to a group of university professors at PCA’s annual Professors’ Workshop. Captured on the video below, Mr. Corven goes through the key points of the manual, and provides insights for both practitioners and academics.
FHWA’s Post-Tensioned Box Girder Design Manual reviews features of the construction of cast-in-place concrete box girder bridges, material characteristics that impact design, fundamentals of prestressed concrete, and losses in prestressing force related to post-tensioned construction.
John Corven, President and Chief Bridge Engineer, of Corven Engineering. John has been designing, inspecting, and rehabilitating prestressed concrete bridges in the United States and Internationally for over 38 years.
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