Western Bridge Engineers' Seminar 2013
 

KEYNOTES

Overview of WSDOT Bridge Program
Pasco Bakotich III, Washington State Department of Transportation

Keynote: Overview of the Alaskan way Project
Linea Laird, Washington State Department of Transportation

Keynote: Whence and Whither Seismic Design?  Past and Future Perspectives on Bridge Seismic Design
Lee Marsh, BergerABAM


2A MAJOR BRIDGE DESIGN PROJECTS

 

Prefabricated Decked Girders for Accelerated Bridge Construction in Washington State

Scott Sargent & Bijan Khaleghi, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Design-Build

Y. Nein Wang & Aamir Durrani, HNTB Corporation

Sherman Lee, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.

 

Replacement of the Sandy River 1-84 Bridges

Douglas Johnson, David Evans & Associates

 

 

2B ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

 

The Shoo-Fly: Sliding the Sellwood Bridge

Scott Nettleton & Anthony Calcagno, TY Lin

Kenneth Huntley, Multnomah County, OR

 

Skagit River Bridge SR5/712 Collapse and Repair

Geoff Swett, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

Design and Construction of the SR 99 Atlantic Street Bypass

Nicholas Rodda, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

 

2C SEISMIC DESIGN CRITERIA

 

Performance Objectives and the AASHTO Guide Specifications for the LRFD Seismic Bridge Design

Elmer Marx, Alaska Department of Transportation

 

Seismic Design Criteria of a Cable-Stayed Bridge: An Owner’s Perspective

Paul Chung & Jason J. Q. Fung, CalTrans

 

The Importance of Considering Column Top Rotation in the Displacement of a Triple Friction Pendulum Isolators for Tal Column Structures

Eric Abrahamson & Fletcher Waggoner, SC Solutions Inc.

 

 

2D BRIDGE REHABILITATION

 

Hagwilget Suspension Bridge Refurbishment, Hazelton, BC

Jeff Mellor, Buckland & Taylor

 

Rehabilitation of Long Span Bridges

Adrian Ciolko & Chris Ligozio, KPFF Consulting Engineers

 

Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” Project

Chester Werts, HDR Engineering Inc.

 

 

3A MAJOR BRIDGE DESIGN PROJECTS


State-of-the-art Report on FULL-DEPTH PRECAST CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK PANELS
William Nickas, PCI Transportation Systems

Bridgelation on the I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector Project

Morad G Ghali & Kenneth C. Saindon, Atkins Global

 

The Truss Span of the S. Omaha, Missouri River Bridge

Kevin R. Eisenbeis, Burns & McDonnel

 

 

3B ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

 

Time is of the Essence: OR43 Oregon City Bridge Rehab Scheduling

Daniell Pavela, T.Y. Lin

 

The Use of Accelerated Bridge Construction Techniques in the New Fraser Heights Bridge, Surrey, BC, Canada
Uri Wexler, David Harvey & Don Kennedy, Associated Engineering

 

Accelerating Bridge Construction: Recent Applications in California

Paul Chung & J.W. Fang, CalTrans

 

 

3C SEISMIC DESIGN

 

Design of the SR520 West Approach Bridge Using Seismic Isolation Bearings

Greg Knutson & Paul Bott, HDR Engineering Inc.

 

As-Built Seismic Analysis of the Golden Gate Bridge Main Suspension Spans

Ted Bush & Kuang Lim, HDR Engineering, Inc.

 

Non-Linear Seismic Behavior of a Highly Horizontally Curved Bridge: A Case Study of Yerba Buena Island (YBI) WB On-Ramps, Bay Bridge, San Francisco, CA

Young Deng, Tom Lee, Gernot Komar & Omar Jaradat, Moffat & Nichol

 

 

3D BRIDGE REHABILITATION

 

Keene Road Railroad Bridge Conversion for Vehicular and Pedestrian Use

David K. McMullen, KPFF Consulting Engineers

 

Rehabilitation of the Historic Oregon City Arch OR43: Willamette River Bridge

Eric Bonn & Jason Kelly, OBEC Consulting Engineers

 

Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation of the Simpson Bridge

Anthony Mizumori & Glen Scroggins, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

 

4A BRIDGE DESIGN CASE STUDY

 

State of the Practice and Advances in Buried Bridges

Joel Hahm, Big R Bridge

 

Remote Bridges in Alaska

Travis Arndt & Leslie Daugherty, Alaska Department of Transportation

 

A Constructible Bridge Bent Designed to Re-center After an Earthquake

John Stanton, Marc Eberhard, Phillip Davis, Travis Thonstad, Bryan Kennedy & Jeffrey Schaefer, University of Washington

 

 

4B BRIDGE DECK CONSTRUCTION

 

ABCs of Crack-Less Bridge Decks, with Applications in Accelerated Bridge Construction

Sonny Fereira, CalTrans

 

How to Specify and Construct Durable Crack Free Bridge Decks: Washington State Experience

Mark Gaines, Washington State Department of Transportation

Mohammad Sheikhizadek, David Evans & Associates

 

Re-Surfacing the Orthotropic Steel Deck of the Freemont Bridge in Portland, OR

John Hinman, Donald Wagner & Charles Seim, CH2M Hill

 

 

4C SEISMIC RETROFIT

 

Seismic Retrofit Program Priorities and Options for Oregon

Bruce Johnson, Oregon Department of Transportation

 

Seismic Retrofit of Dumbarton Toll Bridge

Tariq Masroor, Steve Mitchell & Jay Quiogue, CalTrans

 

Operability Retrofits for BART’s North Oakland Aerial Guideways

Hassen Beshir, BART

Matthew Paradis, HNTB Corporation

 

 

4D BRIDGE LOAD RATING

 

Improved Load Rating of Existing Bridges for Permit Trucks

Vietanh Phung & Kash Nikzad, Tran Tech Engineering

 

Load Rating for Two Steel Bridges

Jingjuan Li, RHC Engineering Inc

 

Methods for Improving Load Ratings of Existing Bridges

Scott Loptson, Kent LaRose & Ruby Kwan, Morrison Hershfield

 

 

5A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ARCH BRIDGES

 

Design, Construction and Structural Health Monitoring of a Steel Arch Bridge

Aleksander Nelson & Hussein Khalil, HDR Engineering Inc.

Ahmad Abu-Hawash, Iowa Department of Transportation

Brent Phares & Terry Wipf, Iowa State University

 

Sellwood Bridge Project: Final Design of the Main Crossing Arch Bridge

Ian Cannon, Multnomah County, Oregon

Mike Lopez & Eric Rau, TY Lin Corp.

 

Design and Construction of the Bronco Arch Replacement Bridge

Gregg A. Reese, Summit Engineering Group Inc.

 

 

5B BRIDGE PRESERVATION

 

Developing an Effective Bridge Preservation Program

Chris Keegan, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

Precast-Prestressed Bridge Girders Damaged by High Load Impacts

Richard Brice & Lynn Peterson, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

How Do You Inspect Something You Can’t See? Oregon’s Experience in a Pilot Program to Test PT Ducts

Marie Kennedy, Oregon Department of Transportation

 

 

5C SPECIAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Design of the Truckee River Bridge

William Rodriguez, TY Lin

 

Remote Bridges in Alaska

Travis Arndt & Leslie Daugherty, Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

 

Design of Keechelus Lake Avalanche Bridges

Cory Caywood & Kevin Dusenberry, Jacobs Engineering

 

 

5D LIGHT RAIL BRIDGE PROJECTS

 

Design of the East Link Aerial Guideway Structures in Bellevue, WA

Jerry Dorn, HNTB

 

PHX Sky Train: Taking Trains Under Planes

David Burrows, Gannett Fleming, Inc.

 

I-90 Track Bridge: The Reality of Taking Light Rail Vehicles on to the Homer M. Hadley Floating Bridge

Thomas R. Cooper, Parsons Brinckerhoff

 

 

6A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL BRIDGES

 

Fracture and Fatigue Properties of Seriously Damaged Steel, Bridge Structural Members Repaired through Heat-Straightening

Kaiyuan Liu, Parsons Brinckerhoff

David Mukai, University of Wyoming

 

Challenges of the Design and Construction of Steel Bridge over Ebey Slough in Washington State

Loung (Lou) H. Tran, Washington Department of Transportation

 

Design & Construction of the Shenandoah River Bridge Steel Delta Frame

Jason Fuller & Matthew Bunner, HDR Engineering Inc.

 

 

6B BRIDGE MANAGEMENT

 

Bridge Paving Design, Construction, and Management

Bruce Thill, Washington Department of Transportation

 

Improving Load Ratings & Bridge Management Decisions: Field Testing of the Jackson St. Bridge

Brice Carpenter & Brett Commander, Bridge Diagnostics Inc.

Greg Kim, Seattle DOT

 

WSDOT’s Bridge Management and Performance Measures

DeWayne Wilson, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

 

6C BRIDGE RESEARCH

 

Seismic Design of Concrete Filled Tube Columns and Their Connections

Charles W. Roeder, Dawn E. Lehman & Max T. Stephens, University of Washington

Jiho Moon, Korea University, Seoul South Korea

 

Controlling Cracking at the Ends of Pretensioned Concrete Bridge Bulb Tee Girders

Pinar Okumus, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Michael G. Olivia, University of Wisconsin

 

Socket Connections for Rapid Construction of Bridge Bents with Spread Footings

John Stanton, Marc Eberhard & Olafur Haraldsson, University of Washington

 

 

6D BRIDGE AESTHETICS

 

Genesee Avenue Pedestrian Overcrossing: A Concrete Bridge with High Degree of Curvature

Paul Morel, Kleinfelder/Simon Wong Engineering

 

Bridge Architecture: Current Trends: A West Coast Bridge Architect’s Perspective

Michael Fitzpatrick, T.Y. Lin

Paul Kinderman, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

Aesthetic Bridge Rails and Barriers in California

Shannon Post, CalTrans

 

 

7A SPECIAL BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Landmark in the Works: Novel Use of Post- Tensioning in Highly Curved Bridges

Claudio Osses, Huanzi Wang & Richard Patterson, AECOM, Buckland & Taylor

 

Design of the SR 99 Bored Tunnel and Approach Structures in Seattle, WA

Jerry Dorn, HNTB Corp

 

Accelerated Design/Construction Using Prefabricated Bridge Components

Merv Ericksson, DJ & A

 

 

7B BRIDGE PRESERVATION

 

Summary of Critical Findings Reviews for the National Bridge Inspection Program

Brian J. Leshko, HDR Engineering Inc.

 

Field Application of Ultrasonic Phased Array for Structural Evaluation

Curtis Schroeder, Fish & Associates Inc.

 

Rope Access Investigation and Emergency Repair of the Diefenbaker Bridge Girder Fracture

Reed Ellis, Nicholas Cioffredi & Frank Block IV, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.

 

 

7C BRIDGE DESIGN CASE STUDY

 

Design and Construction of Fresno SR 180 Braided Ramp Design Build Project

Sammy Tu, ARUP

John Pologar, Walsh Group

 

Precast Girder and Integral Bent Cap for the Sunset Blvd and Skirball Center Drive Crossing Bridges

Patrick W. Pence, Evelyn Y. Liang & Luan S. Go, HNTB Corp

KookJoon Ahn, CalTrans

 

Structural Design Complexity of Presidio Parkway CIP/PS Solid Slab Bridges

Ali Rejaie, Kuan Go & Evelyn Liang, HNTB Corp.

 

 

7D BRIDGE REHABILITATION

 

Seismic Retrofit and Rehabilitation of the Laurel Street Overcrossing

Peter Smith, T.Y. Lin

 

US-2 Moyie River Gorge Bridge Rehabilitation

Dan Gorley & Kenneth Clausen, Idaho Department of Transportation

 

Reconstruction of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s Easterly Hackensack River Bridge

Richard Schaefer, HNTB Corp.

Andrew Kamilaris, Dewberry Engineers

Kevin M. Healy, NJ Turnpike Authority

 

 

8A BRIDGE DESIGN POLICIES

 

Evaluation of Common Design Policies for Precast Prestressed I-Girder Bridges

Richard Brice & Bijan Khaleghi, Washington State Department of Transportation

Stephen J. Seguirant, Concrete Technology Corp.

 

Stability of Straight Steel Plate Girders During Construction

Robert C. Gale, Buckland & Taylor

 

Analysis Of Curved And Skewed Steel Girder Bridges During Construction

Andres Sanchez, Brandon Chavel & Somenic Coletti, HDR Engineering Inc.

Cagri Ozgur, Rizzo Associates

Donald White, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

 

8B GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN

 

Geotechnical Challenges of the S. Holgate Street to King Street Viaduct Replacement Project, Seattle, WA

Monique Anderson, Shannon & Wilson

Jim Struthers, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

Wishkah Bridge Replacement-Designing for Significant Landslide Movement with Conventional Materials

Anne Fabrello-Streufert, Aaron Olson & Jason Pang, KPFF Consulting Engineers

 

Shaft Base Grouting-Perching Deep Foundations in Specific Soil Layers

Stuart Bennion, BergerABAM

 

 

8C BRIDGE DESIGN CASE STUDY

 

The Two Medicine River Bridge: Montana’s First Posttensioned Concrete Box-Girder Bridge, Glacier, MT

Tony Kojundic, Elkem Materials, Inc.

 

The First Thermoplastic Bridges Located in U.S. Highways (5)

Vijay Chandra & John S. Kim, Parsons Brinckerhoff

 

Southbound US-191 Cold Creek Canyon Bridge

Chayan Bhattacharyya & Mike Morrison, Arizona Department of Transportation

 

 

8D PREFABRICATED BRIDGE ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS

 

Design and Construction Solutions for I-84 Over Northside Boulevard and the UPRR Spur Line

Dan Gorley, Idaho Department of Transportation

Kenneth Clausen, Idaho Department of Transportation

 

Construction Difficulties in Rural Arizona

Amjad Alzubi, Arizona Department of Transportation, Bridge Group

 

Recommended AASHTO LRFD Design Specifications and Method of Structural Analysis for Bridge Structures with Resilient Energy Dissipation Mechanism in Their Columns

M. “Saiid” Saiidi, University of Nevada, Reno

Brian Nakasoji, University of Nevada

Jedediah Bingle, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

 

9A CABLE SUPPORTED BRIDGES

 

Tower Erection Engineering for the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge Self-anchored Suspension Span

B. Hammersley, Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd.

W. Wu, B. Hammersley & D. Dowedell, Wu and Dowedell Associated

N. Greco, American Bridge Company

 

Fabrication of the Deh Cho Bridge Pylons

Paul King, Rapid-Span Structures, Ltd.

 

Innovative Methods for Inspection of Cable-Stayed Highway Bridges, Old and New

Scott Wyatt, KPFF Consulting Engineers

Chris Ligozio, KPFF Consulting Engineers

 

 

9B LIGHT RAIL BRIDGE PROJECTS

 

D to M Streets Track and Signal Improvement Project: Pacific Avenue Bridge

Thomas R. Wilson & Erick Kelly, Parsons Brinckerhoff

 

History of Accelerated Bridge Construction

M. Lee Marsh, James S. Guarre, Robert F. Mast & Greg A. Banks, BergerABAM

 

Gusset Plate Triage Analysis for Steel Trusses in Washington

Patrick Gallagher, Washington State Department of Transportation

 

 

9C BRIDGE DESIGN CASE STUDY

 

Washington Street Overcrossing-Accelerated Bridge Construction Methods: Concept to Completion

Andy Howe & Jason Kelly, OBEC Consulting Engineers

 

Glenwood Connector Pedestrian Bicycle Bridge: Minimizing Environmental Impacts Through Sustainable Materials and Minimal Project Footprint

Evan Sinn & Scott Nettleton, T.Y. Lin

Ship & Barge Collisions with Highway Bridges

Michael Knott, Eric Nichol & Mikele Winters, Moffat & Nichol

 

 

9D BRIDGE INSTRUMENTATION

 

Force Monitoring of Post-Tensioning Tendons and Cable Stays in Bridge Structures

Shahid Islam, DYWIDAG-Systems International

 

Instrumentation and Structural Health Monitoring of the Galena Creek Bridge

Troy Martin, Nevada Department of Transportation

 

Images at Depth-The Use of Acoustic Imaging on Large River Crossings: A Case Study

Jeffrey B. Rowe, Infrastructure Engineers Inc.

Kenneth LaBry, CH Fenstermaker & Associates, LLC



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