2015 Presentations

OPENING KEYNOTE

I-74 Mississippi River Bridge -- Norman McDonald, Iowa Department of Transportation

2A ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

-          Utah SR201-Bridge Slide -- Richard Hansen, Michael Baker International

-          ABC Methods for Replacement SH55, North of Cascade (D) -- Leonard Ruminski, Idaho Department of Transportation

-          The Lardo Bridge Slide -- Brian Byrne, Lochner

2B BRIDGE FOUNDATION SEISMIC DESIGN

-          Modeling and Design of the Gilman Drive Overcrossing Foundations -- Garrett Dekker,  Moffatt & Nichol

-          Seismic Design of Adjacent Rail Bridges in Deep Liquefiable Soils -- Kelly Burnell,  Kleinfelder; Ebrahim Amirihormozaki, Kleinfelder

-          2D Seismic Site Response Analysis in a Subduction Zone Environment -- Zia Zafir, Kleinfelder

2C BRIDGE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

-          New Design Provisions for Lightweight Concrete in Bridges -- Reid Castrodale, Expanded Shale Clay and Slate Institute

-          FHWA Slide-in Bridge Construction Cost Estimation Tool -- AJ Yates, Michael Baker International

-          The Future of Bridge Design, Modeling and Analysis: 3D Modeling from Design to Decommission -- Barbara Day, Bentley Systems

2D BRIDGE REHABILITATION

-          Rehabilitation of Bridges -- Kash Nikzad, TranTech Engineering, LLC; Vietanh Phung, TranTech Engineering, LLC

-          Replacement of Trunnion Bearing, 92nd Street Bascule Bridge, Chicago, IL -- Paul Bandlow, Stafford Bandlow Engineering, Inc.

-          Slausen Avenue Bridge Over San Gabriel River -- Bob Fish, AECOM Transportation

3A ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

-          Accelerated Bridge Construction in Alaska -- Leslie Daugherty, Alaska DOT & PF

-          Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program: Pre-cast Concrete Elements for ABC Construction -- Tim Moore, Washington State Department of Transportation

-          Innovative Bridge Designs for Rapid Renewal, SHRP2 RO4, Lessons Learned -- Finn Hubbard, Fish & Associates

3B BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

-          Design of the Gilman Drive Bridge over I-5 at the University of California, San Diego Gernot Kumar -- Tony Sanchez, Moffatt & Nichol

-          Hybrid Spliced Girder Concept to Solve Bridge Constructability Challenges -- Sami Megally, Kleinfelder

-          Design of a Modern Cable-Stayed Bridge in a High Seismic Zone -- Patrick Montemerlo, David Evans & Associates, Inc.

3C BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

-          Girder Stability in Erection and Demolition -- Michael Garlich, Collins Engineers, Inc.

-          Project Risk Management on the New San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge -- Richard Foley, California Department of Transportation

-          Response to Falsework Collapse During Bridge Construction -- Mark Creveling, Kleinfelder; Jeff Turner, Flatiron

3D BRIDGE REHABILITATION

-          In-Service Replacement of Box Girder Bottom Slab WSDOT Bridge 5/537S Span 11 -- Craig Boone, Washington State Department of Transportation

-          Bridge Deck Replacement on Precast Concrete Bulb-T Girders with Sacrificial Flange Technique -- Tanarat Potisuk, Oregon Department of Transportation

-          Accelerated Bridge Construction, Rehabilitation of the I-280 in San Francisco -- Ric Maggenti, California Department of Transportation

4A ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

-          Accelerated Bridge Construction of the West Humbug Creek Bridge -- Jason Kelly, OBEC Consulting Engineers

-          Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems for Accelerated Bridge Construction -- Greg Banks, BergerABAM

-          Seattle’s Not-So-Boring SR99 Bored Tunnel Project -- Tim Moore, Washington State Department of Transportation

4B BRIDGE DURABILITY AND MATERIALS

-          Use of Grade 80 Reinforcement in Oregon -- Craig Shike, Oregon Department of Transportation

-          Durability Design of Bridges -- Mike Bartholomew, CH2M Hill

-          Durability of Lightweight Concrete for Bridges -- Reid Castrodale, Expanded Shale Clay and Slate Institute

4C BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

-          Lateral Slide of a Historic Warren Truss in Washington State -- Kevin Dusenberry, Jacobs

-          Tower Erection Engineering for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Self-anchored Span -- William Wu, David Dowdell, Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd

-          Design and Construction of the St. Patrick’s Island Pedestrian Bridge -- Brent Whitcomb, Parsons Brinckerhoff

4D BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT

-          San Elijo Lagoon Bridge Replacement -- Jeremy Lahaye, Kumar Ghosh, Dan Fitzwilliam, T.Y. Lin International

-          Tioga Pedestrian Bridge Replacement -- Bob Grubbs, Oregon Department of Transportation

-          Alexander Avenue Bridge Retrofit Project, Larkspur, CA -- Carlos Ramirez, Parsons Brinckerhoff

5A ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

-          Faster Construction and Better Seismic Performance: You Can Have Both -- Marc Eberhard, University of Washington

-          Innovative, Accelerated, and Cost Effective Options for Short Span Bridges -- Michael Barker, University of Wyoming

-          Novel Deconstructible and Resilient Columns for ABC in High Seismic Zones -- Sebastian Varela, University of Nevada, Reno

5B BRIDGE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

-          Instrumenting Anchorage Zone of Post-tensioned Box Girder Bridges -- Ahmed Maree, University of Nevada, Reno; Marc Friedheim, California Department of Transportation

-          Structural Response of Bent Caps in Reinforced Concrete Box-Girder Bridges -- Mohamed Moustafa, University of California, Berkeley

-          Computer Aided Design, Analysis, and Load Rating of Precast-Prestressed Spliced Girder Bridges -- Rick Brice, Washington State Department of Transportation

5C FOUNDATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

-          Thermal Integrity Profiling as a Drilled Shaft Quality Assurance Tool -- Mark Gaines, Washington State Department of Transportation

-          Honolulu Rail Transit Project: Drilled-Shaft Design Considerations and Challenges -- Ahilan Selladurai, Ahmad Abdel-Karim, AECOM Transportation

-          Sellwood Bridge Perched Box Caisson Design and Construction -- Garret Ellingson, Shayne Tennis, McGee Engineering

5D BRIDGE MATERIALS AND MAINTENANCE

-          Specialized Post-Tensioning Inspection and Repair -- Travis Green, Eric Anderson, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

-          Bridge Security -- Paul Kinderman, Washington State Department of Transportation

-          Development of National Training for Bridge Maintenance -- Eric Thorkildsen, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

6A BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

-          Design and Construction Complexities of the Yerba Buena Island Transition Structures for the New East Span – SFOBB -- Robert Dameron, Moffatt & Nichol

-          Replacement of the Highway 85 Bridge Over the Missouri River Near Williston, North Dakota -- Michael Marks, Colin Moran, KLJ

-          US-34 Missouri River Pushing the Design and Construction Limits for a Haunched Steel Girder with Substringer Bridge -- Phil Rossbach, HDR Engineering, Inc.

6B BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

-          Maximizing the Flexibility of Precast Concrete to Accommodate Unusual Bridge Geometry in a Constrained Urban Environment -- Yuling Teo, City of Seattle; Hong Guan, Mark Johnson, CH2M Hill

-          Salt Creek Half Viaducts -- Bob Goodrich, OBEC Consulting Engineers

-          MSS Box Girder Transverse Design of Geral Desmond Bridge Replace Project -- Sammy Tu, STV Inc.

6C BRIDGE MATERIALS AND DETAILS

-          Material Properties of Lightweight Concrete for Bridge Design -- Reid Castrodale, Expanded Shale Clay and Slate Institute

-          Good Bridges, Bad Details, and Ugly Cracks: A Study in Titanium Alternatives to Fiber Reinforced Polymers -- Paul Strauser, Oregon Department of Transportation

-          Crack-less Bridge Decks -- Craig Knapp, California Department of Transportation

6D INVENTORY AND MAINTENANCE

-          Utilizing 3D Models for Better Bridge Asset Inspection and Management of Complex Bridges -- Lee Tanase, Bentley Systems

-          Where’s the Guidance? An Interim Approach for Load Rating Culverts and Flexible Buried Bridges -- Joel Hahm, Big R Bridge

-          Developing Risk Assessment Protocols for Six Iconic Willamette River Bridges -- Douglas Lampkin, David Evans and Associates Inc.; Ian Cannon, Multnomah County

7A BRIDGE SEISMIC DESIGN

-          Seismic Design of Light Rail Transit Bridges with Fault Rupture -- James Gingery, Ebrahim Amirihormozaki, Kleinfelder

-          Seismic Design Considerations for Single-Column Piers Supporting Highly Curved Ramp Bridges -- Greg Griffin, AECOM Transportation

-          Sellwood West Approach Interchange Bridge - Design Challenges and Project Delivery -- Vu Phan, CH2M Hill

7B BRIDGE DESIGNS AND SCOUR CHALLENGES

-          Design of the 13th Street Bridge at Vandenberg AFB for Hydraulics, Scour, and Seismic -- Tony Sanchez, Moffatt & Nichol

-          Acquiring and Implementing TIGER Grant Funding for the I-15 Virgin River Bridge #6 Superstructure Replacement and Substructure Widening -- Rafael Davis, Arizona Department of Transportation

-          History of the Oldest Bridge Pons Fabricius -- Luong Tran, Washington State Department of Transportation

7C BRIDGE SEISMIC DESIGN

-          Performance of Bridge Columns Under Long Duration Ground Motions -- Mohammed Mohammed, University of Nevada – Reno

-          Maximizing Bridge Value with Advanced Seismic Analysis -- Christopher Pitt, KPFF Consulting Engineers

-          Application of Performance Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE) -- Yeo (Tony) Yoon, Toorak Zokaie, California Department of Tranportation

7D INSTRUMENTATION AND INSPECTION

-          Implementing the Next Generation of Bridge Inspection and Management Systems -- Lee Tanase, Bentley Systems

-          Economics of Infrastructure Health Monitoring -- Brian Westcott, Intelligent Structures, Inc.

-          Macro vs. Micro: The Future and Past of Bridge Instrumentation -- Shaun Dustin, Campbell Scientific

8A BRIDGE JOINTS AND BEARINGS

-          High Load Multirotational Bearings for the Sellwood Bridge -- Ron Watson, R.J. Watson, Inc.

-          Nenana River Bridge Seismic Retrofit -- Travis Arndt, Alaska DOT&PF (Bridge Design)

-          Innovations in Bridge Engineering -- Iman Talebinejad, SC Solutions

8B RAIL AND RETAINING STRUCTURES

-          Design Optimization for Sound Transit’s Light Rail Lynnwood Extension -- Yuhe Yang, Parametrix

-          Significant Changes for Design and Construction Costs of Earth Retaining Structures Caused by Changes in Recent AASHTO LRFD Design Criteria -- Ahilan Selladurai, Robert Fish, AECOM Transportation

-          Lightweight Cellular Concrete Fill to Mitigate Railroad Bridge Approach Settlement -- Nathan Johnson, Moises Arzamendi, Kleinfelder

8C BRIDGE SEISMIC DESIGN

-          Base Isolating the New NY Bridge -- Nick McDowell, Ted Bush, HDR Engineering

-          2nd Street Connector, Gateway to Historic Sacramento -- Ali Seyedmadani, Parsons Brinkerhoff

-          Seismic Design of Walnut Avenue Overpass -- Marcelo Vargas, Nick Murray, HNTB

8D LOAD RATING

-          Methods for Improving Load Rating of Existing Bridges -- Kash Nikzad, Vietanh Phung, TranTech Engineering, LLC

-          An Innovative Procedure for Load Rating of Suspension Bridges -- Hassan Sedarat, SC Solutions

-          Snake River Load Test: Addressing Bridge Management Issues -- Brice Carpenter, Bridge Diagnostics; Shanon Murgoitio, Idaho Transportation Department

9A BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

-          Hells Canyon Bridge SR89 -- Mike Morrison, Arizona Department of Transportation

-          Design and Construction of an International Airport Bridge between California and Mexico -- Paul Morel, Kleinfelder

-          Seismic Retrofit and Reconstruction of the Historic Georgia Street Concrete Arch Bridge -- Ebrahim Amirihormozaki, Nathan Johnson, Kleinfelder

9B BRIDGE ANALYSIS

-          Effect of Curved Alignment and Skewed Supports on Bridge Response -- Lucas Miner, Drake Haglan and Associates

-          Liveload Distribution on Bridge Abutments -- Toorak Zokaie, California Department of Transportation

-          Impact of Air Pressure Testing on Post-Tensioned Anchorage Ducts -- Brett Allen, Eclipse Engineering

9C BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

-          Accelerated Scheduling for I-90/Cliff Ave. Bridges -- Hadley Eisenbeisz, South Dakota Department of Transportation

-          Seismic Retrofit of Ogden Siphon Pipe Suspension Bridge -- Mark Reno, Quincy Engineering, Inc.

-          I Didn’t Know They Could Do That! Capabilities and Design Considerations for Flexible Buried Bridges -- Joel Hahm, Bridge R Bridge

9D BRIDGE INSPECTION

-          Vertical Clearance Measurements & Posting of VC Signs -- Homer Saidi, Arizona Department of Transportation

-          Underwater Inspection of the Golden Gate Bridge: The Image of an Icon -- Daniel Stromberg, Collins Engineers, Inc.

-          Summary of Safety Inspection Practices for Bridges with Fracture Critical Members -- Brian Leshko, HDR Engineering, Inc.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Eight West Coast ABC Bridges Named After Engineers -- Al Mangus, Professional Engineers in California Government


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