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May 28, 2003 Issue of ConstructionTechnologyToday.com |
| (5/27/03) The Widest Three-Member Arch Bridge in the Country |
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The
redesign and replacement of the Troup Howell Bridge in Rochester, N.Y.,
is part of an $85-million New York State Department of Transportation
project for reconstruction and capacity improvements. The project
consists of 3.5 miles of roadway along I-490, including 20 bridges from
the Erie Canal to the Genesee River. Erdman Anthony and Associates,
Inc., of Rochester coordinated with an aesthetics committee made up of
neighborhood groups, consultants, and city officials to design a
signature bridge as the gateway to the central business district,
Rochester Canal Harbor, and I-490. The resulting design incorporates a
three-member steel arch structure that will be slightly wider than the
existing bridge to accommodate 6-foot shoulders, making it the widest
three-member arch in the country. The bridge's underside will include
pedestrian overlook areas along both sides and walkways connecting these
areas to existing pedestrian amenities, facilitating the creation of a
future riverfront park system. The project will begin in late 2003. To
learn more, go to
www.490gateway.com.
Source: Civil Connection Newsletter, Brought to you by the publisher of
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(5/28/03)
HPC Symposium 2003-
Announcing The 2003 High Performance Concrete Symposium And Bridge
Conference To be held this October in
Florida, the Symposium is sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI). The Bridge Conference
is sponsored by PCI. They will be conducted together and held in conjunction
with the 49th PCI Annual Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. For
more info, visit the
PCI website
page regarding the symposium
Source:
www.PCI.org
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New
Concrete Reinforcement Product Used in World's Tallest Precast Building in
Highest Risk Seismic
Zone Four
The BauGrid
Reinforcement System was used to relieve congestion and reduce the
construction time on the Paramount Building at 680 Mission and Third Street
in San Francisco. The BauGrid System was part of the Precast Hybrid
Moment Resisting Frame testing at the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), and has been used in several projects that utilize the
PHRMF system since the testing was complete. The system was developed as
part of the PRESSS Research Program (sponsored by the National Science
Foundation, PCI, and PCMAC) by a consortium of industry experts including
Charles Pankow Builders, Baumann Research and Development Corporation,
utilized testing at NIST and the University of Washington. Professor M.J.
Nigel Priestley of the University of California at San Diego coordinated the
research. John Stanton of the University of Washington, was one of the key
researchers in the PRESSS program. Test results showed that the PHRMF
can be economically constructed and exhibits a higher performance than the
conventionally reinforced cast-in-place concrete frames. BauGrid
Reinforcement System Source: Baumann Research and Development
www.brdcorp.com PHMRF Sources:
Pankow Builders www.pankow.com and PCI
"Seismic Design Report"
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McGraw-Hill California Construction Link Calendar of Upcoming Events
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(5/28/03)
43-page
Evaluation of
Tsunami Risk to Southern California Coastal Cities in PDF format
2002 EERI/FEMA NEHRP Professional Fellowship
Source: Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute www.eeri.org
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(5/28/03) Step
by Step, Order Returns to Baghdad ENR Associate Editor
Thomas F. Armistead is in Iraq reporting on the activities of Army
Corps of Engineers and private contractors.
Click here
to read his files from the front. Source: Engineering News Record
online http://enr.construction.com
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(5/28/03)
ATC AND JSCA ANNOUNCE 10TH U.S.-JAPAN WORKSHOP ON
STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
The Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the
Japan Structural Consultants Association (JSCA) are pleased to announce the
Tenth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Improvement of Structural Design and
Construction Practices, to be held June 30-July 2, 2003, at the Maui Prince
Hotel in Maui, Hawaii. Prior workshops in this series sponsored jointly by
ATC and JSCA have been held in Honolulu (1998, 1984), Kobe (1996), Victoria
(1994, 2000), San Diego (1992), Kailua-Kona (1990), Tokyo (1988), and San
Francisco (1986). The workshops have provided unique opportunities for
leading engineers from the two countries to discuss state-of-the-art
structural engineering issues in both formal and informal surroundings.
The program for the 10th Workshop includes technical presentations by
structural engineering design practitioners and researchers from Japan and
the United States, as well as working group discussions and several social
functions. The special focus of the workshop will be on seismic design and
blast effects mitigation. For complete conference information, click
on the link below. Source: Applied Technology Council
atcouncil.org/rel041003.shtml
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(5/28/03) The Construction
Innovation Forum Invites NOVA Award Nominations to be submitted to them
postmarked by October 1 each year for next year's NOVA Awards. CIF is now
calling for Nominations by October 1, 2003 for the 2004 NOVA Awards.
Innovations from all parts of the construction industry and all over the
world are equally eligible for the NOVA Award. For more info, visit
our Source: www.cif.org
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