ASPIRE Spring 10 - Aspire - The Concrete Bridge Magazine

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
M. Myint Lwin is director
of the FHWA Office of Bridge
Technology in Washington, D.C.
He is responsible for the National
Highway Bridge Program direction,
policy, and guidance, including
bridge technology development,
deployment and education, and the
National Bridge Inventory and Inspection Standards.
Dr. Benjamin A. Graybeal is a
research structural engineer at the
Federal Highway Administration’s
Turner-Fairbank Highway
Research Center in McLean,
Va., where he manages the
FHWA UHPC research program.
Dr. Dennis R. Mertz is
professor of civil engineering at the
University of Delaware. Formerly
with Modjeski and Masters Inc.
when the LRFD Specifications
were first written, he has continued
to be actively involved in their
development.
Raymond Paul Giroux
has spent 30 years with Kiewit
Corporation and is district quality
manager in Concord, Calif. Much
of his work has been on heavy
civil projects. He is a member
of the American Society of Civil
Engineers and the Transportation
Research Board. He has also been involved with ASCE history and
heritage efforts and chaired their committee celebrating the 125th
anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge in 2008
April 12-13
2010 ASBI Grouting Certification
Training
J.J. Pickle Research Campus, The Commons
Center, Austin, Tex.
May 23-27
AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and
Structures Annual Meeting
Grand Sheraton Hotel, Sacramento, Calif.
May 29 – June 2
Third International fib Congress
and Exhibition
PCI Annual Convention
PCI-FHWA National Bridge Conference
Gaylord National Resort & Convention
Center, National Harbor, Md.
June 6-9
International Bridge Conference
David L. Lawrence Convention Center,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
June 14-19
PCI Quality Control & Assurance
Schools, Levels I, II & III
Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.
CONCRETE CALENDAR 2010
For links to websites, email addresses, or telephone numbers for these events, go to
www.aspirebridge.org.
June 22-23
ASBI Construction Practices Seminar
Orlando, Fla.
July 11-15
Fifth International Conference on
Bridge Maintenance, Safety and
Management
International Association for Bridge
Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS)
Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa.
September 23-26
PCI Committee Days
Westin Hotel, Chicago, Ill.
October 11-12
2010 ASBI 22nd Annual Convention
The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
October 24-28
ACI Fall Convention
The Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
December 1-3
TRB-FHWA 7th International Bridge
Engineering Conference:
Improving Reliability and Safety
Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Tex.
Frederick Gottemoeller is
an engineer and architect, who
specializes in the aesthetic aspects
of bridges and highways. He is the
author of Bridgescape, a reference
book on aesthetics and was deputy
administrator of the Maryland State
Highway Administration.
MANAGING
TECHNICAL EDITOR
Dr. Henry G. Russell is an
engineering consultant, who has
been involved with the applications
of concrete in bridges for over 35
years and has published many
papers on the applications of highperformance
concrete.
Photo: Ted Lacey Photography.
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