IBC Technical Program

The IBC is the pre-eminent arena for the bridge industry in North America, Europe and Asia. Currently celebrating its 30th year, the IBC annually attracts over 1,600 bridge owners and engineers, senior policy makers, government officials, bridge designers, construction executives, and suppliers from throughout the US and abroad. In 2012 participants came from 46 States and 20 countries.

Keynote Session
Monday, June 3, 2013, 8:30 - 11:30am, Ballroom B/C

• Rich Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of the County of Allegheny, PA


• Barry J. Schoch, P.E., Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA


• M. Myint Lwin, P.E., S.E., Director, Office of Bridge Technology, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC


• Michael Flowers, P.E., President & CEO, American Bridge Company, Coraopolis, PA


• The Honorable Bill Shuster, Chairman, U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (PA 9th District), Harrisburg, PA


• Michael P. Lewis, Director, Rhode Island Department of Transportation, 2013 AASHTO President, Providence, RI


• Frank DePaola, P.E., Highway Administrator, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Boston, MA

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Featured Agency Session - Massachusetts DOT
Monday, June 3, 2013, 1:00 - 5:00pm, Figg Theater

Successfully Implementing Innovation, a Presentation Including Accelerated Bridge Construction Case Studies & Lessons Learned
Thomas P. Donald, P.E., Director of Bridge Project Management

Innovative Bridge Solutions in MassDOT's New Bridge Manual
Alexander K. Bardow, P.E., Massachusetts State Bridge Engineer

Communicating about Accelerated Bridge Construction — Case Studies and Resources
Eliza Partington, Bridge Technical Coordinator

Managing Accelerated Bridge Construction
Victoria Sheehan, Accelerated Bridge Program Manager

MassDOT's Major Projects
Joe Pavao, MassDOT Project Manager

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Special Interest Session
1:00 - 3:00pm, Theater 3

Autonomous Robotic Grit Blasting Systems - Sydney Harbour Bridge Case Study
Presented By: SABRE Autonomous Solutions

Speakers: Martin Lloyd, Chief Operating Officer, Greg Peters, Engineering Design Manager, and James Ross, Design Engineer, Sabre Autonomous Solutions, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Proprietary Session
Monday, June 3, 2013, 1:30 - 4:30pm, CSI Inc. Theater

IBC 13-01: Accelerated Railroad Bridge Construction to Support Historical Transportation Modes
Quentin Rissler, P.E., Larson Design Group, Lititz, PA; Stephen Weaver, Strasburg Rail Road Company, Strasburg, PA; Jeffrey Given, P.E., Loftus Construction, Inc., Cinnaminson, NJ; Kevin Grant, CONTECH Engineered Solutions LLC, Denver, PA

IBC 13-02: The Quest for 100 Year Bridge Coatings in Japan
Winn Darden, AGC Chemicals Americas, Exton, PA

IBC 13-04: Scour and SHM on the Frontera Bridge
Stephen Schorn, E.I.T., Francois Callewaert, and Gilles Hovhanessian, Advitam Inc., Sterling, VA

IBC 13-05: Predicting Global Buckling Behavior in the Construction of Steel Bridges
Stephen Rhodes, BEng, MSc, CEng, MICE and Terry Cakebread, BSc(Hons), CEng, MICE, LUSAS, New York, NY

IBC 13-89: Verification Of Quality And Performance Of Modular Expansion Joints - America's Leading Role In Full-Scale Product Testing
Thomas Spuler and Colm O'Suilleabhain, Mageba SA, Bulach, Switzerland; Gianni Moor, Mageba USA LLC, New York, NY

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Special Interest Session
Monday, June 3, 2013, 1:30 - 2:30pm, Theater 2

ASCE's 2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure

Speakers: Andrew W. Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, ASCE President 2012 and Principal, Hardesty & Hanover, Pittsburgh, PA

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Construction, Part 1
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 8:30am – 12:00pm, Figg Theater

IBC 13-06: The Innovative Design and Construction of New Steel Trusses within the Existing Iconic Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, MN
John Milius, P.E., AECOM, Philadelphia, PA

IBC 13-07: Incremental Launch Method for Steel Truss Bridge Erection
Jerry M. Pfuntner, P.E., S.E., FINLEY Engineering Group, Inc., Tallahassee, FL

IBC 13-08: NCHRP Report 725: Recommendations for Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridge Construction Engineering
Brandon Chavel, Ph.D., P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc., Cleveland, OH; Domenic Coletti, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc., Raleigh, NC; Donald White, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; Sanchez Andres, Ph.D., E.I.T., HDR Engineering, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA

IBC 13-09: Integrated Jacking & Shoring Support System for the Rehabilitation of Alexander-Hamilton Bridge
Gary Dinmore, Halmar International, LLC, Pearl River, NY; Genguo Ju and Kaizan Huang, Ph.D., P.E., China Construction America, Inc., Jersey City, NJ; John Deerkoski, P.E., John S. Deerkoski, P.E. & Associates, Warwick, NY

IBC 13-10: Alexander Hamilton Bridge Rehabilitation of Approach Spans Superstructure
Roger Haight, P.E. and Michael Abrahams, P.E., Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, NY; Gary Dinmore, P.E., Halmar International, Pearl River, NY

IBC 13-11: MNDOT Approved Supplier Program
Todd Niemann, Minnesota DOT, Oakdale, MN; Anna Petroski, DOT Quality Services, Chicago, IL

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Design, Part 1    
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 8:30am – 12:00pm, Theater 2

IBC 13-12: The Benefits of Using Seismic Isolation Bearings on the SR 520 West Approach Bridge
Greg Knutson, P.E., S.E., HDR Inc., Seattle, WA

IBC 13-13: Pennsylvania’s Segmental Bridges
William Johnson, IV, P.E., S.E. and Ken Heil, P.E., FIGG, Exton, PA

IBC 13-14: Branching Out From Conventional Design: Harbourside West Pedestrian Overpass
Schaun Valdovinos, M.S., P.Eng., Hatch Mott MacDonald, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

IBC 13-15: 800’ Continuous Steel Girder Structure - Curved and Fully Joint-less
Liona Michael, P.E., Rasmin Kharva, P.E., and Zhi Wen, P.E., Hardesty and Hanover, New York, NY

IBC 13-16: Seismic Design of Bridges for Increased Reliability
Roy Imbsen, Anoop Mokha, Victor Zayas, and Stanley Low, Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., Vallejo, CA

IBC 13-17: US Route 29 Gainesville, VA Interchange
Christopher Lowe, P.E., Virginia DOT, Richmond, VA; Mark Unterkofler, P.E., Dewberry, Inc., Fairfax, VA

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Rehab/Preservation, Part 1
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 8:30am – 12:00pm, Theater 3

IBC 13-18: Rehabilitation of the PennDOT Structures Surrounding Amtrak’s 30th Street Station
Joseph Sullivan, P.E., Ammann & Whitney, Philadelphia, PA; Joseph L. Sirignano, P.E., Alfred Benesch & Company, Allentown, PA; David P. Didier, P.E., AECOM, Philadelphia, PA; Henry Berman, P.E., PennDOT, King of Prussia, PA

IBC 13-19: Wearing Surfaces for Orthotropic Steel Decks in the United States
Charles Seim, P.E., Consulting Bridge Engineer, El Cerrito, CA

IBC 13-20: Investigation and Repair of the Diefenbaker Bridge Fracture
Reed M. Ellis, Ph.D., P.E., Stantec Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Robert Connor, Ph.D., P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

IBC 13-21: A Bridge Inspectors Guide to NDT
Jason Stith, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., and Michael Baron, P.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc, Louisville, KY; George Gorrill, P.E., S.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Chicago, IL

IBC 13-22: South Street Bridge Reconstruction - A Multi-Modal Link to University City, Philadelphia, PA
Richard Kemper, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Audubon, PA; Thomas Piotrowski, AIA, SARP and Bruce Chamberlin, H2L2, Philadelphia, PA; William E. Gural, P.E., City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

IBC 13-23: M2 Motorway Upgrade, Sydney, Australia: Bridge Lengthening, Widening and Other Modifications under Traffic
Henry E. Ah-Cann, Ph.D., B.E., MIEAust. and Darrell Meyers, B.E., MIEAust, NPER3, MIABSE, AECOM Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Evaluation/Analysis, Part 1    
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 8:30am – 12:00pm, CSI Inc. Theater

IBC 13-24: Improved Analysis of Steel I-Girder Bridges Using 2D-Grid Models
Andres Sanchez, Ph.D., HDR Engineering, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Donald White, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

IBC 13-25: Experimental Evaluation of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Truss Girders of Different Spans
Mamdouh El-Badry, Ph.D., P.Eng., Mohammad Hadi Aghahassani, and Mohammad Hossein Moravvej Hamedani, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

IBC 13-26: Load Rating Analysis of the Historic Albertus L. Meyers Bridge
Eric Martz, P.E., KCI Technologies, Mechanicsburg, PA; James McGee, P.E., PennDOT, Allentown, PA; Richard Schoedel, P.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Moon Township, PA

IBC 13-27: Rational Approach for Confirming the Validity of Live-Load Factors for Bridge Load Rating Manual
Wagdy Wassef, Ph.D., P.E. and Vanessa Storlie, E.I.T., Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA; Mark Mlynarski, P.E., Michael Baker Corporation, Moon Township, PA

IBC 13-28: A Proposed Markup Language for Finite Element Analysis Data Exchange
Lubin Gao, FHWA, Washington, DC; Myint Lwin, P.E., S.E., FHWA, Washington, DC

IBC 13-29: Re-Evaluating the Effect of Connection Length in Riveted Steel Connections
Bo-Shiuan Wang, Ph.D., Jeffrey W. Berman, Ph.D., Charles W. Roeder, Ph.D., P.E., and Dawn E. Lehman, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Saura Jost, E.I.T., Meyer Borgman Johnson, Minneapolis, MN

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Rail    
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:30 – 4:00pm, Figg Theater

IBC 13-30: I-90 Track Bridge - The Challenge of Taking Light Rail Vehicles On To the Homer Hadley Floating Bridge
Thomas Cooper, P.E., P.Eng., Parsons Brinckerhoff, Denver, CO; Andy Foan, BSc, C.Eng., FIMechE, FPWI, Andy Foan, LTD, Sandiacre, Nottingham, UK; Travis Thornstad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

IBC 13-31: Major Bridge Structure in the World Trade Center
Martin Kendall, P.E., STV Incorporated, New York, NY; Mark Pagliettini, P.E., Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, NY; Kishor Doshi, P.E., STV Incorporated c/o WTC Downtown Design Partnership, New York, NY

IBC 13-32: Replacement of the BNSF Approach Spans over the Mississippi River
David Rogowski, P.E. and Josh Crain, Genesis Structures, Kansas City, MO; Kevin Becker, Walsh Construction Company, Chicago, IL

IBC 13-33: Foundation Design and Construction Challenges of 100-Year Old Saugus River Railroad Bridge Emergency Rehabilitation
Aravinda Ramakrishna, P.E. and Raymond Mankbadi, P.E., Hardesty & Hanover, LLC, West Trenton, NJ; Andrew Coates, P.E., Hardesty & Hanover, LLC, New York, NY

IBC 13-34: Detailed Engineering Facilitates Rapid Construction of Hybrid Road/Rail Grade Separation in Tightly Constrained Urban Setting without Interruption to Road or Rail Traffic
John Stephenson, M.Eng., P.Eng., P.E., Region of Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Peter Johnson, P.Eng., AECOM, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Ted Brumfitt, P.Eng., IBI Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Michael Sampson, IBI Group, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Long Span
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:30 – 4:00pm, Theater 2

IBC 13-35: Highway 61 Mississippi River Bridge Design & Construction
David Dahlberg, P.E., Todd Niemann, P.E., and Nancy Daubenberger, P.E., Minnesota DOT, Oakdale, MN

IBC 13-36: Contractor Proposed Design and VECP Changes - Ironton Russell Cable-Stayed Bridge over the Ohio River
Craig Finley, Jr., P.E., FINLEY Engineering Group, Inc., Tallahassee, FL; Thomas M. Hesmond, P.E., Brayman Construction Corporation, Ironton, OH

IBC 13-37: Complete Stay Cable Replacement for the Luling Bridge, First of Its Kind in North America
Armin Mehrabi, Ph.D., P.E., MBA, Bridge Engineering Solutions, Lewiston, NY; Paul Fossier, Louisiana DOT and Develo p.m.ent, Baton Rouge, LA
 
IBC 13-38: Katun River Bridge-Develo p.m.ent of Aerodynamic Solutions to Control Vortex-Shedding, Galloping and Flutter
Pierre-Olivier Dallaire, M.A.Sc., ing. and Stoyan Stoyanoff, Ph.D., ing., P.Eng., RWDI, Bromont, Québec, Canada; Evgenii Timofeev and Vladimir Verholina, Transmost, Saint Petersburg, Russia

IBC 13-39: Comparison of Long-Span Girder Bridges versus Extradosed Bridges Built In Balanced Cantilever
Juan Sobrino, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng. and Javier Jordan, P.E., PEDELTA Inc., Coral Gables, FL

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Testing & Instrumentation
Tuesday, June 4, 2012, 1:30 – 4:00pm, CSI Inc. Theater

IBC 13-40: Demonstration of Fiber Optic Instrumentation System for Prestressed Concrete Bridge Elements
Kent Harries, Ph.D., FACI, P.Eng., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Andrew Holford, exp Global Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

IBC 13-42: Field Measurements of PA Route 30 Wrights Ferry Bridge during Passage of Super Load
Sougata Roy, Ph.D., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

IBC 13-43: Development of Virtual Bridge Inspection Computer Based Training
Mary Rosick, P.E., Thomas Ryan, P.E., and Eric Mann, P.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Moon Township, PA; Douglas Blades, P.E., FHWA, Washington, DC

IBC 13-44: Use of Instrumentation to Quantify Dynamic Movements of Bridge Substructures
Matthew Pavelchak and Mark Williams, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., Walter P Moore and Associates, Houston, TX

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Rehab/Preservation, Part 2
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:30 – 4:00pm, Theater 3

IBC 13-45: Tie-Down Replacement for Weirton-Steubenville Veterans Memorial Bridge
Gregor Wollmann, Ph.D., P.E., HNTB, Blacksburg, VA; James D. Simpson, P.E., HNTB, Scott Depot, WV; Rober L. Blosser, P.E., WVDOH, Charleston, WV

IBC 13-46: External Post-Tensioning of Existing Steel Bridges
Clyde Ellis, VSL, Haute Court, VA

IBC 13-47: Route US 190 Mississippi River Bridge Rehabilitation Design, Cleaning, and Painting
John Richard, P.E. and Durk Krone, P.E., TRC Engineers, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA; Chris Guidry, P.E., Louisiana DOT and Develo p.m.ent, Baton Rouge, LA

IBC 13-48: Major Bridge Rehabilitation Using Design-Build Delivery
Matthew Lengyel, P.E., S.E., David Evans & Associates, Inc., Olympia, WA

IBC 13-49: Deterioration of Weathering Steel Box Chord Members of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge-South Span
Thomas Cole, P.E., Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY; William Moreau, P.E., New York State Bridge Authority, Highland, NY

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ABC, Part 1   
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 8:30am – 12:00pm, Theater 3

IBC 13-50: Milton Madison Bridge: Innovative Procurement and Construction to Accelerate the Replacement of a Vital River Crossing, Part 1-Innovative Concept & Procurement
Aaron Stover, P.E., S.E. and Terrence Tiberio, P.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Louisville, KY

IBC 13-51: Milton Madison Bridge: Innovative Procurement and Construction to Accelerate the Replacement of a Vital River Crossing
Nedim Alca, P.E., Murray Johnson, P.Eng., Peter Taylor, P.E., Buckland & Taylor, Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Tom Bolte, P.E., Burgess & Niple, Inc., Columbus, OH; Brian Hoppel, P.E., Walsh Construction Company, LaPorte, IN

IBC 13-52: Design and Construction of the Bronco Arch Bridge
Gregg Reese, Summit Engineering Group, Inc., Littleton, CO

IBC 13-53: Rapid Bridge Replacements Using Lateral Slides
Jeffrey Smith, P.Eng., Matthew Bowser, P.Eng., and James Sherlock, P.Eng., McCormick Rankin, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

IBC 13-54: Rapid Replacement of US 6 Bridge Over Keg Creek
Bala Sivakumar, HNTB Corp, New York, NY

IBC 13-55: Precast Integral Abutments and Superstructure Bridge : A MassDOT ABC Case Study
Yihui Wu, P.E., CDR Maguire Inc., Providence, RI; Thomas Donald, P.E., Massachusetts DOT, Boston, MA; Morteza Tayarani, P.E., Massachusetts DOT, Boston, MA; Brian Guzas, P.E., CDR Maguire Inc., Providence, RI

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Construction, Part 2
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 8:30am – 12:00pm, Figg Theater

IBC 13-56: Driving a Multi-Faceted Construction Project
Christopher Hylas, P.E., H.W. Lochner, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT

IBC 13-57: Construction of the Q-Bridge: New Haven's Extradosed Cable-Stayed Signature Bridge
Wade Bonzon, P.E., FIGG, New Haven, CT; John Dunham, P.E., Connecticut DOT, New Haven, CT

IBC 13-58: Unconventional Girder Erection on the Moses Wheeler Bridge
Douglas Whittaker, McNary Bergeron and Associates, Old Saybrook, CT; Joseph Zwain, PCL Civil Constructors, Inc., Tampa, FL
 
IBC 13-59: Construction of the US 281 Bridges Over the Colorado River
Robert A. Alonso, P.E., S.E., FINLEY Engineering Group, Inc., Orlando, FL; Eric Hiemke, Archer Western Contractors, Marble Falls, TX

IBC 13-60: Tri-Level Interchange
Amish Bhatt, AECOM, Chicago, IL

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Design, Part 2
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 8:30 – 12:00pm, Theater 2

IBC 13-62: Bridging From Land to Light
Tammy Heffron, P.E. and Darin Freeman, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc., Denver, CO

IBC 13-63: Challenges of Designing and Building Bridges in Alaska
Leslie Daugherty, P.E., Alaska DOT & Public Facilities, Juneau, AK

IBC 13-64: Integrating Cultural Symbolism into Bridge Design
Schaun Valdovinos, M.S., P.Eng., Hatch Mott MacDonald, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

IBC 13-65: Design and Construction of the Rich Street Bridge in Columbus, Ohio
Frederick Gottemoeller, P.E., AIA, Bridgescape, LLC, Columbia, MD; John Shanks, P.E. and Travis Butz, P.E., Burgess and Niple, Columbus, OH

IBC 13-66: Permanent Jacking and Lengthening of Twin Steel Box Girder Bridge
Simon Simon, P.E. and Missak Sisserian, P.E., Greenhorne and O'Mara, Now Stantec, Laurel, MD; Fred Ochoa, P.E., Florida DOT, Fort Lauderdale, FL

IBC 13-67: Cost-effective Welded Connections for a Movable Bridge Orthotropic Deck
Sougata Roy, Ph.D., Xudong Zhao, and Soham Mukherjee, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Ronald Medlock, P.E., High Steel Structures, Inc., Lancaster, PA

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Evaluation/Analysis, Part 2
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 8:30am-12:00pm, CSI Inc. Theater

IBC 13-68: 3D Analysis and Structure Rehabilitation of TDOT’s SR56 Deck Truss over Caney Fork River
Todd Stephens, E.I.T., Adnan Kurtovic, P.E., Michael Irwin, P.E., and John Kulicki, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA; Edward Wasserman, P.E., Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Nashville, TN

IBC 13-69: Study on the T-PBL Panel Joint Structure in Hybrid Truss Bridge
Weiguo Yan, CCCC Highway Maintenance Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

IBC 13-70: Load Rating Steel Box Girder Bridges with LRFR: Special Considerations
Lubin Gao, FHWA, Washington, DC

IBC 13-71: Estimation of the Maximum Von Mises Stress in Steel Truss Bridge Gusset Plate Connections
Bo-Shiuan Wang, Ph.D., Jeffrey W. Berman, Ph.D., Charles W. Roeder, Ph.D., and Dawn E. Lehman, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

IBC 13-72: Quick Scan Method-Dutch Approach for the Shear Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Slab Bridges
Eva Lantsoght, Cor van der Veen, Ph.D., and Joost Walraven, Ph.D., Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; Ane de Boer, Ph.D., Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Utrecht, The Netherlands

IBC 13-73: Influence Line Based Load Ratings for Oklahoma DOT Truck Routing and Permitting
Rachel Sharp, P.E. and Kenneth Wilson, P.E., S.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Moon Township, PA; William Edberg, Ph.D., P.E., HNTB Corporation, Boston, MA; Wes Kellogg, P.E., Oklahoma DOT, Oklahoma City, OK

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ABC, Part 2
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:30-4:00pm, Room 330

IBC 13-74: A Short-Span Tied Arch Bridge
Robert Hong, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., H.W. Lochner Inc., Chicago, IL; Soliman Khudeira, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., Chicago DOT, Chicago, IL

IBC 13-75: Construction and Movement of the Torrence Avenue Truss Bridge
John Boschert, P.E., S.E., Genesis Structures, Kansas City, MO; Damian Gronsky, P.E., Sarens / Rigging International, Alameda, CA; Curtis Luecke, P.E., Walsh Construction, Chicago, IL; Leonard Kapovich, S & J Construction Co. Inc., South Holland, IL

IBC 13-76: Eggner’s Ferry Bridge: Innovative Approach to the Emergency Replacement of a Vital Crossing Over Kentucky Lake
Chou-Yu Yong, P.E., Terrence Tiberio, P.E., and Jason Stith, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Louisville, KY

IBC 13-77: Alteration of Galveston Causeway Railroad Bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Galveston, TX
Kamal Elnahal, Ph.D., P.E. and Arvind Patel, P.E.,  P.M.P, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC; U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC

IBC 13-78: Implications Of The Funding Gap: A New Look at Efficiencies
David Cook, STRAEN, Inc, Chicago, IL

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Foundations
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:30-4:00pm, Room 329

IBC 13-79: Application of GRS-IBS Bridge Design in Massachusetts
Thomas Pechillo, P.E., Collins Engineers, Inc., Dedham, MA; Richard Tobin, P.E., GEI Consultants, Inc., Woburn, MA; Dennis Quinit, P.E., Collins Engineers, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT

IBC 13-81: Non-Destructive Testing Of Drilled Shafts-Current Practice and a New Method
George Piscsalko, P.E. and Garland Likins, P.E., Pile Dynamics, Inc., Solon, OH; Ben White, P.E., GRL Engineers, Solon, OH

IBC 13-82: Fort Street Bridge over the Rouge River, Movable Bridge - Movable Foundation
Jeff Routson, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE and Rick Wianecki, P.E., Hardesty & Hanover, OKemos, MI; Jose Garcia, P.E., Michigan DOT, Lansing, MI; Anne Zweibel, P.E., Hardesty & Hanover, Defiance, OH

IBC 13-83: Full Scale Test Program for Support of MSE Walls Using Rigid Inclusions / Controlled Modulus Columns in New Jersey
Frederic Masse, DGI-MENARD, Bridgeville, PA; Alex Potter-Weight, DGI-MENARD, Pittsburgh, PA; Sherif Aziz, The Reinforced Earth Company, Vienna, VA; Mike Walker, GEI Consultants, Woburn, MA

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Rehab/Preservation, Part 3
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:30-3:30pm, Room 328

IBC 13-03: Light, Solid-Surface Decking for Historic and Moveable Bridges
Maria Lopez de Murphy, Ph.D., Penn State University, University Park, PA; Amjad Aref, Ph.D., University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; Stephen Ayers, Ph.D., P.E., LeTourneau University, Longview, TX; Jerome O’Connor, P.E., BridgeComposites, LLC, Hornell, NY

IBC 13-84: Rehabilitation of the Historic Riegelsville Suspension Bridge
Joseph Riley, P.E., M.ASCE, Ammann & Whitney, Inc., Philadelphia, PA; Ron Lamb, P.E., Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc., Newtown, PA; Kevin Skeels, P.E., Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, Morrisville, PA

IBC 13-85: Extending the Service Life of Bridges Using Seamless Pavements
Steve Griffiths and Geoff Bowmaker, AECOM, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

IBC 13-87: Reconstruction of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's Easterly Hackensack River Bridge
Richard Schaefer, P.E., HNTB, Inc., Parsippany, NJ; S. Andrew Kamilaris, P.E., Dewberry Engineers, Inc., Bloomfield, NJ; Kevin Healy, P.E., New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Woodbridge, NJ

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