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In This Issue
https://nationalconcretebridge.org/
The National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC), along with its supporting organizations, is offering a free six-part webinar
series on concrete durability. Registration for upcoming webinars and recordings of previous presentations can be
accessed via this link. Recent collaborations and forthcoming publications from the
https://highways.dot.gov/research/publications/infrastructure/FHWA-HRT-23-077
The Perspective article on page 16 discusses the forthcoming
Guide Specifications for Structural Design with Ultra-High-
Performance Concrete (UHPC), which was adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials (AASHTO) Committee on Bridges and Structures at its May 2023 meeting. The guide specifications
are a culmination of the efforts of many individuals and organizations. This is a link to a download the 2023 Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) report Structural Design with Ultra-High Performance Concrete.
https://www.structuraltechnologies.com/case-studies/?f=transportation
The firm STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES is featured in the Focus article on page 6. This is a link to a web page of its
transportation case studies, which include projects such as the fiber-reinforced-polymer applications for the rehabilitation of
the Indian Creek Village Bridge in Florida and post-tensioning systems for the Kanawha Bridge in West Virginia.
https://international.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/mrp/electrically_isolated_tendons_webinar.cfm
The webinar recording available at this link was created as part of the FHWA’s global benchmarking study on
electrically isolated tendons for the nondestructive evaluation of post-tensioning (PT) systems. The presentation includes
information on the PT Installer Training Center, which was one of the inspirations for the PT Academy mentioned in the
Concrete Bridge Engineering Institute article on page 41.
https://tsp2bridge.pavementpreservation.org/
The Concrete Bridge Stewardship article on page 28 outlines how the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT)
has used bridge-element condition data and automated bridge management software to predict component
deterioration and better plan for bridge preservation activities. A collaboration enabled by the AASHTO TSP-2
Midwest Bridge Preservation Partnership played an important part in developing WisDOT’s modeling and preservation
strategies. This is a link to the AASHTO TSP-2 website, which includes many resources for bridge preservation.
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