7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration
Sponsored by Aksela Foundation
7:00 - 7:45 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:45 - 8:00 AM
Safety Briefing
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Keynote Address - Building Bridges to Better Lives
Nicola Turrini, Corporate Program Senior Manager, Bridges to Prosperity
Sponsored by Bridges to Prosperity and the National Steel Bridge Alliance
FEATURED PRESENTATIONS
Moderator: Walt Bleser, PE, ARE Corporation
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Railroad Bridges: A Fabricators Perspective
Tanner Genenbacher, PE, DeLong's, Inc.
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Metro-North Railroad Moodna Viaduct: Life extension of an iconic structure on a limited budget.
Glenn M. Greenberg, PE, HDR, Inc., Jay Juh, PE, MTA Construction & Development
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
ENGINEERING: INNOVATIONS IN BRIDGE ANALYSIS
Moderator: Duncan Paterson, PhD, PE, Benesch
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Using AREMA Seismic Design Provisions in High Seismic Regions: A Case Study comparing AREMA’s Force-Based Design Methods to Caltrans Displacement-Based Seismic Design Criteria
Sean Cooney, PE, HNTB
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Soil-Structure-Interaction: Railroad Bridges
Mark Converse, PE, Benesch
11:30 AM - Noon
Member-Level Redundancy for Steel Railroad Bridge Girders
Christopher L. Johnson, PE, and Duane Otter, PhD, PE, MxV Rail, Cem Korkmaz, Ph.D, Purdue University
MAINTENANCE: BRIDGE MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Brandon Chavel, PhD, PE, American Institute of Steel Construction
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Rehabilitating Norfolk Southern’s B-184.50 Nickel Plate Viaduct
Luke Kazmer, PE, Michael Baker International; Ruth Brown, PE, Norfolk Southern
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Emergency Steel Bridge Replacements
Ronald D. Medlock, PE, High Steel Structures, LLC
11:30 AM - Noon
Advancing State of the Art: Drone Surveys for Rail Bridges
Nicholas Elliott, PE, Benesch
Noon - 1:30 PM
Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
ENGINEERING: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT 1
Moderator: Mark Shafer, PE, Ames Construction
1:30 - 2:00 PM
Complexities of Replacing Metra Milwaukee District North Bridge A32 and Grayland Station in an Urban Environment
Tina Revzin, Gannett/TranSystems; John Leary, Gannett/TranSystems
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Eramosa River Bridge Replacement
Shayne Renaud, Hatch
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Weekend Replacement of Highly-Skewed, Double-Track Conrail Bridge UG-2.99
Manuel J. Vera Caraballo, PE, Dewberry; Nicole T. Byrne, Dewberry
MAINTENANCE: IN-SERVICE SUBSTRUCTURE STABILIZATION
Moderator: Laura Bloomberg, PE, SE, RINA
1:30 - 2:00 PM
Union Pacific Railroad, Choctaw Subdivision 642.12: A Case Study in Abutment Restoration and Scour Mitigation
Travis M. Schafer, PE, Olsson, Inc.; Brandon Loeffler, Union Pacific Railroad
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Wingwall Stabilization of NS Bridge S-293.30
Solomon Brown, PE, SE, Michael Baker International; Ruth Brown, PE, Norfolk Southern
2:30 - 3:00 PM
In Place Stabilization of Flood Damaged Bridge Structures
Jordan Harris, PE; Kyle Guenther, GeoStabilization International
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Coffee Break
CONCURRENT SESSION 3
ENGINEERING: FOUNDATIONS
Moderator: Mark Giesmann, PE, HDR
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Construction sequence considerations of soil-structure interaction on rail bridge projects
Eric F. Dues, PE, SE, Gannett Fleming; Jordan Christensen, Gannett Fleming
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Testing Methods of Bridge Deep Foundations for Geotechnical Load Bearing Capacity and Structural Integrity Evaluations
Ryan Allin, P.E., Pile Dynamics, Inc.
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Benefits of Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) Testing to Determine Pile Capacity in Railroad Bridge Projects
Timothy D. Jensen, PE, Olsson; Ryan Allin, P.E., Pile Dynamics, Inc.; Allison Crawford, PE, Olsson
MAINTENANCE: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS
Moderator: Ted Kettlewell, OCCI, Inc.
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Change Detection in Tunnels for Railroad Infrastructure Utilizing Tunnel Scanning
Mark P. Allen, A5 Rail LLC; Jerome Steinkuehlerm, Dibit Measuring Technique USA, Inc
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Technology Application to Create Current Structural Record Plans and Facilitate Load Rating
Lisa Hoekenga, PE, SE, Michael Baker, Inc.; Ruth Brown, PE, Norfolk Southern
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Externally Bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) for Railroad Structure Repair
Ahmad Alshwaiki, Henkel Corporation; Scott Arnold PE, Henkel Corporation
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Symposium Welcome Reception and Meet Up
Big Shots Golf
Sponsored by The Reinforced Earth Company