Early Bird Registration Ends Monday, 1/25/10

The 2010 Concrete Bridge Conference will be held February 24-26, at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix, Ariz. It is sponsored by the National Concrete Bridge Council, and co-sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation. The AASHTO T-10 Technical Committee on Concrete Design will also hold their meeting on Wednesday February 24 in conjunction with the Conference.

The theme of this year’s Conference is “Achieving Safe, Smart, and Sustainable Bridges” and will include many technical sessions, a tour of local bridges, a reception featuring the presentation of the 2010 Concrete Bridge Awards, and an exhibit area. The conference will have five focus areas:

It will also include the workshop "Mitigating Alkali Silica Reactivity (ASR) in Structures." Attendees and exhibitors for the conference can register for the conference at the NCBC Web site.

The Red Mountain Freeway Power Road/CAP Canal Overpass Bridges in Phoenix, Ariz. use innovative designs to cross both a six-lane highway and a canal that serves as a major link in Arizona’s water supply. These designs allowed for a concrete structure to be constructed rather than a more expensive curved welded plate girder structural steel bridge.

Both the highway (Power Road) and the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal intersect the Red Mountain Freeway Bridges at skews. Yet the designers were able to eliminate the significant bridge skews by using outrigger straddle bents at Power Road and precast straddle assemblies at the CAP canal crossing. More.

This bridge will be part of the Arizona Bridge Tour at the 2010 Concrete Bridge Conference on February 24. Register for the Bridge Tour when you register for the conference at the NCBC Web site.

Arizona Bridge Tour Kicks Off The 2010 Concrete Bridge Conference

A tour of Phoenix-area concrete bridges will lead off the 2010 Concrete Bridge Conference on Wednesday afternoon, February 24. Arizona Department of Transportation (DOT) is hosting a visit of seven bridges, with in-depth stops to disembark and view three of the structures.

Attendees will get in-depth views of the Power Road/CAP Canal Overpass (featured above), as well as Mill Avenue Bridge across the Salt River (photo adjacent). The Mill Avenue Bridge, completed in 1931, is the oldest automobile crossing of the Salt River still in operation.

Only the first 45 people who register for the bridge tour will be able to attend. You can register for the bridge tour while registering for the conference at the NCBC Web site.

AASHTO T-10 Committee To Meet At Concrete Bridge Conference

The AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) T-10 Technical Committee on Concrete Design will hold an all-day meeting on Wednesday February 24, in conjunction with the 2010 Concrete Bridge Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. This meeting will cover proposed changes to concrete design related articles in the AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications.

This meeting will be an open meeting and all are welcome to attend. Register for the conference at the NCBC Web site.

Still Time to Get Free Admission to World of Concrete 2010
Exhibits: February 2-5, 2010
Seminars: February 1-5, 2010
Once again, PCA offers free registration and a discount on seminars to the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nev. You can save as much as $65 on exhibit hall entry fees and $30 on each course you sign up for.

2010 Seminar on Design and Construction of Segmental & Cable-Supported Concrete Bridges will be held February 17-18, in Denver, Colo., and is sponsored by the American Segmental Bridge Institute.

2010 CRSI Technical Meeting will be held March 9-12, in Tempe, Ariz., and is sponsored by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute.

NRMCA Annual Convention will be held March 14-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas, and is sponsored by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association.

ACI Spring Convention: Xtreme Concrete will be held March 21-25, 2010 in Chicago, Ill., and is sponsored by the American Concrete Institute.