ACMA Council Draws Great Attendance at its FRP Design Workshop
The Transportation Structures Council hosted the Design of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites Bridges at the 2022 International Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference, Miami, FL, Wednesday, December 7, 2022, which was attended by 75 engineers. The objectives of this workshop were to familiarize attendees with the background and code provisions related to the design of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites bridges and to provide cutting-edge material and product advancements to design and specify FRP composites products that can assist attendees when building new composites bridges for ABC applications. For a review of the program, see below.
Section 1 – Design of FRP Bridge Tub Girders Using AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications
Speaker: Research & Testing & Development: Bill Davids, PhD, PE, University of Maine; Design: Ken Sweeney, PE, ENV-SP, President, Anthony Diba, Design Engineer, AIT Bridges
Section 2 – Lightweight, Prefabricated Cantilever Sidewalks for Shared Use Paths on Vehicle Bridges
Speaker: Scott Reeve, Creative Composites Group; Gregg Blaszak, PE, Coastline Composites
Section 3 – Design & Engineering Methodology for InfraCore® FRP Vehicular Bridges
Speaker: Teodor Gheorghe, InfraCore Company
Section 4 – Overview of FRP Bridge Application Case Histories
Speaker: John Busel, FACI, ACMA