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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 7:30am 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm PCI Education Foundation Industry Committee Industry Committee 1st Annual Golf Outing Meetings Meetings Make arrangements now to arrive early. Attend the PCI committee meeting of Attend the PCI committee meeting of Contact PCI for complete details. your choice, and lend your support to your choice, and lend your support to 209 W. Jackson Boulevard, the discussion of current and future in the discussion of current and future in Chicago, Illinois 60606 dustry issues and programs. dustry issues and programs. Phone: (312) 786-0300 Fax: (312) 786-0353 Meetings: Research & Development, Meetings: Industry Handbook, PCI http://www.pci.org Market Plans, Productivity, Plant Cer Board of Directors, Self-Compacting e-mail: [email protected] tification, CPCI Marketing, Erectors, Concrete, Plant Personnel Training, Precast Sandwich Wall Panels, Build ATLSS/PRESSS, Parking Structures, ing Code, Plant Safety, Connections, Personnel Training & Certification, 8:00am - 5:00pm Soundwalls, Student Education, Fi FRP Composites, Architectural Pre CPCI Committee Meetings nancial Performance, Seismic, JOUR cast Concrete, Fire Code Fast Team, NAL Advisory, Hollow-Core Produc High Performance Concrete, Pre ers, CPCI Directors & Annual stressed Piling, Prestressed Poles, and 9:00am - 3:00pm Meeting, Prestressing Steel, and Bridges. PCI Field Certification Bridge Producers. Committee Meeting 1:30pm - 6:30pm 5:00pm - 6:30pm Joint Exhibition Grand 5:30pm — 7:00pm Professional Member Opening/Bridge Pavilion PCI Education Foundation Get-Together Reception Onthe first day of the exhibition, come 1st Annual Golf Reception to relax, meet with colleagues, and see All Professional Members and their the latest products, services and mate guests are invited. rials furnished to our industry. Make a 7:00pm - 9:00pm Join your colleagues before the con point to stop by the first annual Con CPC1 Reception vention gets under way. crete Bridge Conference pavilion.

Exhibit Hours: Sunday .. 1:3Opm—6:3Opm Monday.. 10:30pm — 5:30pm Tuesday.. 9:3Opm—5:3Opm

COLOR KEY • PCI AND CBC JOINT EVENTS All PCI Convention Track and CBC (Concrete Bridge Confer ence) Track joints events are listed in BLUE. • STANDARD EVENT TIMES Standard event times are listed in ORANGE.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 1:30pm - 5:30pm Research and Development PCI’s Third - Developing Solutions for Annual Professional 7:30am - 10:15am Future Industry Growth Business Meeting Breakfast Members Reception Chairperson: Thomas J. D’Arcy, The is scheduled for After formal opening ceremonies and Consulting Engineers Group Inc., Saturday, October 5. breakfast, PCI Chairman of the Board San Antonio, Texas. Ron Schlerf will officially call the convention/conference to order. Brief This session covers presentations on Join your colleagues reports will be made by the officers of several PCI research fellowships and re the Institute, followed by special in before the conven search projects, including design criteria dustry recognitions, including the tion gets underway for headed studs, insulated sandwich Medal of Honor and the induction of panels, precast concrete diaphragms and ten new Fellows of the Institute. various projects related to precast con If you would like to crete connections and seismic design currently underway or recently com sponsor this event, 10:30am pleted at various universities and re please contact search institutions under the AThSS Gary Munstermann Exhibition Opens and PRESSS research programs. at PCI headquarters Research Update on Design Criteria at (312) 786-0300. 10:30am - 1:15pm for Headed Studs - Phase I (Shear), Donald F. Meinheit and Neal S. An Exhibitors’ Welcome derson, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associ to Nashville Reception ates Inc., Northbrook, Illinois. and Luncheon Precast/Prestressed Concrete Resi dential Floor Systems, David Ko Horizontal Shear Connections for sulthamarat, Sherif Yehia and Maker K. Full-Width Full-Depth Deck Panels, Tadros, University of Nebraska at Carin Roberts-Wollman, Virginia Poly Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. 1:30pm - 5:00pm technic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. Architectural Precast Seismic Design and Behavior of Pre Development of High-Performance Concrete cast Concrete Shear Wall Structures, Self-Consolidating Concrete for Arturo E. Schultz, Bulent Erkmen and Precast and Prestressed Concrete Chairperson: Larry Isenhour, Gate Mart Lorig, University of Minnesota, Applications, Kamal Khayat, Bluegrass Precast Inc., Winchester, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kentucky. University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Sealants for Precast Concrete, Ken Seismic Behavior and Design of Long Yarosh, Dow Coming Corporation, Span Precast, Prestressed Concrete Al Research Update on Design Criteria pharetta, Georgia. Diaphragms, Robert Fleischman, Uni for Headed Studs - Phase II (Com versity of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, bined Shear and Tension), Neal S. Designing for Blast, Eve Hinman, Hin and Kenneth T. Farrow, ExxonMobil Anderson and Donald F. Meinheit, man Consulting Engineers Inc., San Offshore Division, Houston, Texas. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Francisco, California. Northbrook, Illinois. Improved Seismic Performance of Architectural Trends — An Archi Precast, Prestressed Concrete Di Behavior and Design of Inverted tect’s Overview, Earl Swensson, Earl aphragms, Jose I. Restrepo and Andre Tee Girders with Multiple Web Swensson and Associates, Nashville, Filiatrault, University of California at Openings, James Thompson, Ohio Tennessee. San Diego, and Assawin Wanitkorkul, University, Athens, Ohio, and Stephen Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Pessiki, Lehigh University, Water Vapor Migration/Thermal Thailand. Performance/Mold, Herb Slone, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Owens Corning, Twin Lakes, Ohio. Proposed Method to Estimate R-val 1:30pm 5:00pm Best Practices Guide, Jacques ues of Precast Sandwich Wall Panels, - Rousseau and Luis De Miguel, Canada You-Jung Lee and Stephen Pessilci, Precast Concrete Pave Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ot Lehigh University, Bethlehem, ments - A Promising New tawa, Ontario, Canada. Pennsylvania. Market Opportunity

26 PCI JOURNAL 2002 CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE

Friday, October 4, 2002 Chairperson: Neil M. Hawkins, Head of Civil Engineering Department, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.rn. CPCI Executive University of Illinois at Urbana- 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Field Certification Champaign, Urbana, Illinois. 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. CPCI Technical Saturday, October 5, 2002 of Concrete State-of-the-Art Precast 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Research & Development Pavements, Ernest J. Barenberg, pro 8:00 am. - 5:00 p.m. Market Plans/Promotion Teams fessor emeritus of civil engineering, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Productivity University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, Illinois. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Plant Certification 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CPCI Marketing Design Considerations in the Con 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Erectors struction of Precast Concrete Pave 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Precast Sandwich Wall Panels ments, Chetana B. Rao, ERES Consul 9:00a.m. - 12:O0noon Building Code tants, Champaign, Illinois. 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Plant Safety 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Connection Details Overview of the Super-Slab System, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bridge Producers Peter J. Smith, The Fort Miller Group, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Soundwall Inc. Schuyerville, New York. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m. Student Education 1:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m. Financial Performance/Contracts Precast Prestressed Pavement for 1:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m. Seismic Texas Highway Pilot Project, David 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. JOURNAL Advisory Merritt, Center for Transportation Re 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. PCI Hollowcore Slab Producers search, University of Texas, Austin, Annual Meeting Texas. 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. CPCI Directors & 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. Prestressing Steel Production Aspects in Fabricating 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bridge Deck Panel Task Force Precast Pavement for Access Road, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Bridge Design Manual Steering Georgetown, Texas, Burson Patton, Sunday, October 6, 2002 Texas Concrete Company, Victoria, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Bridges (breakout) Texas. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Industry Handbook URETEK Method for Installing 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PCI Board of Directors Precast Pavements in Colorado 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bridges DOT and Dulles Airport Projects, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Self-Compacting Concrete Fast Team Brockton Brown, URETEK USA Inc., 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Plant Personnel Training Tomball, Texas. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon ATLSS/PRESSS 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Parking Structures Panel Discussion 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Personnel Training & Certification 1:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. FRP Composites 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Architectural Precast Concrete 1:30pm - 5:00pm 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. Fire Code Fast Team Plant and Erection 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. High Performance/Durability Concrete Safety Session 1:30p.m. - 5:00p.m. Prestressed Concrete Piling 1:30p.m. - 5:00p.m. Prestressed Concrete Poles Plant Safety Session Monday, October 7, 2002 Chairman: Joseph T. Dugan, Spancrete 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Georgia/Carolinas PCI Industries Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin. 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. AASHTO T-10/PCI Bridges Tuesday, October 8, 2002 New Employee Safety Orientation Video Presentation, Scott 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. 2003 PCI Board of Directors Bertschinger, Spancrete Industries Inc., 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Membership Waukesha, Wisconsin; Charles Capi 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Professional Members tano, The Shockey Precast Group, 8:45 am. - 10:00 a.m. Associate Members Winchester, Virginia; Joan Shirilcian 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Public Affairs Hesselton, Oldcastle Precast Inc., South 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Technical Activities Bethlehem, New York.

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2000 that are likely to affect precast producers in most seismic zones.

Development of Proper Methodol ogy for Seismic Design of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Topped and Untopped Diaphragms, Neil M. Hawkins, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ur bana, Illinois.

Analysis of Precast Hybrid Frame Systems, Sri Sritharan and S. Vernu, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Seismic Response of Post-Tensioned Cantilever Walls Incorporating En ergy Dissipaters at the Wall Base, Jose Restrepo, University of Califor nia at San Diego, La Jolla, California.

Large-Scale Experimental Evalua tion of the Lateral Load Response of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls, Richard Sause, Stephen Pessiki and Felipe Perez, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penn sylvania.

Seismic Code Provisions for Precast Concrete Structures: Ongoing De velopment, S.K. Ghosh, President, S.K. Ghosh Associates Inc., North- brook, Illinois.

8:30am — 11:45am Environmental Issues

Co-Chairpersons: Larry Isenhour, Gate Bluegrass Inc., Winchester, Ken 1:30pm - 4:30pm grams for architectural and engineer tucky, and Jamie Schultz, Concrete ing students. Technology Inc., Springboro, Ohio Student Education — Key to Future Industry Growth Environmental Concerns of Precast PART 1 - ARCHITECTURAL ers, Rod Hildebrand, Oldcastle Precast Chairman: Alvin C. Ericson, Technical STUDENTS Inc., Auburn, Washington. Consultant, Bonita Springs, Florida. Overview of Today’s Session and Insurance/Cost Implications of Envi The two-part session for architectural PCI’s Student Education Programs, ronmental Requirements and engineering students includes pre Alvin C. Ericson, Technical Consul sentations on the importance of stu tant, Bonita Springs, Florida. Open Forum Discussion dent education for industry growth, various architectural and structural ap Importance of Student Education in plications of precast prestressed con the Future Growth of Precast Pre crete, exciting career opportunities in stressed Concrete Industry, Ron 9:30am the precast, prestressed concrete in Schlerf, Concrete Pre-Mix Prestress Exhibition Opens dustry, and PCI Design Awards pro- Co., Spokane, Washington.

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Meeting CONCRETE of PCI Breakfast 10:30am 32 ministration, Breakfast taries CBC ment National Welcome 7:30am presentation MONDAY, breakfast, and Join welcome. SUNDAY, Bridges. CBC prestigious 8:00am CBC TRACK

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 cast, prestressed concrete beam bridge Experimental Study of a Twin- made continuous for live load, the Bridge with High-Strength and Nor Girders in 7:30am — 10:15am longest continuous precast, prestressed mal-Strength Concrete Business Meeting concrete bridge between joints, to Blount County, Tennessee (55) date, and the longest jointless precast, X. Sharon Huo, Pingsheng Zhu, Fran Breakfast prestressed concrete bridge in the U.S. cis Ung and L.K. Crouch, Tennessee A review of these past achievements Technological University, Cookeville, After formal opening ceremonies and and current practice will be discussed. Tennessee. breakfast, PCI Chairman of the Board Ron Schlerf will officially call the con Comparing the time-dependent perfor of vention/conferenceto order. Brief re Overview Tennessee High Perfor mance and behavior of both high ports will be made by the officers of the mance Concrete Bridges, strength and normal strength concrete A. Holloran, Tennessee DOT, Institute, followed by special industry Mark girders in side-by-side structures has Nashville, Tennesee. recognitions, including the Medal of proven to be very valuable. Honor and the induction of ten new Fel Tennessee has been an active partner lows of the Institute. with FHWA in the High Performance Experiences with Two High Perfor Concrete Initiative. Three projects mance Prestressed Concrete Joint- were developed and constructed less Bridges in Tennessee (116) 10:30am — 11:45am specifically aimed at improving the P.K. Basu and D.J. Knikerbocker, University, Nashville, Session 1 data bank of knowledge on uses of Vanderbilt Ten Concrete Bridge HPC. Two were research projects nessee, and Edward P. Wasserman and sponsored by TDOT and an additional Mark J. Holloran, Tennessee DOT, Conference Plenary project is being officially documented Nashville, Tennessee. under the FHWA Initiative. In addi Moderator: Basile G. Rabbat, Two prestressed concrete jointless Session tion to these three projects, eleven Bridge bridges were thoroughly instrumented Chairman, National Concrete other bridges have been constructed in 1999-2000 and the responses to Council utilizing prestressed beams with con loads and conditions were monitored crete design strengths between 9,000 at regular intervals. In the process, a Welcomes and 10,000 psi. James E. Cooper, clear understanding of construction FederalHighwayAdministration, process, performance and behavior Washington,D.C. 10:30am was realized. Donald E. Manger, Pavilion Opens Bridge Precast Alternates Speed Construc Executive Vice President, tion and Protect the Environment PrecastlPrestressedConcreteInstitute, Robert A. Parrish and Scott Taylor, Chicago,illinois. 12:00pm - 1:15pm Tennessee DOT, Nashville, Exhibitors’ Luncheon Tennessee. Spotlight State — Tennessee Depart ment of Transportation The State Route 57 Bridge over the William Moore, Jr., Chief Engineer, 2:30pm - 5:30pm Wolf River crosses sensitive wetlands Tennessee DOT, Nashville, Tennessee. Joint Meeting - AASHTO and carries the only east-west route T-10 & PCI Committee through extreme southwest Tennessee. History of Prestressed Concrete in For the 20-span replacement bridge, Tennessee from the Beginnings to on Bridges the Tennessee Department of Trans the Present portation chose staged construction Edward P. Wasserman, Civil utilizing precast, prestressed beams as Engineering Director - Structures, well as precast, prestressed concrete Tennessee DOT, Nashville, Tennessee. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 partial depth deck forms. To further The first prestressed concrete bridge in speed construction and avoid wetland 8:30am — 11:50am impacts, the contractor and TDOT the United States was completed in Session 2 October 1950. But it wasn’t the Wal teamed to design precast bent caps as nut Lane Bridge in Philadelphia. It Tennessee - The Spotlight well. By combining all these precast was a highway bridge in Madison State Plus Checking-In on innovations, the 1,408-ft long, 46-ft County, Tennessee. From the begin HPC wide bridge was completed in eleven nings of the industry in the U.S., Ten months. nessee has had a rich history of inno Session Moderator, Edward P. vations in precast, prestressed Wasserman, Civil Engineering Tests of Prestressed Concrete Piles concrete. Achievements include de Director - Structures, Tennessee DOT, Supporting Integral Abutments sign and construction of the first pre Nashville, Tennessee. Edwin G. Burdette, Samuel C.

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Howard, Earl E. Ingram, David W. The SRi 81SR516 Overcrossing is a crete mixture developed for exposed Goodpasture and J. Harold Deatherage, precast, prestressed concrete bridge decks and girders used in two experi University of Tennessee, Knoxville, made with HPC girders with an initial mental bridges. Tennessee. release strength of 7,400 psi and a 56- day strength of 10,000 psi. The ob This presentation will describe a test served values of prestress losses were 8:30am — 11:50am ing program sponsored by the Ten compared with values calculated using Session 3 nessee DOT in which researchers per the recommended PCI General Method tests on four, Designing and Building for formed lateral load and AASHTO LRFD Specifications. 14-in.-square prestressed concrete Durability: A Review of piles. Each pile supported a simulated Research in Action Deformations of Concrete Bridges: integral abutment, and each abutment Prediction Techniques and Calibra was partially restrained against rota Session Moderator: Malcolm T. tion by Measurements on the Con tion as a lateral load was slowly ap Kerley, Virginia Department of federation Bridge (77) plied. Results of a battery of tests on Transportation, Richmond, Virginia. Mamdouh M. El-Badry, each pile, some of the tests to lateral The University of Calgary, Calgary, A New Precast Concrete Beam Sec displacements of several inches, will Alberta, Canada. tion for Rapid Bridge Construction be presented and discussed. (61) The Confederation Bridge connecting Jesse S. Covarrubias, David T. Covar Georgia’s High Performance Con Prince Edward Island to the province of rubias and David A. Rocha, Structural crete Showcase Bridge (12) New Brunswick in Canada is currently Engineering Associates, San Antonio, Lawrence Kahn and Adam Slapkus, monitored to study the deflections, the Texas. Georgia Institute of Technology, ice forces and thermal and dynamic be The Precast Concrete Manufacturers Atlanta, Georgia. havior. This paper compares the moni tored immediate and long-term deflec Association of Texas sponsored devel A four-span highway bridge was con tions with analytical values. opment of a precast concrete solution structed using high performance con that utilizes rapid bridge replacement crete under the Federal Highway Ad Bridge Specifications for High Per principles. It is an alternate to a steel ministration, pooled-fund research formance Concrete (103) tub beam bridge. The overall construc project during the Fall and Winter, Henry G. Russell, Henry G. Russell, tion cost for the alternate is substan 2001-2002 in Henry County, Georgia. Inc., Glenview, Illinois. tially less. Our goal is that this beam The bridge was designed by the Geor section be further standardized for use gia DOT using high performance con With the rapidly changing pace of new in future bridges. crete girders with design strength of technology, it is difficult for consensus 10,150 psi. standards to maintain pace with the Reinforcement Anchorage in technology and new information. This Grouted Duct Connections for a is particularly true with many aspects Precast Bent Cap System in Seismic Automated Monitoring and Perfor of high performance concrete (HPC). Regions (67) mance Evaluation of Missouri’s The presentation will describe a series Steve Mislinski, Jose Mandawe and First HPC Bridge (71) of proposed changes to the AASHTO Eric Matsumoto. Vellore S. Gopalaratnam, Matthew specifications to make them more suit Eatherton and David Barrett, University able for HPC and to remove existing This paper introduces the background, of Missouri-Columbia,Columbia, Mo. barriers that prevent the efficient and goals and initial test results for devel opment of a seismic moment connec The paper details the testing of economical use of HPC. con tion between precast concrete bent crete and instrumentation and moni caps and cast-in-place (CIP) columns. toring of four high performance con IIPC and FRP Extend Service Life Based on previous grouted connection crete (HPC) prestressed girders from for New England Bridge Decks (143) research conducted at the University Missouri’s first HPC Bridge, a grade Charles H. Goodspeed, Nicholas of Texas at Austin for non-seismic re separation south of St. Louis. Goulas, David Scott and Robert Stef fen, University of New Hampshire, gions, this research investigates cyclic Durham, New Hampshire. response of grouted duct connections. Comparison of Prestress Losses in the SR18/SR516 Precast, Prestressed The NHDOT in partnership with the Specifying ‘Chloride Permeability’ High-Performance Concrete Bridge University of New Hampshire are in for Reinforced-Concrete Bridges (75) vestigating the use of HPC and fiber Exposed to Chloride Environments Paul J. Barr, New Mexico State Uni reinforcement plastics to achieve the (70) versity, Las Cruces, New Mexico, John durability needed to attain, under very Michael Thomas, University of New F. Stanton and Marc 0. Eberhard, Uni harsh conditions, a 50-plus-year ex Brunswick, Fredericton, New versity of Washington, Seattle, Wash posed concrete bridge deck design Brunswick, Canada, and Karthik Obla, ington. life. This paper will describe the con- Boral Materials Technologies.

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The paper discusses the effect of age and temperature of curing on the per meability and chloride diffusivity of concrete containing pozzolans and slag. Modeling demonstrates that the long-term benefits associated with these materials result in increased ser vice life in aggressive environments. Effect of Vertical Pre-Release Cracks on Prestressed Bridge Girders (79) Eray Baran, Catherine French and Carol K. Shield, University of Min nesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This paper describes a research pro gram to investigate the effect of verti cal pre-release cracks that develop during the production of prestressed bridge girders on the behavior of the girders.

Monitoring of the 4500 South Post- three quarter-scale bridge models and bution of Missouri’s first HPC super Tensioned Spliced Girder Bridge on one full scale bridge prototype indi structure bridge and compares it to 1-15 (85) cate that the potential to adopt the pro current AASHTO guidelines. The Chris P. Pantelides, Brandt Saxey and posed design system is very promis study evaluates Missouri’s continuity Lawrence D. Reaveley, University of ing, and could be of great interest detail in the bridge in terms of fixity Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. throughout the nation. level and investigates serviceability of the bridge and compares to a FEM. The 1-15overpass across 4500 South Effect of Strand Diameter on Bond, consists of two separate bridges, each Transfer and Development Length Design, Construction and Testing of with eight post-tensioned, spliced Performance of Prestressing a Quarter Scale Model Precast Seg girders. Each girder is made of three Strands (90) mental Concrete Shelf Pylon for sections. The bridges span an average G. D. Alcaraz, F. B. Fagundo, R. A. WMATA (100) of 200 feet, simply supported. Above Cook, I. Burgos, University of Florida David N. Bilow, Portland Cement As the girders is a deck composed of pre sociation, Skokie, Illinois, Paul Gau cast sections with a reinforced, com Research efforts at the University of vreau, University of Toronto, Toronto, posite concrete topping. Data on per Florida have concentrated on the ef Ontario, Canada, Christopher A. formance has been collected since fect of strand diameter on bond perfor Ligozio and Armin B. Mehrabi, Con April 2000 from instruments embed mance of prestressing strands. The struction Technology Laboratories, ded in the bridge. This paper reports strand sizes and grades tested include: Skokie, Illinois. on those findings. 3/8-in.-dia Grade 270 and Grade 300, 1/2-in.-dia Grade 270 and Grade 300, Strength and fatigue tests have been Design Considerations of Full Depth l/2-in.-dia ‘special’ Grade 270 and completed on a quarter scale model of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Grade 290, 0.6-in.-dia Grade 270 and a double shelf segmental concrete Bridge Deck Panels (87) 0.7-in.-dia Grade 270, all low-relax bridge pylon as part of a cooperative Mohsen A. Issa, University of Illinois ation strands. A transfer length predic research and development program at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, and tor equation that considered the effect sponsored by the Washington Ralph Anderson, Thomas Domagalski, of concrete strength, strand surface Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. and Salah Khayyat, Illinois Depart condition, method of transfer and This paper will present the results of ment of Transportation, Springfield, strand diameter was developed. the testing program which will be Illinois. used in designing aerial structures for Live Load Test Results of Mis the expansion of the WIVIATAtransit Existing bridge decks can be rehabili souri’s First High Performance system along existing highway rights- tated and new bridge decks con Concrete Superstructure Bridge of-way. structed using full-depth precast or (92) precast, prestressed concrete panels. Flexural Behavior of Externally John J. Myers and Yumin Yang,Univer The structural performance of the sys Prestressed Concrete Girders (134) sity of Missouri-Rolla,Rolla,Ivlissouri. tem is of utmost concern. Findings Hani Nassif and Ozgur Ozkul, Rutgers based on the experimental results of This study investigates the load distri University, Piscataway, New Jersey.

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This paper presents results of an ex and J. Leroy Hulsey, University of given in the AASHTO tables. This perimental and analytical study to pre Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. would allow designers to avoid read dict the behavior of externally pre ing tables for their design. This paper This research aims at providing an stressed concrete girders. Nonlinear ac further proposes that the iteration be curate method of analysis for the calcu material behavior is considered. The eliminated through approximations of lation of a single lane distribution fac concrete model considers the effect of the shear design formulas in the Speci tor for the Alaska full-deck bulb-tee tension stiffening. Results are com fications. bridge. The paper will summarize pared to those from tests performed on pre liminary results on parameters influ a total of 22 beams as well as avail Shear Design of High-Strength encing single lane DF and a plan for in- Con able test data on externally prestressed Bridge (80) situ load testing of decked bulb-tee crete Girders concrete beams. Dan Kuchma and Neil Hawkins, bridges. Uni versity of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Modeling of Creep, Shrinkage and The paper will provide an overview of 8:30am — 11:50am Temperature Effects in Integral Session the work being conducted on NCHRP 4 Abutment Bridges (33) Project 12-56, “Application of the Design Theory M. Sivakumar and M. Arockiasamy, LRFD Bridge Design Specifications to and the LRFD Florida Atlantic University, Boca High-Strength Structural Concrete: Design Specifications Raton, Florida. Shear Provisions.” In this project, 16 to This paper identifies and discusses the 20 large (63-in.-deep) bulb-tee pre Session Moderator: Richard Land, factors influencing design aspects of stressed concrete girders are being California Department of integral bridges. The effect of shrink loaded to failure in shear in the New- Transportation, Sacramento, California. age, creep and temperature on the de mark Structural Engineering Labora tory at the University of Illinois. Design Comparison of Prestressed sign parameters for an integral abut vs. Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete ment bridge is investigated and New AASHTO Guide Specifications Bridge Beams (8) presented. Resistance Brandon Collett, Woolpert LLP, Day for Load and Factor Rat Prestress Losses in Pretensioned (102) ton, Ohio. ing of Highway Bridges High-Strength Concrete Girders Charles M. Minervino and Bala To demonstrate the benefits of using (51) Sivakumar, Lichtenstein Consulting post-tensioning and splicing to extend N. Al-Omaishi and M.K. Tadros, Uni Engineers, Paramus, New Jersey. spans, multiple analyses of single span versity of Nebraska, Omaha, Ne The new AASHTO Manual for Condi post-tensioned I-beams are performed braska, S. I. Seguirant, Concrete Tech tion Evaluation and Load Resistance varying such characteristics as beam nology Corporation, Tacoma, Factor Rating (LRFR) of Bridges was spacing, beam sections, beam depth Washington, and J.G. Galit, Palmer developed under NCHRP Project 12- and concrete strength. Design tables are Engineering Co., Winchester, Ken 46 to be consistent with the AASHTO developed to compare the maximum tucky. LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. span of a prestressed I-beam versus a This paper presents an evaluation of The new Manual provides procedures one-segment or a spliced three-segment the applicability current provisions and calibrated load and resistance post-tensioned I-beam. of fac and design guidelines for estimating tors for load rating, posting, over Effects of Time Dependent Loss prestress losses in high-strength pre weight permit review, and fatigue life Models for Spliced-Girder Bridges tensioned concrete girders. Formulas assessment. The Manual was adopted (9) for predicting long-term material as Guide Specifications by the David A. Tomley, LEAP Software Inc., properties are given and compared AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges Tampa, Florida. with test data. A detailed method is and Structures at the 2002 AASHTO proposed for estimating prestress Bridge Conference. The presentation will present the time losses. It takes into account the effect dependent material behavior effects of composite action between the pre Simplified Analysis of Web Splitting using three independent loss models cast girder and the cast-in-place deck. in Pretensioned Concrete Girders (ACI-209, CEB-FIP, and AASHTO (109) LRFD) applied to two precast concrete Simplified Shear Design Using Reid W. Castrodale, Amos Liu and spliced-girder bridges and one conven AASHTO LRFD Modified Com Christopher D. White, Ralph White- tional prestressed concrete bridge. pression Field Theory (53) head Associates, Charlotte, North Car Nipon Jongpitakseel, Sherif A. Yehia olina. Single Lane Live Load Distribution and Maher K. Tadros, University of Factor (DF) the Style will a strut- for Alaska Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska. This paper present simple Decked Bulb-Tee Girder Bridges and-tie model for estimating the verti (17) This paper offers closed form approxi cal tension that can develop in the end Zhongguo (John) Ma, Jason Millam, mations of the theta and beta values of a pretensioned bridge girder at re

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lease and cause web splitting. Use of 9:30am This poster describes four major inter the model will be demonstrated for sev Exhibition Opens changes that predominantly involve eral girder designs. Based on this anal concrete box girder viaducts. Built ysis, strategies for reducing the poten using the latest technologies in seg tial for web splitting will be discussed. mental or cast-in-place construction, 1:00pm - 4:00pm these interchanges are among numer Comparison of LFR and LRFR for Session 5 ous other interchanges on the massive Concrete Bridges (122) Poster Session Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Jay A. Puckett University of Boston, Massachusetts. Precast Arch Bridge Design — US 98 Wyoming/BridgeTech, Inc., Laramie, over Mexico Beach Canal (18) Wyoming, and Brian Goodrich, Brid Bell’s Bridge Rehabilitation (31) John Poulson, Mark Lauckner and geTech, Inc., Laramie, Wyoming. Scott A. Lovell and James W. Long, Tom Romanowich, Parsons Brincker Parsons Brinckerhoff, Norfolk, NCHRP 12-46 has provided a specifi hoff, Tampa, Florida. Virginia. cation for the rating of bridges that is based upon load and resistance factor The design presented is for a precast Bell’s Bridge is a two-span bridge that methods (LRFR). This work was re arch bridge to be constructed in the re was severely deteriorated due to fre cently adopted by AASHTO as a sort community of Mexico Beach, quent inundation during high tides. It guide specification. Several hundred Florida.Many innovative solutions were required extensive rehabilitation. The concrete bridges have been analyzed found to address site conditions, reduce superstructure will be replaced with a and rated with the current and new project cost and speed construction. post-tensioned concrete slab that will methods using the traditional notional provide additional clearance above the loads (HS2Oand HL-93), standard Interchanges of the Central creek. Construction will be completed AASHTO rating vehicles, and a typi Artery/Tunnel Project (28) in stages to maintain traffic. cal permit truck. The engineering pro Hany Riad and Jonathan Hren, Par cess, comparison of findings, and ob SonsBrinckerhoff, New York, New Seismic Retrofit of an Historic Con served trends are outlined. York. crete Arch Bridge (34)

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ing concept. Design procedures will the nation’s bridges will take place in Lake Ray Hubbard Bridge: An Op be shown focusing on the issue of an an environment of unprecedented de portunity to Innovate (83) expansion-expansion (floating) bridge mands to not only keep traffic moving Tracey Friggle, Texas Department of design with two different stiffness but to increase capacity and reduce de Transportation, Dallas, Texas will also to a minimum. The research pro bearings on each end. Details lays TxDOT has constructed nearly three bridge. gram presented in this paper responds be presented for a typical miles of bridge over Lake Ray Hub all of the needs identified in the Na to bard. The construction involved sev tional Infrastructure Renewal Re eral innovative technologies. A case search Agenda. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 study is presented addressing the chal lenges and successes experienced on 7:00am 8:45am Owner Charette Shapes Pennsylva this project. CBC Awards Breakfast nia’s First Precast Segmental Vehic ular Bridge (39) “Get In, Get Out, and Stay Out” — L. Graham, Bridge Engineer Presentation of awards including Best Gary AASHTO Technology Implementa Turnpike Papers, Spotlight State, PCA Transit Manager, Pennsylvania tion Group for Prefabricated Bridge Commission, Harrisburg, Pa., and Bridges and PCI Bridge Design Elements and Systems (89) William Jay Rohieder, Jr., Figg Bridge Awards plus special guest speaker. Mary Lou Ralls, Texas Department of Engineers, Media, Pa. Transportation, Austin, Texas A precast concrete segmental bridge The presentation will include various 9:00am - 11:45am replace the second longest struc will prefabricated bridge elements and sys Session 6 ture on the turnpike system. The Com tems constructed to date and a vision mission is using this as an opportunity Bridges from the of the direction needed to address the introduce an economical and attrac Owners’ Perspectives to significant challenges we face now tive new structure type to the State of and into the future to “get in, get out, Pennsylvania. An owners’ charette Session Moderator: James D. Cooper, and stay out.” Federal Highway Administration, was held to determine various aes Washington, D.C. thetic features of the bridge. De-Mystifying the AASHTO LRFD Shear Provisions (132) Innovative Precast! Prefabricated Impact of High Performance Con Susan E. Hida, California Department Bridge Initiative in Texas (58) crete on WSDOT Prestressed of Transportation, Sacramento, Calif. Girder Bridges (14) Lloyd M. Wolf, Texas Department of Richard Brice and Bijan Khaleghi, Transportation, Austin, Texas The changes to present practice can be Washington DOT, Olympia, Wash. overwhelming at the onset, however, TxDOT is implementing innovative the author has used the new provisions design and construction techniques to High performance concrete has re and finds them rational and doable. reduce traffic disruption and project sulted in economical bridge designs This presentation attempts to guide duration while enhancing safety for with longer span lengths, increased bridge engineers through the new pro the motoring public and constructabil girder spacing, shallower girders, im visions in order to evaluate shear ca ity for the contractor. This initiative is proved durability, resistance to crack pacity and adjust reinforcement as re accomplished through a multi ing, decreased permeability and re being quired for shear demand. Examples faceted approach involving completed duced effects from volume changes are provided. due to shrinkage and creep. This paper and ongoing research projects and new focuses on the effect of high perfor design techniques. mance concrete on the WSDOT pre 11:45am stressed girders. Concrete Segmental Bridges for the 9:00am - Albuquerque “Big I” (59) Session 7 The Future of the FHWA Bridge Jimmy D. Camp, New Mexico Depart Materials Applications and Research and Development ment of Transportation, Albuquerque, Materials Technology Program (19) N.M. Steven Chase, Federal Highway Ad Session Moderator: Mark W. This $220 million design-bid-build ministration, McLean, Va. Richardson, New Hampshire project, the Big I, is the largest trans Department of Transportation, A FHWA Bridge Research and Devel portation project ever constructed in Concord, N.H. opment program is essential to provide New Mexico. The eight precast seg a safe, secure, reliable and efficient mental bridges built at the junction of The FHWA Ultra-High-Perfor surface transportation system. Our 1-25and 1-40 are the first of this type mance Concrete Program (15) current strategy is to replace and reha built in New Mexico. The bridges Joseph Hartmann and Benjamin Gray bilitate at least 12,000 bridges per year were a huge success with all parties beal, Federal Highway Administra over the next 5 years. This renewal of involved. tion, McLean, Va.

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ingress. This paper will discuss how Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, on the accuracy of several Non-De slag cement enhances concrete dura Boston, Mass., and Daryl Sargent, structive Testing (NDT) methods in a bility and will examine how these en Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Boston, real case scenario. This paper will pro hancements have been applied to ac Mass. vide a description of the procedures tual bridge structures to achieve used to evaluate an existing concrete In late 2000, the project determined required levels of performance. bridge and will present conclusions on that a program be undertaken to sam the accuracy of the NDT findings. ple test more than 300 post-tensioning Stainless Clad High Performance locations by visual inspection using Reinforcement (141) boroscope and videoscope equipment Thirty Years of Segmental Concrete Phil Graham, SMI Steel, Chagrin to investigate the possibility of grout Design and Construction — Lessons Falls, Ohio voids and the possible onset of strand Learned (21) Answering the call for enhanced cor corrosion. The results were the updat James M. Barker, HNTB Corp., rosion protection of reinforcing steel ing of both the segmental and cast-in- Toledo, Ohio that is also economically viable, SMI place post-tensioning specifications. There are lessons to be learned from has developed SMI 316 SC stainless past mistakes. The presentation points steel clad bars. This product combines Overview of Recent Developments out difficulties encountered and in the cost effective attributes of com in Grouting of Post-Tensioning Ten cludes recommended procedures for monly specified ASTM A615 grade dons (52) prevention. We should take the oppor 60 carbon steel as the core with a met Thomas A. DeHaven, Figg Bridge In tunity to learn from the study of things allurgically bonded outside layer of spection, Minneapolis, Minn. that did not go well. AISI 316 stainless steel, widely recog The paper serves to document recent nized for its superior corrosion protec problems found in the quality of Central Artery/Tunnel Project tion. grouting of tendons and to document Segmental Construction the enhancements and improvements Innovations (29) that have resulted. This paper will be a Paul J. Towell, and Vijay Chandra, 9:00am 11:45am resource for owners as they develop Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, Session 8 an inspection program and evaluate N.Y. their own specifications with regards Featuring Post-Tensioning At the start of construction, the con to grouting of tendons. and Post-Tensioning tractor of the 1-9011-93northbound Technology portion of the South Bay Interchange National Status of Post-Tensioning proposed several innovative construc Condition Evaluations and Session Moderator: William N. En tion concepts to improve construction hancements (57) Nickas, Florida Department of operations and to provide an improved Jerry L. Potter, Federal Highway Transportation, Tallahassee, Fla. Ad product. Development of these con Washington, D.C. ministration, cepts was a coordinated partnering ef Corrosive Bleed Water in Post-Ten The paper will provide a current status fort by the contractor, the managing sioned Tendons (24) of condition evaluations and results consultant, and section design consul Matthew D. Bricker and Andrea J. for post-tensioning tendons in struc tant. Schokker, Penn State University, Uni tures nationwide and actions taken by versity Park, Pa. various state DOT’s and industry to Hiawatha LRT, Lake Street Bridge, improve the quality and durability of Minneapolis, Minnesota (99) This paper will describe a PCA-spon post-tensioning tendons in prestressed Roger DiGiulio, Roger Winkelmann sored study to investigate the possibil concrete structures. and Vincent Gastoni, Parsons, ity of corrosive bleed water with cer tain cement-admixture combinations. Chicago, Ill. Evaluation of NDT Methods for The bleed water is also analyzed for Condition Assessment of This is a case study of the first use of corrosive agents. Preliminary findings Post-Ten sioning Tendons in a Precast Bal post-tensioned concrete box girder show significant corrosion in many of structure for Light Rail Transit in anced Cantilever Concrete Box the specimens. Recommendations for Minnesota. Structure type was Girder Bridge (66) se avoiding this type of corrosion will be lected after an exhaustive cost evalua Juan Goñi and DMJM+Harris, Talla presented. tion with input by the partnership and hassee, Fla., Rafael Foinquinos, the owner. This case study will DMJM+Harris, Coral Gables, Fla., ad A Review of Post-Tensioning Ten dress why a post-tensioned concrete and Larry Sessions, Florida DOT, Tal dons in the Boston Central box girder bridge was the best lahassee, Fla. struc Artery/Tunnel Project (30) ture type for economic, maintenance Vijay Chandra, Parsons Brinckerhoff, The Florida DOT has funded a study, cost, initial construction cost and aes New York, N.Y.. Anthony L. Ricci, with collaboration from the FHWA. thetic reasons.

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light rail tracks, which run diagonally wearing surface and replacement with 50.0-in.-deep girder (span to depth across the bridge surface. A new LRT an applied overlay is incorporated in ratio equal to 36), cast-in-place station with two side platforms, the design of these structures. haunches and special threaded rod con canopies and a part of the station nections for continuity for deck building structure have been cast on Aesthetic Bridge Designs for Short to weight, were incorporated. This paper top of the bridge. This unique three- Medium Span Concrete Bridges (138) presents the special features and details layer structure is located in a very Hala Elgaaly, Federal Highway Ad of this new hybrid system, which is the populated commercial area. ministration/Eastern Federal Lands first high performance concrete appli Highway Division, Sterling, Va. cation with non-post-tensioned conti Eccentric Piers Saved Cost and En nuity for deck weight. This presentation will focus on the hanced Aesthetics (121) Federal Lands Highway Bridge Yuhe Yang and Stanley W. Ryter, Of Design and Construction of the Rte fice’s aesthetic design practice for Parsons Brinckerhoff, Seattle, Wash. 895 James River Bridges, Rich short- to medium-span concrete struc mond, Virginia (38) A common practice in seismic design tures, several of which have received Joe Showers, Victor Ryzhikov, J. De is to avoid eccentric columns by using awards. The presentation will discuss schamps and Taka Kimura, Parsons outrigger bents due to the concern of key factors considered during prelimi Brinckerhoff, Denver, Cob., and plastic hinging. To overcome the nary engineering, general principles Tampa, Fla. drawbacks related to outrigger bents, applied, and the tools used to present the Braid Bridge at Sunset Interchange proposals to client agencies. The Rte 895 crossing of the James innovatively uses eccentric columns River demonstrates the versatility of that integrally connect to a torsionally segmental concrete bridge construc stiff concrete box girder. The bridge tion. The piers are located behind the with eccentric columns also has a 2:00pm - 5:00pm river banks, requiring the bridge to beautiful aesthetic appearance. Session 10 span the entire river with a 675 ft main Innovation, Design-Build span. The post-tensioned segmental Las Vegas, Nevada Monorail — De and Value Engineering concrete main span is the second sign and Construction Report (126) longest concrete box girder bridge Carlos Banchik and Harry Jasper, Session Moderator: Louis N. span in the United States. This design- Carter & Burgess, Las Vegas, Nev. Triandafilou, Federal Highway build bridge project is unique in that it Administration, Baltimore, Md. was constructed with three types of The paper will explain the history of segmental construction methods. the project as well as the design and Impact of HPC on the WSDOT construction activities. The four-mile- Standard Post-Tensioned Spliced Design and Testing of Innovative long project uses precast concrete Girder (16) Cradle System for Cable Stays: beams with complex horizontal and Bijan Khaleghi and Richard Brice, Maumee River Bridge, Toledo, Ohio vertical geometry and post-tensions Washington DOT, Olympia, Wash. (42) them in place to create long-span con W. Denney Pate, Figg Bridge Engi tinuous structures. The Las Vegas This paper focuses on the develop neers, Tallahassee, Fla. MonorailTMsystem is the nations first ment of the WSDOT standard post- fully automated, line haul, state-of- tensioned spliced girders. The authors The New Maumee River Bridge is the the-art, urban monorail rapid transit provide a summary of the design fea largest single project ever for ODOT system. tures and discuss the challenges en and sets many records. The cable- countered in the design, fabrication, stayed main span includes a single 404 Durability Enhancement Through shipping, erection and construction of ft tall pylon which is faced on four the Use of Integrally-Cast Wearing spliced-girder bridges. sides with glass, and a single plane of Surfaces for Precast Segmental stays for the 612 ft - 6 in. span each Concrete Bridges (129) Value Engineering of Clarks side of the pylon. In order to accom Wade S. Bonzon, Figg Bridge Inspec Viaduct in Nebraska (35) plish the desired aesthetics for the tion, and Christopher I. Burgess, Figg Shane A. Hennessey, Karen Bexten, bridge pylon, an innovative new cra Bridge Engineers, Tallahassee, Fla. Chuanbing Sun and Maher K. Tadros, dle system was designed and tested. Tadros Associates, Omaha, Neb. The cradle offers many benefits that Using computer analyses that account will be described in this paper. for time-dependent effects, the longi Clarks Viaduct has 4 spans (100 ft, 151 tudinal stress characteristics ft, 148 ft. of seg 128.5 ft) and a total width of Value Engineering with Concrete mental bridges incorporating integral 38.3 ft. A solution was developed that Bridges (45) overlays will be investigated. Compar utilized NU 1100 girders with 43.3 in. Bradley N. Robson, Palmer Engineer isons will be made between the state depth, modified to 50.0 in. to match ing, Winchester, Ky. of stress in integral and applied over the original steel girder depth. To meet lays. Future removal of the integral the challenge of spanning 151 ft with a This paper presents case studies of

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the sioned 44 Strengthening of the SR 520 Some of the important challenges en- tures erected in balanced cantilever. Evergreen Point Floating Bridge by countered in design, staging and con Eliminating the typical cast-in-place External Post-Tensioning (128) struction of the Riverside Bridge are plinths by casting the rail fixings di Rick Johnson, KPFF, Seattle, Wash., discussed. Also shown is an in-depth rectly into the top slab of the box girder and M. Myint Lwin, Federal Highway comparative study between the 3-stage segments was a first on this project. Administration, San Francisco, Calif. and 2-stage P-T designs. There is a special focus on topics including pre After a January 1993 storm severely stress losses, girder deflections, con Design and Construction of the damaged bridge, the Washington this crete strength demands at cast-in-place Transrapid Maglev System in State DOT began a preservation pro splice joints, time-dependent material Shanghai, China (142) gram to prolong the life of the bridge parameters and lateral stability de Robert Budell, Transrapid Interna and prevent further damage. Post-ten mands of assembled girders during tional GmbH & Co., Berlin, Germany, sioning was selected for the long-term transportation and erection. and Reed Tanger, Transrapid Interna preservation of the bridge that involved tional-USA, Washington, D.C. installing 3,600-ft long tendons. Ten Design and Construction of the dons of this length had never before As a result of over 25 years of design, Vancouver Skytrain (140) been used in bridge post-tensioning. testing and refinement, the Transrapid Farhad Nourbakhsh, Earth Tech, San magnetic levitation (maglev) technol Diego, Calif. ogy is the first such transportation sys Challenges in Design and Construc The Millennium line is a 20.4 km ex tem approved for public use. Sched tion of a Multi-Span, Post-Ten tension of the Vancouver Skytrain with uled to begin commercial operation in sioned, Spliced-Girder Bridge (130) at-grade, tunnel portions and 16.5kin 2004, the system, under construction K. Nikzad and T. Trochalakis, Hard of elevated guideway. The guideway in Shanghai, China, will use a spe ing ESE, Bellevue, Wash., and B. typically consists of 37 m spans sup cially designed hybrid guideway uti Khaleghi, Washington DOT, Lacey, ported on single large diameter caissons lizing the advantages of concrete for Wash. but there are also seven long span struc both beam and substructure design.

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Unlike any other shopping, dining and entertainment destination, the Factory offers an array of shopping and enter tainment possibilities. Examples in clude antique and apparel stores, art galleries and specialty shops. Perform ers use the exposed brick interior and small-pane windows of this historic site as the backdrop for concert and video productions. Country music en tertainers such as Faith Hill, Tim Mc Graw, Reba McEntire, Hank Williams, Jr., and Martina McBridge and Christian artists such as Avalon and DC Talk have performed at the Factory at Franklin.

Lunch will be served at one of the area ‘S fine restaurants. tion of 19th century cast iron orna erage walk in the park, so to speak. ments in the United States. Some writ The inclines will jump-start your heart 6:30pm ers have said that if there really was a and can more than substitute for most Design Awards Banquet Scarlett O’Hara, that she would have people’s daily workout. The trail been Adelicia Acklen. We invite you winds up and down wooded hills and to come hear her story. hollows, crosses several springs and open meadows and offers a unique Lunch will be served at one of the WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 opportunity to see the wide variety of area ‘sgreat restaurants. the park’s fauna and flora. 8:00am American Continental 1O:OOam-3:OOpm A delicious packaged lunch is included. Breakfast Hiking Tour at Percy Warner Park SUGGESTED AHIRE AND GEAR: 11:30am (Registration Required) Boots or hiking shoes, hiking socks, Membership Luncheon The Mossy Ridge Trail located in windbreaker or sweatshirt, sunscreen, Percy Warner Park is a four-and-a-half hat, and a fanny pack to carry water Convention closes after mile loop offering more than your av bottle and camera. luncheon ceremonies.

July-August 2002 47 to and materials JOURNAL machinery materials. PCI interest functions. accessories concrete 700 of chemicals prestressed systems, these and Technology Lane Ste. 78216 production Company 145-1037 116 Technologies Copeland 48383 Vens 672265 accessories Lane 349-4069 with 889-5959 28 Harmon TX 216-4539 76 beverage 410, MI 979-6110 and 889-5961 Concrete and Prestressed Forms, Building NC Millie James Jack Stalite 1037 Ken 93 equipment, equipment and (210) Vibration (248) 55 123 (404) 157 press. Loop p.m. Material (210) Lake, BG design materials (39-035) Countryway (248) developments 24050 Antonio, Italia order) Box to Stezzano NE food 3:30 p.m. who Booths: Products: San Contact: Boral FAX: 45 Booth: Phone: Products: allied Brecon 2025 Contact: White Phone: Fax: equipment Booth: Products: B.S. Via Znica, Contact: Italy Booth: Phone: FAX: Products: Carolina concrete handling Contact: P.O. Salisbury, at the went p.m. service of 1:30 and at 5:00 alphabetical Ltd. follows at some and (in JOURNAL professionals Sunday plants, 1 Forms product PCI and Tuesday Reception the Steel handling chemicals batch handling plants Road opens equipment SE exhibitors recent 78219 co-sponsoring 15205-974 time Inc. Bradley Lingwood closes Croushore Tremblay Lafontaine the 778-4355 333-1111 Quebec 449-4770 TX 265-7020 White 778-4379 2R2 Custom 333-1508 Road, 7L6 449-4898 266-0874 producers, PA concrete the Du batching Road Opening Concrete Materials also Hall list Materials Paul Herb officially Erik Carol Alberta at examine (412) 173 (210) (450) production J3B 74 121 Company (403) T2G Corporation (412) are (210) Systems materials (450) (403) to Ogden GFRC Bayer N.W.W. Antonio, Grand pages Chemin who 100 Bayer Contact: Pittsburgh, FAX: allied Phone: Booth: Products: Besser San Contact: 442 Phone: FAX: Booth: Products: equipment, mixers, BMH Contact: 71 Boucherville, Canada Phone: FAX: Booth: Products: equipment, Bonnybrook Calgary, Contact: 4227 Canada Phone: FAX:

EXHIBITORS Exhibition Exhibition registered firms The The producers, following Exhibition opportunity were an The and The who 2 exhibiting concrete Inc. offers steels 44146 Technology, Unit# handling ng hail chemicals Group I those 17960 Walters Wire 44652 OH 03801 liners 89 19 PA Hoene Road, OH Polymers 431-5661 292-4620 386-3111 Napoli 966-0444 Wamelink Road NH 431-5547 prestressed 292-4444 386-3777 499-9275 thanks and exhibit Concrete 191—Al and Spring Materials Prestress Form Concrete Max Joe Marshall 234 Jim Heights, 88 18 (603) (216) 32 (570) (330) PCI 77 Italcementi The Miles (603) (216) Box (570) (330) materials Ringgold, (ACT) Box Flightline 2, precast, 139 Advanced Inc. Portsmouth, Contact: Phone: FAX: Booth: equipment Products: 26300 Bedford Contact: American Phone: FAX: Booths: Products: RD New Contact: Architectural Phone: FAX: Booth: Products: AXIM Contact: P.O. Middlebranch, Phone: FAX: Booths: allied Products: 48 Phone: (800) 898-3772 Weston, OH 43569 Booth: 159 FAX: (704) 642-1572 Contact: George Baty Products: Stainless steel rebar, spiral Booth: 83 Phone: (419) 664-2041 and strand wire reinforcing steels Products: Lightweight aggregate FAX: (419) 669-2200 Booth: 112 Dynamic Color Solutions Inc. Composite Technologies Corporation Products: Concrete chemicals and 2024 S. Lenox Street 1000 Technology Drive allied materials Milwaukee, WI 53207 Boone, IA 50036 Contact: Cathy Higgins Contact: Robert Long CTI, Inc. Phone: (414) 769-2580 Phone: (515) 433-6075 2231 Holmgren Way FAX: (414) 769-2585 FAX: (515) 433-6088 Green Bay, WI 54304 Booth: 80 Booth: 136 Contact: Fred B. Schultz Products: Concrete chemical and Products: Building systems, forms Phone: (920) 497-8725 allied materials, liquid color FAX: (920) 497-8100 dispersing systems CONAC - Concrete Accessories, Booths: 14 and 15 Inc. Products: Hollow-core slab machines, Dywidag Systems International 5455 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. materialshandling equipment, 2154 South Street Norcross, GA 30092 prestressed concreteequipment and Long Beach, CA 90805 Contact: Michael Azarin accessories Contact: Doug Schlegel Phone: (770) 417-1110 Phone: (562) 531-6161 FAX: (770) 417-1820 Dayton / Richmond Concrete FAX: (562) 531-2667 Booth: 23 Accessories Booth: 25 Products: Concrete chemicals and 721 Richard Street Products: Building systems allied materials Miamisburg, OH 45342 Contact: Owen Secoy EARL Composite Systems CON/SPAN Bridge Systems Phone: (937) 866-0711 199 S. Hudson Avenue 3100 Research Boulevard FAX: (937) 847-8027 Pasadena, CA 91101 P.O. Box 20266 Booths:56—58 Contact: Ray Tooth Dayton, OH 45420 Products: Concrete chemicals and Phone: (626) 796-6101 Contact: Timothy J. Beach allied materials, forms, materials FAX: (626) 796-6194 Phone: (800) 526-3999 handling equipment, prestressed Booth: 122 FAX: (800) 254-8365 concrete equipment and accessories, Products: Building systems Booth: 180 precast accessories Products: Precast concrete bridges I Elk River Machine Company underground structures Dimas Group USA 828 4th Street 123 West Progress Drive Elk River, MN 55330 Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Princeton, IL 61356 Contact: Jim Barthel (CRSI) Contact: Ron Norman Phone: (763) 441-1581 933 N. Plum Grove Road Phone: (800) 325-8712 FAX: (763) 441-1596 Schaumburg, IL 60173 FAX: (815) 872-1125 Booths: 108 and 109 Contact: Michael Plei Booth: 111 Products: Forms, forming machines, Phone: (847) 517-1200 Products: Diamond blades materials handling equipment, FAX: (847) 517-1206 prestressed concrete equipment Booth: 176 Dow Chemical Company and accessories Products: Cast-in-place systems, short 200 Larkin Center span bridges and reinforcing steel 1605 Joseph Drive ERICO, Inc. Midland, MI 48674 34600 Solon Road Connecticut Steel Corporation Contact: Bernie DeFreitas Solon, OH 44139 P.O. Box 928 Phone: (989) 636-2783 Contact: Wallingford, CT 06492 FAX: (989) 636-3677 Phone: (440) 542-3865 Contact: Alan White Booths: l37and 138 FAX: (440) 248-1298 Phone: (203) 265-0615 Products: Building systems, insulation Booth: 107 FAX: (203) 265-7676 Products: Form saversand rebar splice Booth: 174 Dunkirk Specialty Steel, LLC Products: Welded wire reinforcement 88 Howard Avenue Eriksson Technologies Dunkirk, NY 14048 P. 0. Box 16396 Cresset Chemical Company Contact: Gary Zaffalon Tampa, FL 33687 13255 Main Street Phone: (800) 916-9133 Contact: Roy L. Eriksson P.O. Box 367 FAX: (716) 366-0478 Phone: (866) 374-5776

July-August 2002 49 FAX: (813) 989-0617 allied materials, polishing equipment, FAX: (503) 692-1666 Booth: 161 prestressed concrete equipment and Booth: 141 Products: accessories, GFRC materials, Products: Forms decorative architecture aggregates The Euclid Chemical Company High Concrete Accessories 19218 Redwood Road Fitzgerald Formliners 125 Denver Road Cleveland, OH 44110 1341 East Pomona Street Denver, PA 17517 Contact: Nicholas Adams Santa Ana, CA 92705 Contact: Alicia Allamena Phone: (800) 321-7628 Contact: Ed Fitzgerald Phone: (800) 508-2583 FAX: (216) 481-7072 Phone: (714) 547-6710 FAX: (717) 336-9301 Booth: 81 FAX: (714) 547-7958 Booth: 4 Products: Concrete chemicals and Booth: 181 Products: Prestressed concrete allied materials Products: Form]iners, brick gasket equipment and accessories systems Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Hydronix Ltd. Institute (ESCSI) Formcrete Fiberglass Products, Inc. 610 W. Sheridan Street, Ste. 5 2225 E. Murray-HolladayRoad, Ste.102 1900 Ray Davis Blvd. Petoskey, MI 49770 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 Seminole, OK 74868 Contact: Tim Statler Contact: John P. Ries Contact: Scott Sutcliffe Phone: (231) 439-5000 Phone: (801) 272-7070 Phone: (405) 382-7700 FAX: (231) 439-5001 FAX: (801) 272-3377 FAX: (405) 382-7770 Booth: 119 Booth: 53 Booth: 124 Products: Moisture measurement Products: Rotary kiln produced Products: Forms systems LWA The Fort Miller Co., Inc. Innovative Brick Systems, LLC Federal Highway Administration P.O. Box 98 11625 Reed Court, Unit B (FHWA) Schuylerville, NY 12871 Broomfield, CO 80020 400 7th Street, SW Contact: H. John Marcelle Contact: Mark Scott Washington, DC 20590 Phone: (518) 695-6000 Phone: (720) 890-6032 Contact: Gene Clark FAX: (518) 695-4970 FAX: (720) 890-6038 Phone: (202) 366-4597 Booth: 186 Booth: 3 FAX: (202) 493-2070 Products: Super-Slab —precast Products: Forms,thinbrick form liners Booth: 172 concrete pavement system Products: The Federal Highway Ivy Steel and Wire Administration, Office of Pavement Grace Construction Products 515 W. Greens Road, Ste. 710 Technology partners with industry, 62 Whittemore Avenue Houston, TX 77067 academia and state highway agencies Cambridge, MA 02140 Contact: Robert E. May by promoting, developing, and Contact: Michael Gee Phone: (800) 447-6374 implementing new technology in Phone: (617) 876-1400 FAX: (713) 674-5931 high performance concrete. FAX: (617) 498-4314 Booths: 103 - 106 Booths: 98 and 99 Products: Wire mesh reinforcement Figg Engineering Group Products: Concrete admixtures 424 North Calhoun Street Insteel Wire Products Tallahassee, FL 32301 Hamilton Form Company 1373 Boggs Drive Contact: Linda Figg 7009 Midway Road Mount Airy, NC 27030 Phone: (850) 224-7400 Fort Worth, TX 76118 Contact: Richard Wells FAX: (850) 224-7414 Contact: John E. Dobbs Phone: (800) 334-9504 Booth: 158 Phone: (817) 590-2111 FAX: (336) 786-6682 Products: Engineering services FAX: (817) 595-1110 Booths: 139 and 140 Booths: 69 and 70 Products: Prestressing steels Fister Quarries Group Products: Forms, forming machines, 2777 Finley Road, #2 prestressed concrete equipment and JVI, Inc. Downers Grove, IL 60515 accessories 7131 N. Ridgeway Avenue Contact: Chris Fister, George Alewel, Lincoinwood, IL 60712 Chuck Fister Helser Industries Contact: James R. Voss, Joe Voss Phone: (800) 542-7393 P.O. Box 1569 Phone: (847) 675-1560 FAX: (630) 424-6209 Tualatin, OR 97062 FAX: (847) 675-0083 Booths: 78 and 79 Contact: Karl Helser Booth: 38 Products: Concrete chemicals and Phone: (503) 692-6909 Products: Bearingpads, slidebearings,

50 PCI JOURNAL plastic shims,slottedinserts,BSF, Products: Concrete chemicals and Ann Arbor, MI 48105 vector connectorflangeconnections allied materials, prestressed concrete Contact: Matt Kulhanek equipment and accessories, GFRC Phone: (734) 623-8611 Kraft Energy Systems materials, fibers, integral color FAX: (734) 623-8613 3330 West 7th Street Booth: 28 Fort Worth, TX 76107 2MC Products: Engineering and detailing Contact: Mark Kraft, Michael Kraft 5350 Poplar Avenue, Ste. 600 services Phone: (817) 338-4997 Memphis, TN 38119 FAX: (817) 338-0233 Contact: Kevitt Adler Nelson Manufacturing Company Booth: 130 Phone: (901) 685-6061 6448 U.S. Route 224 Products: Curing systems / steam FAX: (901) 682-6118 Ottawa, OH 45875 generators Booth: 9 Contact: Tony Niese Products: Estimating software Phone: (419) 523-5321 KRB Machinery FAX: (419) 523-6247 1058 Cool Creek Road Meadow Burke Products Booth: 127 Wrightville, PA 17368 5110 Santa Fe Road Products: Materials handling Contact: Leon Leber Tampa, FL 33619 equipment, prestressed concrete Phone: (717) 252-3667 Contact: Rick Peck equipment and accessories, trailers FAX: (717) 253-9247 Phone: (404) 378-3175 Booth: 76 FAX: (404) 373-1804 Nippon Electric Glass America Products: Materials handling Booths: 100 - 102 2604 W. Marshall Drive, Ste. 102 equipment, prestressed concrete Products: Precast erection hardware Grand Prairie, TX 75051 equipment and accessories,rebar and engineered lifting systems, rapid Contact: Michael Driver cutting-bending equipment lift, halfen anchoring systems, strand Phone: (972) 602-1740 restraining devices, structural FAX: (972) 602-1760 LEAP Software, Inc. connections, bar supports, shims Booth: 87 P.O. Box 16827 Products: GFRC materials Tampa, FL 33687-6827 Mi-Jack Products Contact: Lee Tanase 3111 West 167th Street North Rock Industries, Inc. Phone: (813) 985-3170 Hazel Crest, IL 60429 3688 Horseblock Road FAX: (813) 980-3642 Contact: Michael Lanigan, Jr. Medford, NY 11763 Booth: 84 Phone: (708) 596-5200 Contact: Brian Robertson (631) 924-6130 Products: Software FAX: (708) 225-2312 Phone: FAX: (631) 924-6369 Booths: 94 and 95 Booth: 178 Lone Star Industries, Inc. Products: Materialshandlingequipment Products: Polishing equipment, 10401 N. Meridian Street, Ste. 400 prestressed concrete equipment and Indianapolis, IN 46290 Mixer Systems, Inc. accessories Contact: David Weber 190 Simmons Avenue Phone: (317) 706-3270 Pewaukee, WI 53072 Oklahoma Steel and Wire Co., Inc. FAX: (317) 805-3270 Contact: William 0. Boles P.O. Box 220 Booth: 126 Phone: (262) 691-3100 Highway 70 South Products: Slag Cement FAX: (262) 691-3184 Madill, OK 73446 Booth: 48 Contact: Tony McDennott Losch Software, LLC Products: Hollow-core slab machines, Phone: (580) 795-6004 19 S. Bothwell, Ste. 200 prestressedconcrete equipment and FAX: (580) 795-7422 Palatine, IL 60067-6113 accessories Booth: 120 Contact: Edward Losch Products: Concrete reinforcement Phone: (847) 705-1396 MIVWXSteel Corporation of America FAX: (847) 705-5311 800 Corporate Center Drive, Ste. 207 Owens Corning Booth: 60 Charlotte, NC 28226 One Owens Coming Parkway Products: Computer software Contact: Tim Knaus Toledo, OH 43659 Phone: (704) 752-9155 Contact: Mike McLaughlin Master Builders Degussa FAX: (704) 752-9077 Phone: (419) 248-6193 23700 Chagrin Blvd. Booth: 165 FAX: (419) 325-1193 Cleveland, OH 44122 Products: Highly corrosion resilient Booth: 21 Contact: Dave Martin reinforcing steel Products: Building systems Phone: (216) 829-7803 FAX: (216) 839-8825 Neilsoft Palmer Engineering Booth: 52 3055 Plymouth Road, Ste. 205 273 Shoppers Drive

July-August 2002 51 P.O. Box 747 Vail, CO 81657 Silica Fume Association Winchester, KY 40391 Contact: Deemo Pfaff do Elkem Materials, Inc. Contact: James G. Gait Phone: (970) 476-6577 P.O. Box 266 Phone: (859) 744-1218 FAX: (970) 476-0504 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 FAX: (859) 744-1266 Booth: 177 Contact: Dr. Terry Holland Booth: 163 Products: Prestressed concrete equip Phone: (440) 834-1697 Products: Consulting Engineering ment and accessories FAX: (440) 834-1698 Booth: 167 PCE Elematic Inc. Schwing America, Inc. Products: Concrete chemicals and 21795 Doral Road 98 Mill Plain Road, Ste. 1A allied materials Waukesha, WI 53186 Danbury, CT 06811 Contact: J. Matt Cherba Contact: Greg Vickers SKAKO, Inc. Phone: (262) 798-9777 Phone: (703) 733-0515 7985 Dunbrook Road, #F FAX: (262) 798-9776 FAX: (703) 733-0704 San Diego, CA 92126 Booth: 42 Booth: 156 Contact: John Leszczynski Products: Hollow-core slab machines Products: Materials handling Phone: (858) 271-7341 equipment, prestressed concrete FAX: (858) 271-0924 Portland Cement Association (PCA) equipment and accessories Booth: 151 5420 Old Orchard Road Products: Twin shaft and counter Skokie, IL 60077-1083 Scott System, Inc. current mixers, batch plants Contact: Shri Bhide 1788 Helena Street Phone: (847) 972-9100 Aurora, CO 80011 Slag Cement Association FAX: (847) 972-9101 Contact: Mike Denson P.O. Box 2615 Booth: 182 Phone: (303) 341-1400 Sugar Land, TX 77498-26 15 FAX: (303) 341-1995 Contact: Jan R. Prusinski Prestress Supply, Inc. Booth: 67 Phone: (281) 494-0782 1804W. Lake Parker Drive Products: Building systems, brick, FAX: (281) 494-0784 Lakeland, FL 32805 architectural finishes Booth: 162 Contact: Bruce Hartup Products: Concrete materials Phone: (863) 683-4492 Seismic Energy Products, L.P. FAX: (863) 683-2886 SMI Steel 518 Progress Way Booths: 10 - 13 310 New State Road Athens, TX 75751 Products: Materials handling Coyce-West Columbia, SC 29033 Contacts: Sharon Ford, Debbi equipment, post-tensioning systems, Contact: Matt Brace Phone: (903) 675-8571 prestressed concrete equipment and Phone: (800) 637-3227 FAX: (903) 677-4980 accessories, stressing equipment, FAX: (800) 636-5660 Booth: 160 T-630 Tuckerbik, prestress repair Booth: 185 Products: Bridge bearings Products: Corrosion resistant steel R. J. Watson, Inc. 28 John Glenn Drive Shuttlelift, Inc. Spancrete Machinery Corporation Amherst, NY 14228 49 E. Yew Street P.O. Box 828 Contact: Ronald J. Watson P.O. Box 66 Waukesha, WI 53187-0828 Phone: (716) 691-3301 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Contact: Milo Nimmer FAX: (716) 691-3305 Contact: Kenneth Davis Phone: (414) 290-9233 Booth: 82 Phone: (920) 743-8650 FAX: (414) 290-9130 Products: Bearings, joint seals, FRP FAX: (920) 743-1522 Booths: 85 and 86 Booth: 110 Products: Building systems,hollow-core RATEC LLC Products: Materials handling slab machines, materials handling 250 Julia Circle North equipment equipment, prestressed concrete St. Petersburg, FL 33706 equipment and accessories, concrete Contact: Mathias Reymann Sika Corporation cutting saws Phone: (727) 363-7732 201 Polito Avenue FAX: (727) 363-7463 Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Spillinan Company Booths: 117 and 118 Contact: Mike Campion 1701 Moler Road Products: Forms, prestressed concrete Phone: (201) 933-8800 Columbus, OH 43207 equipment and accessories FAX: (201) 933-6225 Contact: Thomas W. Coniglio Booth: 65 and 66 Phone: (614) 444-2184 Road Processing Resources, Inc. Products: Concrete chemicals and FAX: (614) 444-1231 143 E. Meadow Drive, Ste. 490B allied materials Booth: 134A

52 PC JOURNAL Products: Forms, prestressed concrete business opportunity allied materials, forms, materials equipment and accessories handling equipment, lifting systems Tech-Fab, LLC Splice Sleeve North America, Inc. P.O. Box 807 Vapor Energy USA 4345 E. Lowell Street, Ste. A 2200 South Murray Avenue 11500 47th Street North Ontario, CA 91761 Anderson, SC 29622 Clearwater, FL 33762 Contact: Soichi (Stan) Kunoki Contact: John Carson Contact: Bernard Weintraub Phone: (905) 937-7161 Phone: (864) 260-5781 Phone: (727) 573-2323 FAX: (905) 937-7181 FAX: (864) 260-3364 FAX: (727) 573-2346 Booth: 75 Booth: 175 Booth: 22 Products: Rebar splices Products: GFRC materials Products: Curing system

Standley Batch Systems, Inc. TEKA North America, Inc. Vector Corrosion Technologies 505 Aquamsi Street 4104 Holland Blvd., Ste. 101 474 Dovercourt Drive P.O. Box 800 Chesapeake, VA 23323 Winnipeg, Manitoba Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 Contact: Mike Mueller Canada R3Y 1G4 Contact: Joe Vernier Phone: (757) 558-8846 Contact: Bill Foreman Phone: (800) 325-8084 FAX: (757) 558-8847 Phone: (304) 489-6300 Fax: (573) 334-3704 Booth: 125 FAX: (304) 489-6033 Booth: 97 Products: Concrete mixers Booth: 166 Products: Materials handling Products: Prestressed concrete equipment Tucker’s Machine and Steel equipment and accessories, products Services, Inc. to prevent and reduce corrosion of Stephens Manufacturing 400 CR 468 reinforcing steel. P.O. Box 488 Leesburg, FL 34748 Tompkinsville, KY 42167 Contact: Don Gaibreath Voss Engineering, Inc. Contact: Tommy Stephens Phone: (352) 787-3157 6965 N. Hamlin Avenue Phone: (270) 487-6774 FAX: (352) 365-1732 Lincolnwood, IL 60712-2598 Fax: (270) 487-8368 Booth: 147 Contact: A. Douglas Martin Booth: 54 Products: Forms, Tuckerbilt T-630 Phone: (847) 673-8900 Products: Prestressed concrete concrete transporter FAX: (847) 673-1408 equipment and accessories Booth: 96 2DS Secondary Drainage Systems Products: Structural bearings, slide Strand-Tech Martin, Inc. 1980 South River Road bearings P.O. Box 2220 West Sacramento, CA 95691 Sumnierville, SC 29484 Contact: Mike Ryan, Tom Hill Weckenmann Anlagentechnik GmbH Contact: Terry Johnson Phone: (916) 373-9782 Birkenstrasse 1 Phone: (904) 614-8679 FAX: (916) 371-7277 Dormettingen, Germany 72358 FAX: (904) 962-3340 Booth: 20 Contact: Wolfgang Weckenmann Booths: 6 and 7 Products: Secondary drainage systems Phone: (49-7427) 94930 Products: Prestressing steels FAX: (49-7427) 949329 Ultra-Span Technologies, Inc. Booth: 134B Sumitomo/S WPC/SW Sales 1221 Sherwin Road Products: Plants and automated 125 Belle Forest Circle, Ste. 205 Winnipeg, Manitoba machinery for precast/prestressed Nashville, TN 37221 Canada R3H OV1 concrete production, concrete buckets Contact: H. Wm. (Bill) Gaskill Contact: Chuck Fortier, Joseph Kiss and distributors, automatic, full-scale Phone: (615) 662-4811 Phone: (204) 694-6666 plotters, cleaning machines for forms, FAX: (615) 662-5053 FAX: (204) 694-6204 sand and water blasting equipment for Booth: 68 Booths: 61 - 64 architectural precast concrete. Products: Prestressing steels Products: Hollow-core slab machines Wire Reinforcement Institute (WRI) Superior Walls of America, Ltd. Universal Form Clamp 301 E. Sandusky Street 9837 E. Earl Road 840 South 25th Avenue Findlay, OH 45840 New Holland, PA 17557 Bellwood, IL 60104 Contact: Roy H. Reiterman Contact: L. Scott Shuman Contact: Rens Mansort Phone: (419) 425-9473 Phone: (800) 452-9255 Phone: (630) 330-5801 FAX: (419) 425-5741 FAX: (717) 351-9263 FAX: (708) 544-5965 Booth: 164 Booth: 8 Booths: 16 and 17 Products: Welded wire reinforcement Products: Building systems, forms, Products: Concrete chemicals and for flexure and shear stresses

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