PREVIEW OF THE 48TH ANNUAL PCI CONVENTION & EXHIBITION AND 1ST ANNUAL CONCRETE BRIDGE CONFERENCE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 6-9 ashville! The name evokes Convention and Exhibition, PCI is members can visit many of the local images of entertainment, concurrently organizing the first an attractions. Nashville is the home of University, the Van music, art, education, and nat nual Concrete Bridge Conference Vanderbilt N This premier Vechten Gallery, The Hermitage ural beauty. What an optimum time of (CBC) from October 6-9. of President Andrew Jackson), the year to visit, October, when the conference is being jointly sponsored (home Plantation, Music Row, leaves are changing colors, the days by the Federal Highway Administra Belle Meade Grand Ole Opry. are warm, and the evenings cool. tion and the National Concrete Bridge and the 2,883-room Held October 6-9 at the Gaylord Council. Eleven highly specialized If you are staying at the Hotel, keep in mind that Opryland Resort & Convention Center, sessions have been planned for the Opryland 30 shops, 15 restaurants, 10 the theme of this year’s convention is Concrete Bridge Conference. there are indoor acres of tropical “Success...It’s Defined By Your Cus For spouses/guests of convention at lounges, nine sub-tropical gardens and an indoor tomer.” A comprehensive program has tendees, an exciting program has been and with passenger-carry been assembled to offer something for prepared. The PCI Education Founda river, complete tion Golf Tournament is scheduled for ing boats. all members. Some of the 14 planned de sessions include plant and erection Friday, October 4. Be sure to consider The following pages provide the program, guest pro safety, architectural concrete, precast the Historic Mansions Tour, the Hik tailed convention listing of the pavements, seismic research and de ing Tour at Percy Warner Park, and gram, and an alphabetical exhibitors. If you have not sign issues, industry software consor the Historic Franklin Sightseeing and convention so, make plans today to tium, and self-compacting concrete. Shopping Tour. already done Nashville this October! In addition to our traditional PCI After attending day sessions, PCI join us in 24 PCI JOURNAL PCI CONVENTION TRACK 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 Foundation PCI Education Get-Together Reception On the 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. July-August 2002 25 PCI TRACK 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 Schultz, Bulent Erkmen and Precast and Prestressed Concrete Arturo E. 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 Al Span Precast, Prestressed Concrete Corporation, 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 State-of-the-Art of Precast Concrete 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.