NCSEA: Two webinars in September for the price of one

If you, or someone you know, works on or has an interest in bridges, here is an opportunity to hear some fascinating material that you can learn from, and receive continuing education credit for, at ½ the normal NCSEA webinar pricing.
Utilization of Precast Concrete in the Construction of Bridges in High and Moderately High Seismic Regions
Don’t miss Tuesday, September 15 when Jose Restrepo will look at how precast and precast segmental bridge construction has proven to be a very effective method of construction for many applications in the highly congested urban and in environmentally sensitive areas in the nation, seen as one of the best alternatives for the ongoing Accelerated Bridge Construction endeavor promoted by the Federal Highway Administration and endorsed by several States' Department of Transportation. However, while bridge construction incorporating precast concrete elements often increases the speed of construction and the quality of the end product, the use of precast concrete for the construction of bridges in high and moderately high seismic regions has been rather limited, due to a lack of design guidelines.
This seminar discusses the main research findings on this topic, which are the result of research work sponsored by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) under Project 12-74 "Development of Precast Bent Cap Systems for Seismic Regions", and the Department of Transportation Caltrans under a project entitled "Development of Seismic Design Guidelines for Precast Segmental Bridge Construction".
Register online at http://www.ncsea.com/webinar/JoseRestrepoWebinar.aspx and earn 1.5 Diamond Review continuing education hours for only $250 per Internet connection, or $250 for this connection and the one below, on September 24. Register for one of these webinars and you will automatically be registered for the other one. The best 2 for 1 deal on bridges around!
Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering with Application to a Bridge Structure
In the next bridge webinar on Thursday, September 24, Joel Conte will discuss performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) emerging as the next-generation design and evaluation framework under which new and existing structures will be analyzed for seismic adequacy. It presents the application of the PBEE methodology developed at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center to the Humboldt Bay Middle Channel (HBMC) Bridge modeled and analyzed as a nonlinear soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) system. The HBMCB, with precast and prestressed concrete I-girders and cast-in-place concrete slabs, is fairly representative of older AASHTO-Caltrans girder bridges. It is supported on pie groups in soils potentially vulnerable to liquefaction during an earthquake, which could induce lateral spreading and permanent soil deformations. When planning your Conference participation do not forget to attend the Thursday events going on before the opening reception.
Register online at http://www.ncsea.com/webinar/JoelConteWebinar.aspx and earn 1.5 Diamond Review continuing education hours for only $250 per Internet connection, or $250 for this connection and the one below, on September 24. Register for one of these webinars and you will automatically be registered for the other one. Don’t forget to add both webinars to your calendar!

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