Thursday, December 5, 2019

Topic:

Contech Bridge and Buried Structures Technical Presentation

1 professional development hour (pdh)

Location:

Valley Forge Casino
1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA

Meeting Room: Laurel Ballroom

Cost**:Registration required

General Admission $50; Government $35; Students $35

PLEASE RSVP BY 3:30 PM ON MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019

Please note dinner preference in response - chicken, fish, vegetarian

Bring checks payable to “SEI-Phila Chapter” or send to:

Att: James Greco, AECOM, 1700 Market St Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Meeting schedule:

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Social Hour

6:30 pm - 7:15 pm Dinner

7:15 pm Presentation

Description:

Learn about the industry’s latest innovations for bridges and culverts that work for a wide variety of applications and capacities, spanning distances from five feet to 400 feet.Including plate, precast & truss bridge systems overview; precast design overview; soil-structure interaction analysis and design process; precast wingwalls and abutments; Pennsylvania applications; and PennDOT LRFD Standards (Change #2) Review.

Presenters:

Philip Creamer, PE- Director of Precast Bridge Design Services

Phil joined Contech in 1996. Phil has served in his current position since 2006. Prior to this position, Phil was the Area Engineer overseeing the West Coast territory and initially served as a design engineer and hydraulic engineer responsible for the research required to approve ConSpan in HEC-RAS. He has extensive experience using the finite element program CANDE, which is used to design CON/SPAN® and BEBO bridge systems. Phil is member of TRB Committee AFS40 – Subsurface Soil-Structure Interaction and a member of ASTM Committee C13. Phil received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky and is a registered professional engineer in 30 states.

Bill Gray, Senior Bridge Consultant

Bill jointed Contech is 2001. Bill is responsible for managing structure projects in Eastern Pennsylvania, which includes PennDOT Districts 4-0, 5-0 & 6-0. Bill’s areas of expertise include solution development for modular bridge technologies including precast, plate and truss bridges and culverts and scour protection systems. Bill is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, where he received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. In addition to his current position with CONTECH, he has worked in consulting engineering and the construction industry.

Questions: Please email “phillysei+meeting”<at>”gmail”<dot>”com"

Note:**Payment must be made for the cost of dinner if you make a reservation but are not able to attend, since we must pay this cost to the caterer.**