Structures Technical Session
Session Chair: Michael P. Freeman, PE, AREMA Functional Group Vice President
Union Pacific Railroad
Session sponsored by
8:00 – 8:30 AM
CSX Emergency Bridge Replacement
Ronald D. Medlock, PE, High Steel Structures, Inc. and Kennedy Kyei-Mensah, HDR
8:30 – 9:00 AM
BNSF Railway Bridge 380.12 over I-235 – Planning & Construction Challenges in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
James P. Hyland, TranSystems, Sue Tryon, Benham Design, LLC and Jeffrey C. Estes, PLS, IE, BNSF Railway
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Railroad Bridge Transverse Displacement Measurement Using a Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) Mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Fernando Moreu, PhD, PE, and Martita Mullen, PE, Canadian National Railway
9:30 – 10:00 AM
LIRC Bridge Replacement over Flatrock River
Glen T. Campbell, PE, Patrick Engineering Inc. and Chuck Grabner, PE, J.B. Fay Co.
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Alaska Railroad Bridge 370.7 Pier #3 Replacement
Brandon Buckman, PE, Wilson & Company and Brian A. Lindamood, PE, SE, Alaska Railroad
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Accelerated Construction of Union Pacific Railroad Bridge over Kankakee River
Brett Wescott, PE, Knight E/A, Inc., John R. Jerome, Union Pacific Railroad and Daniel R. Kelly, PE, ICC Group Inc.
11:30 AM – Noon
Fatigue Screening of Railway Deck Girder Bridges
Stephen Dick, PhD, SE, Purdue University and Duane Otter, PhD, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI)
12:15 – 2:00 PM
Annual Committee Chairs Luncheon (Ticketed Event)
Keynote Speaker John C. Hellmann, Chairman, President & CEO, Genesee & Wyoming Inc
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Long Life Coatings for Steel Bridges
Winn Darden, AGC Chemicals Americas
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Construction of a New Vertical Lift Bridge with Minimal Impact to Traffic
Matthew J. Miller, PE, Modjeski & Masters, Inc. and Jessica L. Smith, PE, TranSystems
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Remote Monitoring and Replacement of Norfolk Southern Bridge CF-35.40 over Cotton Run, Seven Mile, OH
Lisa Hoekenga, PE, SE and Scott Zang, Michael Baker International
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Articulated Double Stack Car Effects on Bridges
Duane E. Otter, PhD, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI)
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Complex Bridge Inspection with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Steven W. Youschak, David R. Anderson, PE and Nicholas J. Ray, EIT, American Rail Engineers
4:30 – 5:00 PM
120 Tons of Steel Suspended Over the Construction Site
Ruth V. Brown, PE, Norfolk Southern Corporation and Charles S. Davis, PE, Scott Bridge Company, Inc.