Structures Technical Session
Session Chair: Walter F. Bleser, II, PE, AREMA Functional Group Vice President
ARE Corporation
Session sponsored by
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Solutions During the Challenging Reconstruction of BNSF Br. 0047-53.5
Temple Overman, PE, HNTB Corporation, Luke Sykora, PE, Advanced American Construction and Mike Herzog, PE, BNSF Railway
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Updates to Ground Motions and Seismic Design Methodology for Railway Structures
Matt Bowers, PE, SC Solutions, Inc. and Sanaz Rezaeian, PhD, US Geological Survey
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Complex Geometry and Reuse of Existing Structure to Replace Bridge N-680.20
Lisa Hoekenga, PE, SE & Edward Baznik, PE, Michael Baker International and Nick Bayer, PE, Norfolk Southern Railway
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Automated Bridge Inspection and Load Rating Using Low-Cost Sensor Networks
Hai Huang, PhD, PE, Penn State University Altoona
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Brightline/Florida East Coast RR Loxahatchee River Bridge Reconstruction
Scott Gammon, PE, Brightline Trains Florida LLC and Charles S. Davis, PE, Scott Bridge Company
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Networking Break
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Union Pacific Railroad Elkhorn River Bridge Replacement
Adam Studts, PE, Union Pacific Railroad and Kyle Kauzlarich, SE, PE & Ben Dey, PE, HDR
11:00 – 11:30 AM
RJ Corman Railroad Cumberland River Bridge Rehabilitation and Automation Project
David Pegram, Mott MacDonald, Edward Quillian, RJ Corman Railroad Company and Mike Tweet, Koppers Inc
11:30 AM – Noon
Davenport Diamond Rail Grade Separation Project in the City of Toronto
Saman Rastgoo, Ph.D., P.Eng. & Shreedhar Thotapally, M.Eng., P.Eng., Metrolinx and Francesco Addario, M.Eng., P.Eng., Hatch Ltd.
Noon – 12:30 PM
Staged Replacement and Vertical Clearance Improvement of NS Bridge PC-1.20
Solomon Brown, PE, SE, Michael Baker International, Chris Cawley, Norfolk Southern Corporation and Nic Manuppelli, Trumbull Corporation