US Scanning Tour - 11th June 2009

Introduction

On 11th June 2009 we were pleased to welcome delegates from the United States visiting as part of the the Assuring Bridge Safety and Serviceability International Scanning Tour, organized by the Transportation Research Board.

Update: In August 2010 the FHWA published a report of the tour in the publications section of their website. See:
Assuring Bridge Safety and Serviceability in Europe

Below are .pdf files of the presentations made to the scanning tour. (Some presentations are not publicly available and may not be downloaded without the necessary password. This is at the request of the authors.)

Agenda
(PDF File 52KB)

Panel overview
(PDF File 63KB)

Biographic sketches
(PDF File 96KB)

Amplifying Questions
(PDF File 153KB)

Presentations

Economics of FRP for Reinforcing and Prestressing Concrete

Chris Burgoyne, University of Cambridge (PDF File 2.04MB)

Bridge Assessment and the Management of Substandard Structures
Steve Denton, Parsons Brinckerhoff and University of Bath (PDF File 2.33MB)

Structural Solutions using Fibre-Reinforced Polymers

Steve Denton, Parsons Brinckerhoff and University of Bath (PDF File 8.22MB)

Overview of Eurocode Introduction
Steve Denton, Parsons Brinckerhoff and University of Bath (PDF File 548KB)

Sustainable Spanning Structures: Reducing the Impact of Infrastructure
Neil Hoult, University of Cambridge (PDF File 6.13MB)

Advanced Assessment and Analysis Techniques
Andrew Jackson, University of Cambridge (PDF File 1.20MB)

Assuring Bridge Safety and Serviceability
Campbell Middleton, University of Cambridge (PDF File 2.89MB)

Probability Based Assessment of Bridges
Alan O'Connor, Trinity College Dublin (PDF File 2.75MB)

Better Bridge Management
Stephen Pottle, Transport for London (PDF File 531KB)

Learning the Lessons from Bridge Collapses Around the World
Mungo Stacy, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PDF File 5.17MB)