1. Welcome to Webinar on Accelerated Bridge Construction ABC Bridges from a County Perspective Sponsored by Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Center at Florida International University Website: abc.fiu.edu Email: abc@fiu.edu February 14, 2013 – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

2. Webinar Agenda ABC Announcements(10 minutes) Featured Presentation (35 minutes) ABC Bridges from a County Perspective Eugene Calvert, PE, PTOE, Engineering Supervisor & Marlene Messam, PE, Project Manager Collier County, Florida Question and Answer(15 minutes) Please post your questions in the chat box

3. ABC Action taken at 2013 TRB Annual Meeting January 13-17, 2013 – Washington, DC Formation of ABC Subcommittee TRB AFF10 General Structures – parent committee Subcommittee Chair: Ben Beerman, FHWA Membership includes representation from: AFF20, Steel Bridges Committee AFF30, Concrete Bridges Committee AFH40, Construction of Bridges and Structures For more information, contact: Ben Beerman, FHWA, Benjamin.Beerman@dot.gov

4. Call for Award Nominations 2013 PCI Design Awards Projects completed within the last three years (no earlier than Jan. 1, 2010) Sponsored by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute http://www.pcidesignawards.org/2013intro/ Submission Deadline: May 20, 2013 For more information, contact: William Nickas, WNickas@pci.org

5. DC N.E. Region -July 2012 S.W. Region - Feb 2012 M.N. Region - May 2012 N.W. Region - Nov 2012 PR S.E. Region - Feb 2013 [Feb 26 – March 1] PBES/ABC Regional Peer Exchanges http://p2p.ara-tracker.com/

6. Upcoming Events 2013 PCI Committee Days – Chicago, IL April 25-28, 2013 Sponsored by Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute http://pciconvention.org/2013ComDays/ Meetings include: PCI Committee on Bridges – Friday, April 26, 2013 AASHTO T-10, Concrete Design – Saturday, April 27, 2013 For more information, contact: William Nickas, WNickas@pci.org

7. Upcoming Events 2013 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium – Ames, Iowa August 15-16, 2013 Sponsored by Iowa Department of Transportation & Iowa State University’s Institute of Transportation http://intrans.iastate.edu/events/midcon2013/ Call for Abstracts deadline: March 16, 2013 Suggested topics include ABC Submit abstracts online For more information, contact: Judy Thomas, jathomas@ iastate.edu

8. Upcoming Events 2013 Western Bridge Engineers’ Seminar – Bellevue, Washington September 3-6, 2013 Hosted by Washington State DOT and a biennial cooperative effort by FHWA & Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon & Washington DOTs Call for Abstracts Deadline: April 5, 2013 Abstract Guidelines: http://cm.wsu.edu/WBES13 Suggested topics include PBES for ABC Submit abstracts to Jugesh Kapur: kapurju@wsdot.wa.gov

9. Upcoming International Events 2013 International Highway Technology Summit – Beijing, China April 16-18, 2013 Sponsored by China Highway and Transp. Society (CHTS) Co-Sponsored by Transp. Research Board (TRB) & International Road Federation (IRF) http://gclt.chinahighway.com/e/index.php http://gclt.chinahighway.com/e/ri.php Online registration is now open: http://gclt.chinahighway.com/e/ri.php For more information, contact: Betty Guo at betty05122@163.com Nina Guan at ninee818@hotmail.com

10. Upcoming 2014 International Event Lake Louise Peace Bridge, Calgary, Alberta Ninth International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges – Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 15-18, 2014 Sponsored by Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CACE) http://csce.ca/ Topics include Accelerated Bridge Construction For more information and inquiries, email: smsb2014@csce.ca

11. Links on ABC Center Home Page http://www.abc.fiu.edu/ “Upcoming Events & Activities” “Related News & Publications”

12. Next Webinar Thursday, March 21, 2013 (1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern) Featured Presentation ABC for Minnesota County Roads by Christopher Werner, PE Project Manager, HDR Engineering Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota www.abc.fiu.edu To register, visit: www.abc.fiu.edu

13. Industry Resources For resources related to concrete bridges, visit: http://www.nationalconcretebridge.org/ For resources related to steel bridges, visit: http://www.steelbridges.org For resources related to composite bridges, visit: http://www.acmanet.org/dac/tsc.cfm

14. If you wish to receive one-hour PDH Send an email to abc@fiu.edu State that you attended the February 14, 2013 webinar Give first and last name of everyone at your site who wishes to receive PDHs Please do not send request to any other email account

15. Webinar Agenda ABC Announcements(10 minutes) Featured Presentation (35 minutes) ABC Bridges from a County Perspective Eugene Calvert, PE, PTOE, Engineering Supervisor & Marlene Messam, PE, Project Manager Collier County, Florida Question and Answer(15 minutes) Please post your questions in the chat box