Concrete Bridges
(Concrete Industry Contact: Gregg Freeby, National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC), gfreeby@asbi-assoc.org)
- National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC)
- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
- PCI Northeast (Bridge Resources)
Steel Bridges
(Steel Industry Contact: Vin Bartucca, National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA), bartucca@steelbridges.org)
- National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA)
- 2020 Basics of Steel Bridge Design Workshop
The four-part workshop took attendees through the complete design of a three-span continuous plate girder bridge, from calculating loads to best practices for detailing. Click above link for video recordings and handouts from each of the sessions for free viewing. - ABC Projects in January 2017 Modern Steel Construction
- “Fast Finish” – This article highlights a design-build project in Connecticut that utilized prefabricated bridge units to replace 4 bridges in under 15 months.
- “High Volume, Low Impact” – This article follows a project in Utah that utilized a bridge superstructure slide to reduce costs and speed up the construction schedule.
- “A New Take on Plate Girders” – This article looks at the use of folded steel plate girders on Pennsylvania’s Rapid Bridge Replacement Project.
- 2020 Basics of Steel Bridge Design Workshop
- Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA)
Composite Bridges
(Composites Industry Contact: John Busel, American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), jbusel@acmanet.org)
- American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA)
- Composites Product Suppliers
- DiscoverComposites applications for infrastructure
- FRP Composites Bridges in West Virginia
- FDOT Case Studies of FRP Installations
- FRP Project Awards – Concrete Strengthening
- FHWA Report on Techniques for Bridge Strengthening
- FRP Composites Standards, Specifications, and Codes for Construction and Infrastructure
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) – Committee 440 – Recent activity
- ACI CODE-440.11-22: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars—Code and Commentary
- ACI PRC-440.10-21: Fire Resistance of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Members – TechNote
- ACI PRC-440.7-22: Externally Bonded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Systems Design and Construction for Strengthening Masonry Structures – Guide
- ACI SPEC-440.12-22: Strengthening of Concrete Structures with Externally Bonded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Materials Using the Wet Layup Method—Specification
- ACI SPEC-440.5-22: Construction with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcing Bars – Specification
- ACI SPEC-440.6-08(17)(22) Specification for Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bar Material for Concrete Reinforcement (Reapproved 2022)
- ACI SPEC-440.8-13(23) Specification for Carbon and Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Materials Made by Wet Layup for External Strengthen (Reapproved 2023)
- ASTM – Committee D30.10 – Recent activity
- D7290-06(2022) Standard Practice for Evaluating Material Property Characteristic Values for Polymeric Composites for Civil Engineering Structural Applications
- D7616/D7616M-11(2023)Standard Test Method for Determining Apparent Overlap Splice Shear Strength Properties of Wet Lay-Up Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites Used for Strengthening Civil Structures
- D7957/D7957M-22 Standard Specification for Solid Round Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
- D8505/D8505M-23 Standard Specification for Basalt and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
- AASHTO – Complete list and current activity
- Guide Specifications for Design of FRP Pedestrian Bridges, 1st Edition, (2008) – Note: This is currently being updated by the T-6/Special Structures Committee.
- AASHTO LRFD Guide Specifications for Design of Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes, 1st Edition (2012)
- AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Guide Specifications for GFRP-Reinforced Concrete, 2nd Edition (2018)
- Guide Specifications for the Design of Concrete Bridge Beams Prestressed with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Systems, 1st Edition (2018)
- Guide Specifications for Design of Bonded FRP Systems for Repair and Strengthening of Concrete Bridge Elements, 2nd Edition (2023)