2024

Upcoming events

Two onsite talks and lectures on April 25 and April 29.

 

The next technical event will take place on April 29. Mr. Gernot Komar, Dipl-Ing, PE will present the precast and cast-in-place segmental concrete project “Improvement of Al Shindagha Corridor with Infinity Arch Bridge in Dubai”, at the University of California at San Diego. The hybrid event will take place at 12 noon Pacific Time, and be available online for those wishing to connect remotely. The event is free for members and non-members and will provide one Professional Development Hour (1PDH) which is free to IABSE members and $20 for non-IABSE members. A link for registration will be provided soon.

IABSE-US NG extends its congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Outstanding Paper Award 

 in the Category ‘Technical Report’ to USA members Charles Besjak; Preetam Biswas; Georgi I. Petrov;Yunlu Shen; Bonghwan Kim; Alexandra Thewis for their paper ”Three Supertall Slender Towers in Midtown Manhattan". We are pleased to announce that a Technical Lecture will be held in the early Summer. Stay tuned for more details.

IABSE-US NG continued to promote the exchange of knowledge regarding international practices by sponsoring the presentation of a unique project: “Construction of a Double Cable Stayed Swing Bridge in Scotland” at the Transportation Research Board -Construction of Bridges and Structures Committee (AKC40) meeting, last January 9 in Washington, DC. Barry Keung, PE led an engaging presentation on this unique bridge. The event was coordinated by IABSE-US Board member Chiara Rosignoli, PE, who is also the incoming Chair of the Committee, and gave us the opportunity to present IABSE’s mission in front of an audience of over 50 bridge engineers. After a full day of meetings, several IABSE members convened for dinner at a local restaurant where various initiatives for the year ahead were discussed.

IABSE-USA – Technical and Social events at TRB in Washington, DC, January 9th 8am-12pm in Washington DC 

Technical Presentation

IABSE-USA is promoting the exchange of knowledge regarding international practices by sponsoring the presentation of a unique project: “Construction of a Double Cable Stayed Swing Bridge in Scotland” at the TRB Construction of Bridges and Structures Committee (AKC40) meeting.

How to attend?

Attendance to the committee meeting is free and does not require registration for the conference, so whether you are attending the Annual Meetings or you are in the area, please join this session! If you have questions, please contact Chiara Rosignoli at crosignoli@hardestyhanover.com.

TRB’s Annual Meeting attracts thousands of transportation professionals from around the world. The program covers all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. Standing CommitteeAKC40 is concerned with all aspects of the construction of structures for transportation systems excluding tunnels. For information on the full event program, check https://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/Program.aspx [gmail.us13.list-manage.com]

IABSE-USA continues to look for opportunities to promote our association at various events across the country.

Social Event

IABSE members are invited to join us for dinner at the nearby Tortino Restaurant (1228 11th St between M St NW and N St NW) at 6:00 pm. Space is limited - if you are interested in attending, please email Maria Grazia Bruschi at maria.g.bruschi@parsons.com.

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The US NG Chair, Maria Grazia Bruschi, represented IABSE and gave a talk and shared a few slides about IABSE and its activities at the ASBI event in November.

Here are the latest news from the US Group of IABSE! The American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI) Convention will take place in Tucson, Arizona on November 6-8.   ASBI has invited IABSE-US NG to participate in the Opening of the General Session on Monday, to introduce our association to the Convention attendees. A delegation of IABSE-US NG members will be in attendance and will discuss with ASBI’s leadership how to create synergies between the two organizations.  If you are attending the conference, please contact Chair Maria Grazia Bruschi at maria.g.bruschi@parsons.com  and let’s get together for lunch on Monday! More information is available at https://asbi-assoc.org/events/35th-annual-asbi-convention-and-committee-meetings/ The next webinar will take place on Tuesday, December 12 at  1 pm ET/ 10 am PT on the subject of Building and Infrastructure Performance During the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence.  It will be presented by Bret Chancellor, PhD, PE  and Koray Tureyen, PhD, PE of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE), who traveled to the affected region in Türkiye as part of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Learning from Earthquakes (LFE) Lifelines Reconnaissance Team, and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Disaster Reconnaissance Team respectively. Those teams observed more than 300 buildings up to 26 floors in height, more than 60 bridges, as well as airports, a tunnel, power plants, dams, energy transmission sites, water/wastewater treatment and water distribution sites, and industrial and agricultural facilities. The speakers will describe the efforts made by the team to identify failure causes and modes. The webinar is free for members and non-members and will provide one Professional Development Hour (1 PDH) which is free to IABSE members and $20 for non-IABSE members. Register at this link. IABSE-US NG has secured a slot to make a presentation to the Bridge Construction Committee at the TRB Annual Meeting, which will take place January 7-11, 2024 in Washington, DC.  If you are interested in presenting a relevant topic at this meeting, please contact Chiara Rosignoli at crosignoli@hardestyhanover.com. A social event will also be planned for IABSE members attending the Annual Meeting.  More information to follow.  The US Group of IABSE continues to work to offer our members more opportunities to be an active part of this great professional organization. We encourage you all to renew your membership and to stay tuned for future events and updates!

 

                                                         

US NG with the Speaker Michael Stein, and participants.

Technical Lecture "Build More with Less"
Michael Stein P.E.,  schlaich bergermann partner

HYBRID EVENT: H&H, 1501 Broadway, 6^th Fl. Entrance on 43^rd St, New York, NY

On May 11 the IABSE-USA National Group sponsored the first hybrid technical lecture/webinar on the subject “Build More with Less”, presented by Michael Stein. The well-attended presentation, co-sponsored by the IABSE-Canada National Group, was held in the New York offices of H&H in Times Square, and was followed by refreshments and an opportunity for in-person attendees to network and continue the conversation on the subject of sustainability. The event was open to both members and non-members of IABSE.

For the first time ever, IABSE-USA was able to provide Professional Development Hour (PDH) Certificates to engineers who hold a Professional License in the United States and need these certificates to maintain their license.

Mr. Stein presented a historical perspective on elegant, lightweight design solutions that were ahead of their time in terms of innovation, and then showcased several projects developed by the office of schlaich bergermann partner. The goal of the presentation was to inspire engineers to design elegant and efficient solutions that minimize materials and have a lighter footprint in the built environment.

The webinar was recorded and is available at https://www.iabse.org/elearning/webinars

Click here to download the brochure.