ABCD Pittsburgh Chapter

Calendar of Events and Meetings

Friday, Sept. 1, 2006

"11th Annual ABCD Golf Outing"

                                    Date:              Friday, September 1, 2006
                                    Place:            Cedarbrook Golf Course – Gold **
                                    Time:             9:00 AM Shotgun Start
                                                            Registration 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM

                                   Cost:              Golf and Dinner:        $55.00 members
                                                                                               $65.00 non-members

                                                                                    ** GPS Course Yardage System *

                                    Golf includes: coffee and donuts before golf sandwich and beer/soda during golf snacks, beer/ soda after golf  

                                   Dinner includes:         Italian Smoked Sausage, Rigatoni Marinara Oven Roasted Chicken
                                                                          Fresh Green Bean & Mushroom Almondine
                                                                          Tossed Salad & Double Layer Sheet Cake     

                                   Prizes:           1^st and 2^nd place foursomes(“yellow”ball – handicapped)
                                                            Skill events (closest to the pins, longest putt, etc.)
                                                            “Special” prizes by raffle

• Registration (Word Document)

• Sponsorship Information  (Word Document)

                    Contact Mike Beresford at 412-476-2000 ext. 1712 if you have any questions              

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2 September 2005: 10th Annual ABCD Golf Outing

6 October 2005: Presentation by Gregory R. Yates, P.E., DMJM+Harris, on "The North Shore Connector Project"

10 November 2005:  Jim Shook, P.E. of the West Virginia Department of Transportation. 

29 March 2006:  Robert Conner, Ph.D., P.E., Purdue University: "Fatigue and Fracture Performance of Heat-straightened Steel Bridge Girders - NCHRP Project 10-63"

21 April 2006: Findlay Connector April Seminar/Bus Tour

18 May 2006: ABCD Annual Awards

27 September 2004: Presentation by John M. Yadlosky, P.E., HDR, on "Horizontally Curved & Skewed Steel Girder Bridges"

18 November 2004: Presentation by Jay Rohleder, Figg Bridge Engineers, Inc., on Susquehanna River Bridge Replacement.  Click for pictures and summary.

24 February 2005: Presentations by: Scott Christie, P.E., Director, Bureau of Design, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: "Bridge Design in Pennsylvania - New activities" and Jay Fitzgerald, P.E., Bridge CADD Division, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: "The Implementation of BRADD3 for New Designs"

17 March 2005: Joint Meeting with ASCE Structures Group.
"Failure Analysis of Post-Tensioned Tendons in Bridge Structures" by Sivaraman Venugopalan of Exponent Failure Analysis Associates. 

21 April 2005: Annual Seminar: AASHTO LRFD for Substructure Design, with Jim Withiam, Ph.D., P.E., D’Appolonia.  Cost is $70 for ABCD members and $75 for all others.   To sign-up click here. 

19 May 2005: Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation