Published jointly by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Concrete Bridge Council
Douglas L. Edwards, Federal Highway Administration The era of high performance concrete (HPC) in Florida bridges actually began following a violent storm in Tampa Bay in 1980. A freighter crashed into one of the main piers of the Sunshine Skyway
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The National Cooperative Highway Research Program has announced selection of two research projects related to high performance concrete for fiscal year 2001. The projects are “Applications of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications to High Strength Structural Concrete: Shear Provisions” and
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Fédération Internationale du Béton (fib) are co-sponsors of an International Symposium on High Performance Concrete to be held September 25-27, 2000, in conjunction with the PCI Annual Convention
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Andrew Maybee, CPI Concrete Products, Inc Today’s precast, prestressed concrete product manufacturers are meeting owners’ requirements with high performance concrete (HPC). As more and more projects appear that specify the use of HPC, it becomes increasingly apparent that the use
Mark Holloran, Tennessee Department of Transportation Bridges in Tennessee are most often constructed with precast, prestressed concrete beams and cast-in-place reinforced concrete decks. The majority of these bridges are jointless with integral abutments. The dominance of this type of construction