LOOKING BACK & LOOKING FORWARD Richard W Dunne, P.E. | Director of Structures | Michael Baker International
[email protected] LOOKING BACK & LOOKING FORWARD June 2013 ABC Webinar Design for Enhanced: • Fabrication • Transportation • Erection • Repetition What did he miss - PRESERVATION
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Designers are changing New Designs Continuity over Piers Integral & Semi-Integral Abutments Deck Treatments on New Decks also Rehabilitation Designs Deck Replacements Joint Eliminations and Treatments on New Decks New Details & Standards Maintenance Approved
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Material Suppliers Collaboration w/DOT Maint. Staff & Suppliers Suppliers are not in a “Selling Mode” Suppliers want DOT’s to “Get It Right” DOT’s Sharing Maintenance Strategies Collaboration with Designers
LOOKING BACK & LOOKING FORWARD Contractors • Learning what Maintenance Wants • Collaboration with Suppliers • Preservation projects differ from normal “heavy highway” work
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What’s Next?? Design continue to learn from Maintenance Suppliers looking for shared approval by DOTs Contractors collaborate with Designers to package Preservation projects Research, Asset Management & Sustainability
LOOKING BACK & LOOKING FORWARD Remember the ABC Session Design for Preservation may not have been in his ABC session, but check out his latest design