TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 895: Simplified Full Depth Precast Concrete Deck Panel Systems

This webinar will describe the development of a full depth precast concrete deck panel system with simplified connection details. The connection details promote extending the spacing between clusters of studs while using discrete joints between the precast deck panel system and the supporting concrete or steel girders. Presenters will discuss the investigation and validation of the system’s behavior. They will also describe the set of guidelines that were developed to directly implement this system.

Some registrants will need to pay $95 to attend this webinar.  Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar Presenters

• Sameh Badie, The George Washington University
• George Morcous, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Moderated by: Pedro Silva, The George Washington University

Webinar Outline

1. Features and description of the system
2. Investigations of the system
   1. Analytical investigation
   2. Experimental investigation
3. Design/construction guidelines
4. Conclusions
5. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe new advances of full depth precast concrete deck panels for highway bridges
• Describe use of ultra-high performance concrete on highway bridges
• Determine current needs for bridge construction projects

 Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For approved webinars, TRB’s webinar program awards Registered Continuing Education Provider (RCEP) Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits associated with participation only to the registered individual and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To receive PDH credits, please register as an individual and sign into the webinar from your personal computer. After doing this, you may join your group in a meeting room.  To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

In addition, advance registration is available until just before the webinar starts. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to submit your registration. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk (MyTRB@nas.edu) for assistance in signing in.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in October 2018. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.