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Structural Engineering |
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION SUPPLEMENT TO CBDC S-6
Ron Mathieson PEng
9:00 am - 10:15 am
This seminar will discuss the Ministry of Transportation in BC's recent adoption of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code - CAN/CSA S6 (CHBDC) as the standard for design of Ministry bridges. As the owner of public infrastructure, and the Regulatory Authority as defined by the code, the Ministry is granted the ability to affect changes to the code to reflect its bridge design and detailing practices. The Ministry requires designers to use the S6-06 Supplement in conjunction with CHBDC.SEISMIC MONITORING FOR BC
Sharlie Huffman PEng
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
British Columbia lies in one of the highest seismic zones of Canada and is vulnerable to crustal, subduction and strike-slip earthquakes. The Ministry of Transportation leads a multi-agency initiative to use seismic monitoring to improve predictability, more effectively and economically deploy our limited emergency resources and reduce the costs of a major earthquake from death, injury, property damage and economic impact.REAL-TIME DAMAGE DETECTION FOR BRIDGES
Martin Turek PhD
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm
The use of real-time damage detection and monitoring techniques for bridges is an exciting and challenging development for both condition assessment and post-disaster response coordination. Much of the technology in this field has developed for bridges, and there are many examples of monitoring systems presently deployed on real structures. One of the main challenges for this technology is distinguishing monitored changes due to damage, and those due to naturally occurring effects sure as temperature and soil conditions. This presentation discusses the state-of-the-art in damage detection and monitoring technology, and outlines the challenges faced in its implementation.LIMIT STATES VERSUS WORKING STRESS DESIGNS FOR BUILDING FOUNDATIONS
Don Gillespie PEng
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
To maintain consistency with loads derived using the CHBDC S6-06, the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation has directed that Limit States design be used for bridge foundations. The MoT supplement to the code includes additional guidance for geotechnical resistance factors that depend on the level of site investigation technology. Guidance is also offered for retaining walls where a distinction is made between those that act as abutment structures and those that act as approaches.
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Please note the Important Dates below:
October 27
