Posted 5/28/10

Annual Membership Meeting -  Friday, June 18th.  Click here for more information.

Posted 5/7/10

2009 BRIDGE AWARD PROGRAM information now available.  Nominations due by June 2, 2010.

Posted 4/9/10

The Structural Technical Group (STG) of the Mohawk Hudson Section of ASCE, and the Eastern Chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) are co-sponsoring a one hour hands-on Field Bolting Clinic featuring Squirter DTIs on Thursday May 6, 2010.  To see the announcement for full details click here.

Posted 3/17/10

The 2009-2010 Calendar of Events has been updated.

Posted 3/5/10

April Dinner Meeting -  Thursday, April 1st.  Click here for more information.

Posted 2/10/10

Eastern NY Chapter of ABCD Sponsors Future City Competition 2010

Students from 17 local middle schools spent the last several months brainstorming ideas for cities of the future and looking around the house from the attic to the basement for disposable items from which to make models of their dreamscapes. All that work was laid out Saturday, January 16, 2010 on table tops at Hudson Valley Community College for the Future City Competition for local seventh and eighth graders sponsored by the Capital District Future City Competition Committee. It's one of 38 regional competitions across the country held as part of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition. The topic of this year's competition is to design affordable green living cities for people who have lost their homes due to a disaster or financial emergency.

The Eastern NY Chapter of ABCD sponsored a specialty award titled “Best Design and Construction of a Bridge in a Future City.”  The winning school was Draper Middle School and their City name was Mohonville.  Photographs of the winning future city model can be viewed in the "Photographs" section of this website.  Thanks to all the ABCD members who volunteered their time for this worthwhile event.

Posted 1/15/10

On Thursday, January 7, 2010 the NY Chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD) in conjunction with ACEC of NY Eastern Region, and Society for Protective Coatings presented Containment, Work Platform Systems and Component Design.  To download the presentation click here.

For those involved in bridge painting, below are links to information on an upcoming SPC conference and training opportunities at the Turning Stone Casino & Resort on March 4-5, 2010.

CIP One Day Bridge Course

SSPC C5 Lead Supervisor Training - March 4, 2010

SSPC/NACE T3 Event, March 5, 2010

Training Course Registration Form

Posted 12/08/09

The 2009-2010 Calendar of Events has been updated.

Breakfast Meeting / PDH Presentation; January 7th, 2010 – Containment Systems – Joint Meeting w/ACEC & SSPC – 6 Airline Drive.  Click here for a registration form.

Posted 10/20/09

UPDATED LINK:  NYSATE One-Day Technical Seminar - Tuesday, October 27th.  For information on this seminar click here.  To download a printable registration form click here.

Posted 9/1/09

September Dinner Meeting -  Thursday, September 24th.  Click here for more information.

Posted 8/28/09 - Educational Opportunity

This semester Prof. Stuart Chen is teaching a graduate level bridge design course that can be taken for credit via the internet.  It is a very practical course that can be used for professional development hours needed to maintain PE licensure, to pursue UB’s new Masters Degree in Bridge & Infrastructure Engineering or as an elective for the UB’s Professional Certificate in Bridge & Infrastructure Engineering.  There is still time to register for this fall 2009 course.  Go to: www.eng.buffalo.edu/EngiNet

Course Details:

CIE 527 - Design and Construction of Structural Systems

Faculty: Chen

Application of structural theory in the design of complete structural systems for bridges. Use of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications for design of concrete and steel alternate bridge designs for an actual crossing. Constructability, economics and aesthetics will be considered along with analysis and design methods, including earthquake engineering. The design process is investigated, beginning with architectural considerations, proceeding through alternate plans and their evaluation as a structural solution, and ending with a final design. Topics include: design procedures, sources of information for design, sources and nature of loading conditions and combinations, preliminary design methods and estimates, primary and secondary structural systems, nonstructural components and interaction.

For more information, go to  http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/EngiNet/courses/fall09/

Any questions relating to this posting should be directed to:

Jerome S. O'Connor, P.E.  F, ASCE

Senior Program Officer, Transportation Research

MCEER, 115 Red Jacket Quad, University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY 14261

Direct Line: (716) 645-5155 

MCEER Main #: (716) 645-3391    Fax (716) 645-3399

www.mceer.buffalo.edu