PCI Gulf South, in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Transportation, conducted a three part design seminar in January 2021. The well-attended seminar concentrated on bridge components and topics such as lateral stability. New products, such as the NEXT beam, were also discussed. Key speakers included Reid Castrodale, President of Castrodale Engineering Consultants and Dave Tomley, PE from Thompson Engineering. Reid, is an engineer who has been active in the industry for 30 years and has been the Chair and Co-Chair of the Bridge Committee at PCI. Dave is currently a bridge design engineer and Chair of the PCI Gulf South Transportation Committee. PCI Gulf South would like to extend a special thank you to Justin Walker and Scott Westerfield (MDOT) for helping to make this seminar such a success.
Agenda
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 (11:00 am-1:30 pm):
11:00 am - Welcome & Overview of Seminar
11: 15 am - Basic Concepts of PS Design & PCI BDM
11:35 am - Fabrication & Design Considerations/Virtual plant tour
1:15 pm - Q/A
Daily Total 2:30
Thursday, January 28, 2021 (11:00 am-1:30 pm):
11:00 am - Design 1 : Details of Basic PSC Design; Draping/De-bonding, etc.
12:30 pm - NEXT Beams & Accelerated Bridge Construction
1:00 pm - FIB & BT Comparison
1:15 pm - Q/A
Daily Total 2:30
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 (11: 00 am-1:30 pm):
11:00 am - PCI Body of Knowledge & Resources
11:30 am - MDOT Camber Research SS No. 288
12:00 pm - Design 2; Lateral stability; Repairs and PCI Repair Manual.
12:45 pm - Panel Discussion
Daily Total 2:30
Presenters
Reid W. Castrodale, PhD, PE, FPCI – President, Castrodale Engineering Consultants, PC
Reid Castrodale is a structural engineering consultant specializing in prestressed concrete, lightweight concrete, and accelerated bridge construction. He is a registered professional engineer in three states. He is a Bridge Consultant for Georgia/Carolinas PCI, Managing Technical Editor of ASPIRE Magazine, and Director of Engineering for both the Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute (ESCSI) and STALITE.
Previously, he was a bridge engineer at Ralph Whitehead Associates (now STV) and the Portland Cement Association. He graduated from Georgia Tech and earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Reid is a Fellow of PCI and has been active in PCI bridge committees for 30 years, including Chair of the Bridge Committee and Co-chair of the Bridge Design Manual Steering Committee during its development. He developed and presented seminars on the PCI Bridge Design Manual and taught many courses on reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge design using the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.
He was principal author of National Cooperation Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 517 “Extending Span Ranges of Precast, Prestressed Concrete Girders” and has developed revisions to the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.
David Tomley, P.E., Senior Structural Engineer & Project Manager with Thompson Engineering (Mobile, Alabama)
David has been employed with Thompson Engineering for the last 6 years as a Senior Structural Engineer and Project Manager and is a registered professional engineer in 15 states. David has 30 years experience in the transportation & industrial industries with focus on structural engineering, bridge design & rehabilitation, structural/bridge inspection & load rating, design-build, value-engineering, bridge hydraulics and bridge scour, and accelerated bridge construction.
He is a professional member of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Bridge Producer Committee and Committee on Bridges and is the Chair of the Transportation Committee for the PCI Gulf South Region that includes the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. David is also a member of the ASCE Mobile Branch.
David has provided numerous publications and presentations at Transportation Research Board, International Bridge Conference, the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, and to the AASHTO Bridges and Structures T-10 and T-15 Subcommittees to name a few. He has provided LRFD bridge engineering application training to various state agencies including Indiana DOT, Iowa, New Mexico, New York State DOT, and Nebraska Department of Roads.
David is a certified bridge inspector for the Alabama Department of Transportation and has worked on several large-scale bridge inspection and major repair/rehabilitation projects.
Producer Member Transportation Products
This chart lists some of the more common precast prestressed concrete transportation product shapes and sizes. Contact your local PCI Certified supplier regarding specific product shapes, sizes, possible modifications, and availability.
