March 18, 2020 - 8:00am to 5:00pm

This event has been cancelled after careful consideration. As structural engineers, we are responsible for the health and safety of the public and we can not in good conscience move forward with this event. We plan on rescheduling this event at a later date, once we have more information available and it is safe to do so. Thank you for your understanding.

SEAOI is pleased to present a full-day seminar on the topic of Seismic Design of Bridges using AASHTO LRFD.  

  1. AASHTO LRFD Approach to Dynamic Analysis
    1. Basic Requirements of Structural Dynamics
    2. Elastic Dynamic Responses
    3. Inelastic Dynamic Responses
    4. Analysis for Earthquake Loads
  1. AASHTO LRFD Approach to Seismic Loads
    1. Seismic Hazard
    2. Site Effects
    3. Seismic Hazard Characterization
    4. Importance Categories
    5. Seismic Performance Zones (National/Illinois)
    6. Response Modification Factors
    7. Combination of Seismic Force Effects
    8. Calculation of Design Forces
  1. Displacement Based Seismic Design -- New This Year
    1. Brief overview of Displacement Based method
    2. Comparison of Displacement Based vs. Force Based Methods
  1. Analysis and Design Example using AASHTO LRFD Approach to Dynamic Analysis
  1. Analysis and Design Example using IDOT Bridge Manual Approach to Seismic Design (both 1000 years and 500 year EQ)

This course provides 7.5 hours of Continuing Education credit.  CE certificates will be emailed to attendees after the class.  

Location

Association Forum

10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 800

Chicago, IL

Registration

Registration is $390 for members and $505 for non-members.

Government Employee Registration is  $205. Government Employees shall be from the following organizations:

  • Departments of Transportation (City or State), including IDOT, CDOT, ISTHA, etc.; RTA - Chicago Transit Authority/Metra/Pace; Chicago Building Department
  • Other agencies will be reviewed and accepted at the discretion of the Continuing Education Committee and SEAOI. Please contact nradler@seaoi.org to request acceptance if you believe you qualify for the rate but are not employed by one of the above agencies.

About the Speakers

Tony Shkurti, Ph.D., SE, PE, serves as a Great Lakes bridge lead engineer and Associate Vice President in HNTB and is a nationally recognized authority in structural engineering. His research includes seismic retrofit of bridge substructures, redundancy of bridge superstructures, bracing systems, fatigue and fracture behavior of steel bridges, infrastructure security risk assessment and mitigation and vehicular impact analysis. He has presented and published in numerous venues.

 

 

 

Johann Aakre, SE, PE serves as the Bridge and Structure Department Manager for Michael Baker International in Chicago.  He has seismic design experience in the Midwest and California. He holds a Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering from UC-Berkeley and a BS in Civil Engineering from The George Washington University.

 

 

 

 

 

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Participants

Marvin Brooks ( City of Naperville )
Roman Vovchak ( TranSystems )
Michael Wagner ( Willett, Hofmann & Associates, Inc. )
Jordan Primus ( Willett Hofmann & Associates, Inc. )
Satyam Mandloi ( Willett Hofmann & Associates )
Praaveenyan Vangara ( Willett Hofmann & Associates, Inc. )
Adam Kueny ( Willett Hofmann & Associates, Inc. )
Stephen Vaicik ( Alfred Benesch & Co )
Paul Brasileiro ( Fyfe Co. - Aegion )
Alex Baker ( Knight E/A, Inc. )
Dan Carroll ( Knight E/A )
Lori Sommer ( Knight E/A )
Tony Shkurti ( HNTB Corporation )
Johann Aakre ( Michael Baker International )
Nikola Scekic ( ARCADIS US )
Rashmi Dsouza ( Infrastructure Engineering Inc. )
Barry Pecho ( Smith-LaSalle, Inc. )
Perry Smith ( Smith-LaSalle, Inc. )
Mohammed Zagloul ( Kapur )