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FHWA Demonstration Project
Heat Straightening Repair for Damaged Steel Bridges

New York Workshop Information and Agenda

The FHWA Heat Straightening Demonstration has been scheduled for October 5th and 6th in the NYSDOT Oneida East Maintenance facility in New Hartford, NY (near Utica, NY).

The training will be done in two sessions. The first is primarily for engineers and covers recent research and project engineering considerations. The second session is a how-to discussion with hands-on practice, aimed at field supervisors and operations personnel but also of interest to engineers.

Participants should bring shaded safety glasses.

Wednesday, October 5: Classroom (Oneida East Facility)
9:30 a.m.	Registration
10:00 a.m.	Opening remarks about the FHWA project
10:15 a.m.	Historical perspective, types of damage, and basic concepts of heat straightening
11:15 a.m.	Heat Straightening Basics
12:00 noon	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	Techniques, design, and management of heat straightening projects
2:00 p.m.	Behavior of steel before and after heat straightening
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:20 p.m.	Behavior of steel before and after heat straightening, continued
4:00 p.m.	Louisiana Bridge Case Study
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
Thursday, October 6, 2005 - Classroom (Oneida East Facility)
9:00 a.m.	Video on the fundamentals of heat straightening
9:30 a.m.	Case studies
10:30 a.m.	Break
Laboratory/shop facilities (Oneida East Facility)
11:00 pm	Laboratory demonstration and practice of heat straightening techniques
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	Laboratory demo, continued
2:30 p.m.	Closing comments and adjourn