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Structural Committee for Economic Fabrication Minutes of November 1-2, 2001 Meetings
Attached is a copy of the attendance lists and minutes for the subject
meetings, held on November 1-2, 2001 at the Holiday Inn in Manassas, Virginia .
Also attached are copies of the updated full committee and subcommittee
membership lists. Individuals wishing to have their name removed from any of the
lists, or who know of someone who should be removed from the lists, are asked to
notify our office as soon as possible.
We wish to thank the Maryland State Highway Administration for volunteering
to record and distribute the minutes and attachments from the meeting. Minutes,
attendance lists, and committee lists will be posted on the ERC Infrastructure
Team's website in the near future, and hard copy-mailed to appropriate
individuals with a ** designation who do not have an electronic mail address.
Individuals receiving the materials, either by hard copy or electronically, are
asked to distribute them in a timely manner to others in their office who are on
the mailing list. Anyone wishing a copy of the Powerpoint presentations is asked
to contact our office.
Our appreciation is also extended to the Subcommittee and Task Group
chairmen, to all presenters, and to all attendees for their active participation
in the meetings. Continued status reports, recommendations, and/or ballot items
will be requested from each chairman at the next meeting.
The attached full SCEF meeting minutes are supplemented as follows:
Item 3b - Per the highlight in bold lettering, Ms. Anna Petroski of the
Quality Management Company will be leading the implementation of the minor
bridge component certification program for AISC. She will be contacting members
of the SCEF task force for further assistance.
Item 3c - The first meeting of the Sign Support Task Force is scheduled for
February 13, 2002 at the PennDOT District 6-0 office in King of Prussia, PA. We
look forward to this group's status report at our Spring SCEF meeting.
Item 6a - Per the minutes, please provide John Brunell with any comments as
soon as possible on the large movement expansion joint specifications handed out
at the meeting. We would like to distribute an updated version to the membership
in advance of the Spring meeting, in order that a vote for adoption can be
taken.
Items 7 & 8 - The membership is strongly encouraged to access the Steel
Bridge Collaboration's website at www.steelbridge.org in order to vote on the
latest ballot item.
Item 11 - The States are again encouraged to participate in the referenced
heat straightening pooled fund study proposal. Additional information may be
found at the following website: http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/crp.nsf.
Item 12a - The membership is also requested to provide comments as soon as
possible on the bolted splice details distributed by George Crosland at the last
meeting. Again, we would like to distribute an updated version to the membership
in advance of the Spring meeting, in order that a vote for adoption can be
taken.
Emphasizing the discussion at the last meeting, each Subcommittee chairman
has been charged with re-evaluating those standards pertaining to their
respective groups. Revisions should either be made in order to update the
standards, or they should be recommended for deletion. Each chairman should be
prepared to present a draft of any appropriate revisions at the Spring meeting.
Any revisions should be reflected in LRFD format, as applicable, in keeping with
the FHWA/AASHTO agreement on implementation.
Next Meeting
Our next SCEF meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (Structural
Coatings Subcommittee), and Wednesday, April 3, 2002 (full Committee) at the
Clarion Hotel, 8029 Black Horse Pike, West Atlantic City, NJ. Each attendee is
requested to make their reservations by calling 1-888-570-0100 or 609-641-3546.
A block of rooms has been reserved under the name "FHWA Meeting" at the rate of
$59 per night, plus 6% tax, and will be honored until March 18, 2002. Additional
details will be distributed with the notice and agenda for the next meeting.
Once again, we thank the membership and their management for their continued
support of this Committee's activities. Please feel free to submit any agenda
items to our office by February 26, 2002.
Louis N. Triandafilou
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