FHWA Research And Technology Evaluation: Gusset Plates Final Report

Appendix F FHWA Outreach Activities on Gusset Plates (2010–2013)

The following list represents the outreach activities, including introductory and update presentations, conducted by FHWA pertaining to Gusset Plates for 2010–2013.

• January 2010.
  
  
  • Three 12-84-related presentations at the 89th Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Meeting.
    
    
• September 17, 2010.
  
  
  • Overview presentation of 12-84, delivered at University of Missouri.
    
    
• September 20, 2010.
  
  
  • Overview presentation of 12-84, delivered to a U.S.-Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop.
    
    
• January 13, 2011.
  
  
  • Presentation on 12-84 at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates brown bag lunch.
    
    
• January 25, 2011.
  
  
  • Update presentation at the 90th Annual TRB Meeting.
    
    
• April 2011.
  
  
  • Project presentation to American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Young Member Forum.
    
    
• June 2011.
  
  
  • Paper 11-34 presented at International Bridge Conference.
  • Georgia Tech effectively finishes the parametric finite element analysis study.
    
    
• September 2011.
  
  
  • Project presentation to Structural Engineering Association of Ohio.
  • Project presentation to ASCE Tennessee Section.
    
    
• January 2012.
  
  
  • Project presentation for internal FHWA brown bag seminar.
    
    
• March 2012.
  
  
  • Project presentation to Kansas University Structural Engineering Conference.
    
    
• May 2012.
  
  
  • Paper 12-102 presented at the 2012 International Bridge Conference.
    
    
• August 2013.
  
  
  • Overview presentation along with AASHTO adopted recommendations to internal FHWA bridge discipline seminar.
    
    
• September 2013.

Overview presentation along with AASHTO adopted recommendations at FHWA webinar on load rating steel trusses.

Acknowledgments

This evaluation of the Gusset Plate Project was funded by the Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology Program as part of its ongoing effort to evaluate the benefits of FHWA programs and projects.

Justin Ocel, FHWA Structural Steel Research Program Manager, and Joey Hartmann, FHWA Director of the Office of Bridges and Structures, were very supportive during the evaluation process. In addition, thanks goes to the following interview participants and those who responded to email requests for information, including: Anne Rearick with Indiana Department of Transportation (DOT); Norman McDonald with Iowa DOT; Timothy Keller with Ohio DOT; Tom Macioce with Pennsylvania DOT; Ed Wasserman with Modjeski and Masters, Inc. (formerly with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials); and Mark Bagnard, Julie Perrot, and Carl Schultheisz with the National Transportation Safety Board.