2006 California Bridge Construction Forum

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2006 California Bridge Construction Forum

• Opening Remarks
• Dolores Valls, Chief, Statewide Operations
• Offices of Structure Construction

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Overview

• Special Thanks
• Purpose of Forum
• Overview of Past Forums
• 2006 Expectations

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Special Thanks

• CT/ Industry Joint Agenda Committee
• Duff Joseph, Erreca Inc.
• Craig Huss, Griffith Company
• Robert (Rusty) Crain, ACM District 4 N/E
• Mike Beauchamp, ACM Districts 8 9
• Mike Halverson, Facilitator

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Purpose of Forum

• Share information concerns
• Collect ideas and suggestions
• Improve practices and relationships
• Were here to communicate!

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Overview of Past Forums

• 2001 Forums
• 2002 Forums
• 2003 cancelled, travel restrictions
• 2005 Forum

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2001 Bridge Construction Forum

• Process established
• Joint Committee of Industry/ OSC Managers
• Survey sent out
• 4 workshops from popular response areas

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2001 Workshops Topics

• Falsework practices
• Flyash/ bridge deck cracking
• Training OSC staff
• Support/ Authority of OSC staff

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2001 Forum Action Items

• FALSEWORK PRACTICES
• F/W Academy on-line training
• Preapproved Standard F/W details
• F/W Welding Spec. Change
• Revised spec. for demands gt 1000 per eighth in.
  requires F/W designer to specify welding code

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2001 Action Items

• FLYASH/ BRIDGE DECK CRACKING
• Improve distribution of flyash knowledge
• METS outreaches with Industry
• Translab tour
• Std. Spec. Changes
• Eliminate method specs for curing

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2001 Forum Action Items

• TRAINING OSC Staff
• Improve Contractor/State working relationship
• OSC committed to Partnering and Forums
• Train Inexperienced staff
• Senior Specialist positions
• On-line training modules

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2002 Forums Topics

• Innovations for Acceleration
• Quality Control Quality Assurance
• Welding
• Bridge Surveying practices

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2002 Action Items

• INNOVATIONS for Acceleration
• Design for acceleration
• CRIP spec revisions (structure type changes)
• Delayed notice to proceed
• Pre-approved shoring plans (RR approval)
• QC/QA
• More QC provisions in specs.

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2002 Forums Action Items

• WELDING
• Revised Welding specs.
• Deleted submittal of AWS welding code books
• No CWI requirements for resistance welding
• WQCP Templates
• Statewide Welding training

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2002 Forums Action Items

• Bridge Construction SURVEYING
• New OSC Practices Guidelines
• Statewide training
• Revised Department Survey Manual

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2005 Forum Topic Falsework Construction Safety

• Falsework Erection and Removal
• Falsework Grading and Jacking
• Column Cage Construction Guying Plans

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2005 Forum Action Items

• Column Cage Research
• Developed Research proposal
• Call for submissions (12/05)
• Proposals due 2/06
• Produce a Falsework Safety Video
• Completed filming
• Showing clips at current training classes

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2005 Action Items

• Updates to Falsework Manual
• Guidelines for Erection, Grading/Jacking, and
  Removal plans
• Establish a CT/ Industry Team
• First meeting held
• Quarterly meetings

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2006 Forum Expectations

• New Action Items for Improvements
• Management Panel for open discussion
• Feedback on value of Forums