Joyce E. Copelan

2008 International Orthotropic Bridge Conference

The 2008 International Orthotropic Bridge Conference will be held locally in Sacramento, at the Holiday Inn, during the week of August 25 to 30. For more information about the conference, please visit www.orthotropic-bridge.org/ and http://www.orthotropic-bridge.org/2008BridgePages/ConferenceDetails.html. To register, please visit www.regonline.com/obc2008.

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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Tour Summary

Our ASCE Sacramento Section SEI group recently participated in an interesting presentation and tour by boat of the seismic retrofits of the existing Bay Bridge and active construction of the new Bay Bridge at the job sites along the bay.

We plan to look at the progress again next summer 2009 and provide you with technical presentations by the design and construction engineers. Please visit www.baybridgeinfo.org.

We invite you to join our SEI group with your participation and ideas. For more information, please contact Joyce Copelan at 530 908 8372. Thank you.

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2008 SEAOC Convention

The 2008 SEAOC Convention will be held on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid during the week of September 23 to 28, 2008. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.seaonc.org/hawaii2008/index.html.

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2009 Structures Congress

The 2009 Structures Congress will be held in Austin, Texas, April 30 to May 2, 2009. For more information, please visit http://content.seinstitute.org/

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