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Every Day Counts Round 6 (EDC-6) began in January 2021 and UHPC for Bridge Preservation and Repair (P&R) was one of the seven innovations being deployed. The purpose of EDC-6 deployment is to promote and facilitate the use of UHPC by bridge owners to strengthen, repair, and preserve existing bridges. While EDC-6 formally ended at the conclusion of December 2022, we continue to provide updates on this topic.
Mark Your Calendars
Webinar on UHPC Shotcrete
March 22, 2023 1-2:30pm ET
The EDC-6 UHPC for Bridge P&R team would like to announce our second national webinar entitled UHPC Pumping and Spraying (Shotcrete). It will provide agencies and practitioners unfamiliar with these UHPC placement techniques with information on recent applications and research so that these innovative and cost-effective techniques can be considered for use on potential bridge P&R projects. The speakers will include:
- Laurent Boiron covering UHPC pumping and spraying in Switzerland,
- Alain Huynh Tuong covering UHPC pumping and spraying in France,
- Bill Kulish covering UHPC pumping and spraying in the United States, and
- Atorod Azizinamini covering UHPC pumping and spraying research.
The webinar will be delivered via Zoom. People wishing to view will have to pre-register using this link.
Recent Publication
Researchers at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, published a FHWA Technical Note in November 2022 entitled Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Overlays: An Example of Lifecycle Cost Analysis (FHWA-HRT-23-012).
The Technical Note presents a summary of a life-cycle cost analysis study that was performed by a signature bridge owner to evaluate different overlay options for one of their bridges. One of the overlay types was UHPC.
The TechBrief is available now at this link.
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