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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 8,1999 PSA#2278INVITATION TO SUBMIT BRIDGE RETROFITTING INFORMATION The
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) is
under contract to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the US
Department of Transportation to prepare a "Seismic Retrofitting Manual
for Highway Bridges" for national use. A supplement to this manual
will present construction details that have been used in actual bridge
seismic retrofit projects including proprietary seismic improvement
and retrofitting systems such as bearings, energy dissipaters, column
wraps, etc. Manufacturers or vendors of these proprietary systems are
invited to submit information on their products for possible inclusion
in THE manual supplement. To qualify for consideration, the product
must be available for use in the United States and must have been used
on at least one field installation for a bridge (or in a bridge
currently under construction). The following information MUST be
subbmitted: 1. Both written and graphical descriptions of the product
including a functional or schematic diagramand an engineering drawing;
2. A complete list of bridge installations (a representative list
along with the total number of installations will be acceptable for
widely used products); 3. Information about an actual bridge
installation including a short description of the project with the name
and location of the bridge and the date of construction, one or more
photographs of the installation, construction and/or shop drawings for
the installation, and an installation diagram; 4. Published references
for research or other information and data validating the product's
function. Electronic versions of text and drawings should be included
if available. All submittals must include a letter authorizing MCEER
and the FHWA to include submitted materials in future publications.
Send submittals to: Richard V. Nutt 9048 Hazel Oak Court Orangevale, CA
95662 Telephone: 916: 383-1612 Information must be received no later
than March 10, 1999. DO NOT SEND INFORMATION TO MCEER OR FHWA, AS IT
WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO MR.NUTT AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Posted 02/04/99 (W-SN294483). Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0868 19990208\SP-0001.MSC)
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