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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 8,1999 PSA#2278

INVITATION 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).

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