Date of Symposium:

Thursday april 26Th, 2018

Location: Maggiano's 111 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL. S ince 2004, the SEAOI Midwest Br idge Symposium has been held in Chicago to provide a forum for br idge engineers to share analysi s , design and construct ion information from recent projects. Typical ly, the 150+ attendees represent every aspect of the bridge industry including: design, construct ion management, mater ial suppl iers , academia, general contractor s , and owner representat ives f rom var ious Departments of Transpor tat ions + FHWA.

Midwest Bridge Symposium call fOr absTracTs

sEaOi 15th Annual

The Symposium is a full day event that includes more than a dozen presentations, a Keynote Lecture, a number of additional shorter presentations (Pearls), and continental breakfast, refreshments, and lunch. Since the Symposium is limited to a single session, attendees benefit from the information shared in every presentation + presenters are ensured a large audience. Certificates for 7.0 Continuing Education hours will be granted.

Individuals wishing to provide a 30-minute presentation (25-minutes presentation plus 5 minutes Q&A) and/or 5-minutes presentation (pearl) are invited to submit an abstract on any bridge-related subject including: analysis, design, construction, inspection, and in-place monitoring of bridge projects. The abstract should not exceed 500 words. Authors may submit more than one abstract. The abstract should include photos of the project. The Symposium registration fee is waived for the presenting author. The 5-minute presentation (Pearl) topic may be any bridge-related topic that is of interest to the attendees. The suggested topic should be innovative, useful, and/or practical. It could be a problem that you encountered during design or construction, and how you resolved it. It also could be a short presentation about a project you designed or constructed, or any other bridge-related topic.

The following information must be shown on top of the abstract:

• Name of Conference (15th Annual SEAOI Midwest Bridge Symposium) • Full name, e-mail, and full address of the author(s) • Title of the presentation • Key words

• Author affiliation • Name of the client/owner of the Project

TEchnical prOgram

call f Or absTracTs (30-minuTE and 5-minuTE prEsEnTaTiOns)

submiTTal insTrucTiOns Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail or mail to the address below, no later than January 19, 2018.

Stephanie Crain Executive Director SEAOI 134 N. LaSalle Street Suite 1910 Chicago, IL 60602 312-448-9839 (direct) scrain@seaoi.org

Deadline for Abstract Submittal: January 19, 2018 Acceptance of Abstracts: February 20, 2018 Deadline for Speaker Materials: March 9, 2018 Deadline for Early Registration: March 26, 2018 Deadline for submittal of the Presentation materials: April 21, 2018 Symposium Date: April 26, 2018

TEchnical prEsEnTaTiOns Authors will be notified of acceptance by the organizing committee. Additional information will be provided following acceptance. Authors of selected abstracts will be asked to provide program information and preliminary versions of their presentations. Presentations must be submitted through an ftp site or on USB drive.

SEAOI reserves the right to reproduce information submitted as part of any symposium presentation, unless otherwise requested by the presenter.

rEgisTraTiOn infOrmaTiOn Information pertaining to registration, including on-line registration, will be posted on www.seaoi.org as it becomes available.

ExhibiTOr OppOrTuniTiEs Limited Exhibitor opportunities are available. Exhibitors will receive recognition in the program plus an opportunity for a brief introduction to the audience from the podium, one admittance to the Bridge Symposium, and access to participants during breakfast, lunch and breaks during the day. For more information, please contact SEAOI Executive Director Stephanie Crain at scrain@seaoi.org

spOnsOrship OppOrTuniTiEs Companies interested in sponsoring this event are invited to contact SEAOI Executive Director Stephanie Crain at scrain@seaoi.org. There are four different levels of corporate sponsorship. The following are the costs and respective benefits for each of the four levels.

Platinum: $1,000 – Recognition on SEAOI website and in event program, poster displayed at event, recognition for sponsoring lunch and the opportunity to distribute promotional items to all attendees.

Gold: $850 – Recognition on SEAOI website and in event program, display of poster at event, and recognition for sponsoring one of the following: Continental Breakfast, Morning Break, or Afternoon Break.

Silver: $600 – Recognition on SEAOI website and in event program, poster displayed at event.

Bronze: $300 – Recognition on SEAOI website and in event program.

impOrTanT daTEs

2017 bridgE sympOsium spOnsOrs

plaTinum - $1000 Ciorba Group Jacobs gOld - $850 HBM Engineering Group, LLC silVEr - $650 EXP Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. WSP USA brOnZE - $300 Acrow Corporation of America Bowman, Barrett & Associates, Inc. Stantec Consulting Services ExhibiTOrs Acrow Corporation of America BGFMA Contech Engineered Solutions CTS Cement Hayward Baker Larsa National Steel Bridge Alliance

2018 OrganiZing cOmmiTEE

Soliman Khudeira, Ph.D., S.E., P.E. (Chairman) – Chicago DOT Prabhu Ananthan, S.E., P.E. Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Maen Farhat, Ph.D. H.W. Lochner, Inc. Majid Mobasseri, Ph.D., S.E., P.E. CBBEL Phillip D. Frey, S.E., P.E T.Y. Lin International

Moussa A. Issa, Ph.D., S.E., P.E. HBM Engineering Group Lawrence L. Kirchner, S.E., P.E. TranSystems Danielle Kleinhans, Ph.D., P.E. Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Olufemi A. Oladeinde, S.E., P.E. SDIENGR Corp. Thomas Palansky, P.E. American Bridge Company

Tony Shkurti, Ph.D., S.E., P.E. HNTB Corporation Chris Stine, S.E., P.E. AECOM Brian Umbright, S.E., P.E. EXP Stephanie Crain Executive Director, SEAOI