Join your ASCE West Coast Branch together with the USF Student Chapter for our April dinner meeting! Ed Power, Senior Vice President and Transportation Director of Planning and Design for HDR Engineering, Inc will be presenting their recent work on the Hoover Dam Bypass and the Colorado River Bridge. This landmark bridge features the longest concrete arch in North America. The 3.5-mile corridor includes 1 mile of approach roadway in Arizona, 2.1 miles of roadway in Nevada and a nearly 1,900-foot crossing of the Colorado River. This project was the recent recipient of ASCE’s 2012 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award. This event will also feature a demonstration by the USF Student Chapter’s conference winning Steel Bridge Team.
- When: April 25th, 2012
- Door open at 5pm, Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm
- Where: USF Gibbons Alumni Center
- Cost: $35
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PRESENTATION ABSTRACT: Hoover Dam Bypass & the Colorado River Bridge: This crossing of the Colorado River relocates highway traffic between the states of Nevada and Arizona from the crest of the historic Hoover Dam to a new high-speed bypass nearly 900 feet above the Colorado River. The new concrete arch is the longest in North America and the fourth longest in the world. The design of the bridge takes advantage of the best features of concrete and steel, blending these two high performance materials into an efficient and effective composite design that enhances the performance as well as the constructability of the bridge. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the project and describe the planning, design, and construction of the river bridge, the crown jewel of the bypass.
Mr. Power is a Senior Vice President and Transportation Director of Planning and Design for HDR Engineering, Inc. With 40 years of professional experience, his responsibilities now include overall technical, quality and business oversight for the company’s major transportation service areas including highway, bridge, traffic, transportation planning, environmental, and geotechnical. Formerly, he was national technical director for bridges and structures within HDR, where he was responsible for overall technical and quality delivery within the bridge business class.
His background includes all phases and types of bridge design. He serves on industry technical committees and is active in industry research programs involving high performance materials, bridges for extended service life, and accelerated bridge construction. He has authored numerous technical papers, and has presented at national and international conferences.
