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FINLEY Technical Director Combault to Deliver
Keynote at International Symposium
 Jacques
Combault, Technical Director for Finley Engineering Group (FINLEY),
will be a keynote speaker at the 2008 fib Symposium in Amsterdam
during the week of May 17, 2008. Combault, who is president-elect
of the IABSE (International Association of Bridge and Structural
Engineers), tentatively plans to deliver a presentation on how
the Confederation Bridge in Prince Edwards Island, Canada, is
designed, monitored, inspected and maintained for a 100-year design
life.
Completed in 1997, the Confederation Bridge is a two-lane highway
toll bridge that carries the Trans-Canada Highway between Borden-Carleton,
Prince Edward Island (at Route 1), and Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick
(at Route 16). It is a multi-span post-tensioned concrete box
girder structure. Most of the curved bridge is 40 meters (132
feet) above water, and it contains a 60-meter (198-feet) high
navigation span to permit ship traffic. The bridge rests on 62
piers, of which the 44 main piers are 250 meters (825 feet) apart.
The bridge is 11 meters (36 feet) wide. Combault coordinated design
and construction of the bridge as Scientific Director of GTM Group,
Inc. (now part of VINCI).
In focusing on the Confederation Bridge, Combault will discuss
how the project team's approach provides an opportunity to keep
a large, complex bridge project manageable from project initiation
throughout the completion of an extended lifecycle. "I think this
a very interesting project and topic, and is especially relevant
to several sub-themes of the conference," says Combault.
The fib Symposium's theme is "Tailor-Made Concrete Structures:
New Solutions for our Society." Conference sub-themes that apply
are Life Cycle Design, Modifying and Adapting Structures, Codes
for the Future, Developing a Modern Infrastructure, Monitoring
and Inspection, and Design Strategies for the Future.
The International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib - federation
internationale du beton) is a non-profit organization created
from the merger of the Euro-International Concrete Committee (CEB
- Comite Euro-International du Beton) and the International Federation
for Prestressing (FIP - Federation Internationale de la Precontrainte).
Prior to the 1998 merger, the parent organizations existed independently
since 1952.
Founded in 2004, Finley Engineering Group is recognized nationally
and internationally as a leading engineering and construction
consulting firm specializing in complex bridge projects of all
kinds.
For more information, contact Craig Finley at 850-894-1600 or
at craig.finley@finleyengineeringgroup.com.
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