Jan 9, 2014 | News & Announcements
by Gregory Hunsicker, Structural / VSL, and Theodore L. Neff and Miroslav F. Vejvoda, Post-Tensioning Institute In 2012, the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) published the updated PTI M55.1-12, Specification for Grouting of Post-Tensioned Structures.1 The reason for...
Dec 20, 2013 | News & Announcements
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Spring 2014 Distinguished Speakers Series The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at FIU is pleased to announce that the second annual Distinguished Speaker Series will begin in the 2014 Spring semester....
Nov 18, 2013 | News & Announcements
Kingsley Lau, Florida International University, Miami, Florida Ivan Lasa and Mario Paredes, FDOT State Materials Office, Gainesville, Florida The assessment of recently failed external post-tensioned tendons from a Florida bridge provided insight on the conditions...
Nov 6, 2013 | News & Announcements
SOUTH FLORIDA BRIDGES ON THE BRINK(VIDEO) MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Earlier this year, Miami-Dade engineers sounded the alarm over Key Biscayne bridges that are actually crumbling into the ocean. In a panic, nearly $31 million dollars was shelled out for emergency repairs....
Nov 4, 2013 | News & Announcements
Atorod Azizinamini, 57, is director of the Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, at Florida International University, and a professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering there. A university-led partnership recently won an...
Oct 2, 2013 | News & Announcements
Natural disasters can have a devastating effect on society, affecting people and infrastructure in often unalterable ways. Andrew, Katrina and Sandy are just a few of the powerful hurricanes that have greatly affected our nation. Hurricane-resilient infrastructure has...
