News & Announcements

ABC-UTC kicks-off with first steering committee meeting

ABC-UTC kicks-off with first steering committee meeting

 Florida International University’s (FIU) first ever Accelerated Bridge Construction university Transportation Center (ABC-UTC) completed its kick-off steering committee meeting on December 2013.       Building experts from across the nation arrived at FIU to attend...

read more
CEE to Host Renowned Speaker

CEE to Host Renowned Speaker

TITLE: GIS Terrain Analysis for Modeling River Basin Processes and Features at the Large Scale DATE: Thursday, January 9, 2014 LOCATION: EC 1110 FIU Engineering Center SPEAKER: Dr. Fernando Nardi, PhD,...

read more
Further Improvements in Post- Tensioning Grout Materials

Further Improvements in Post- Tensioning Grout Materials

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...

read more
Bridge Tendon Failures in the Presence of Deficient Grout

Bridge Tendon Failures in the Presence of Deficient Grout

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...

read more
South Florida Bridges On The Brink

South Florida Bridges On The Brink

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....

read more