08:45 Chairman’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

09:00 Keynote Opening Session: Bridge Projects In Jordan

• Planning for maintenance, repair and rehabilitation
• Creating a strategic master plan to consider the socioeconomic impact
• Understanding the complex issues surrounding major projects

Eng. Sami Halaseh
Secretary General
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING, JORDAN

09:30 Case Study: Bridge Maintenance Strategies In Al Ain Municipality

• Understanding the key elements of the Al Ain 2030 vision
• Developing a strategic framework for future metropolitan development
• Bridge maintenance strategies to safeguard the integrity of the bridges and provide safer roads

Walid Damaj
Internal Roads and Infrastructure Division Al Ain Municipality
DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, EMIRATE OF ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

10:00 Cable Stayed Bridges - Where Creativity Meets Strength

• 50 years of experience across over 400 projects
• Evolution of stay cable technology and current guidelines used for the design, detailing and testing of stay cable systems
• From the world’s first application of high amplitude fatigue resistant wire stay cables, to the recent Serreria Bridge in Valencia

Marcel Poser
Chief Executive Officer
BBR VT INTERNATIONAL LTD

10:30 Sustainable Bridge Construction Driven By Highperformance Steel Solutions

• Use of high mechanical properties of steel materials designing lightweight bridge structures
• Application of advanced solutions for hot rolled beams in bridge construction (composite and filler beam bridges)
• Attractive properties of duplex steel grades like resistance to corrosion even in coastal area, aesthetic quality and reduced maintenance

Theodore Mantho
Technical Sales Manager - PhD MSC
ARCELORMITTAL PROJECTS MIDDLE EAST

11:30 Controlled Movement Management On The Grand Viaduc De Millau

• Developing a special launching device to minimise the horizontal forces during the launching process
• Applying high performance bridge bearings for very large loads
• Accommodating large structural service movements

MBA, Dipl.-Eng. Rainer Roos
Marketing and Sales Director
INTERNATIONAL MAURER SOEHNE GMBH & CO. KG

12:00 Achieving Best Practice In Bridge Management And Assessment

• A critical analysis of condition surveys of structures and software applications
• Assessment of residual life
• Understanding remedial measures

12:30 Developing World Class Bridges That Complement Their Environment – A Case Study

• Presents a logical and methodical bridge type study which facilitates stakeholder acceptance
• Results in a selected bridge concept which successfully incorporates natural, engineering, aesthetic, economic, societal and political factors
• Case study involves a proposed Mississippi River Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

Dr. John M. Kulicki
Chairman and CEO
MODJESKI AND MASTERS, INC.

13:00 Innovative Formwork Technology For Bridge Construction

• Movable scaffolding system - technology and references
• Free cantilever method - case studies
• Conventional shoring system

14:30 Architectural Concept Design For Bridges (Theme Design)

• Through project examples the focus will be
• Achieving a balanced design Architectural/Structural
• Design and management challenges
• Linkage to local cultural background
• Innovative response to site constraints and special requirements

Nidal Odeh
Regional Head of Bridges and Civil Structures
HYDER CONSULTING MIDDLE EAST LIMITED

15:00 Understanding railway elevated routes - design, operation, and maintenance

• Exploring the basis for choosing elevated route
• Assessing railway safety systems and lessons learned
• Identifying railway regulations and standards affecting the design of elevated routes

Bassam Mansour
Expert – Trains and Railway Systems
NATIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY

15:30 Case Study: Assessment And Repair Of Kuwait Motorway Bridges

• A detailed overview of the types of bridges used
• Insight into how the bridges fared under the overload conditions during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
• Critical analysis of typical deterioration found on motorway bridges
• Review of a recently completed strengthening and repair program and lessons learned

Anas Kassem
Director, Transportation (Middle East), General Manager - Kuwait
PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF

16:30 Repair And Maintenance Strategies For Bridge Infrastructure

• Repairing and maintaining concrete bridge components
• Exploration of methodologies including; Concrete spall repair, pile protection and corrosion protection utilising cathodic protection.
• Making sense of the various commercial products available for protection of concrete structures exposed to corrosive environments.

Peter Emmons
President and Founder
STRUCTURAL PRESERVATION SYSTEMS, LLC

17:00 Understanding And Reforming Regulations

• An insight into recent testing and development of more economical and sustainable design rules
• Codification of more complex design topics
• Best practice in construction and Eurocode specification
• A critical analysis of Eurocodes, BS5400 and their applicability to the Gulf region

Chris Hendy
Head of Bridge Design and Technology
ATKINS

17:30 Interactive panel: Join Regional Experts In This Interactive Session Dedicated To Addressing The Most Pressing Challenges Facing The Industry

• Understand how architects, designers and engineers envision the future of bridge infrastructure

Facilitated by:

Andrew Seymour
Head of Infrastructure
TDIC