Lectures

  • Varo frontale del ponte sul Fiume Serio, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Structural Engineering, Milan, Italy, October 1995.
  • Tecniche costruttive e loro riflessi sulla progettazione, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Structural Engineering, Milan, Italy, June 2003.
  • Comportamento sismico dei ponti, University of Parma, Department of Structural Engineering, Parma, Italy, February 2004.
  • Accelerated construction techniques for PC bridges, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT, January 2007.
  • Affordable accelerated construction techniques for medium-length bridges, Oregon Department of Transportation, Bridge Design Conference, Salem, OR, May 2007.
  • Introduction to bridge launching, 8-hour course within the ASCE Roberts-Gerwick Memorial California Bridge Conference, Sacramento, CA, September 2007.
  • Incremental launching of bridges in Europe, Western Bridge Engineers’ Seminar, Boise, ID, September 2007.
  • Incremental launching of bridges, 19th Annual AISB Convention 2007, Las Vegas, NV, November 2007.
  • Incremental launching of bridges in Europe (with Rosignoli, C.), FHWA Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference – Highway for Life, Baltimore, MD, March 2008.
  • Construction of Incrementally Launched Bridges, ASBI Seminar “Construction Practices for Concrete Segmental & Cable-Supported Bridges”, Sacramento, CA, July 2008.
  • Web Buckling Prevention in Built-up Shear Links (with Rosignoli, C.), 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, Charleston, SC, July 2008.
  • Bridge Launching in Downtown Milan, Italy, First ASBI International Symposium on “Future Technology for Concrete Segmental Bridges”, San Francisco, CA, November 2008.
  • Bridge Launching and Shifting on the Tanaro River, Alessandria, Italy, First ASBI International Symposium on “Future Technology for Concrete Segmental Bridges”, San Francisco, CA, November 2008.
  • Incremental Launching of Bridges, 2009 Caltrans OSC Seminar, Sacramento, CA, April 2009.
  • Incremental Launching of Bridges, 1-hour lesson to Caltrans Education Committee, Sacramento, CA, April 2009.
  • Bridge Construction Practices using Incremental Launching, 1-hour lesson to ASCE Younger Members Forum, Orlando, FL, September 2009.
  • Construction of Incrementally Launched Bridges, ASBI Seminar “Construction Practices for Concrete Segmental & Cable-Supported Bridges”, Denver, CO, February 2010; Orlando, FL, June 2010; Boston, MA, April 2011.
  • Incremental Launching of Prestressed Concrete Urban Bridges, 8th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Niagara Falls, Canada, August 2010.
  • Modena Viaducts for High Speed Railway in Italy, 8th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Niagara Falls, Canada, August 2010.
  • Chairman Introduction, 1st IABSE International Seminar “State-of-the-art Bridge Deck Erection: Safe and Efficient Use of Special Equipment”, Singapore, November 2010.
  • Incremental Launching, 1st IABSE International Seminar “State-of-the-art Bridge Deck Erection: Safe and Efficient Use of Special Equipment”, Singapore, November 2010.
  • Special Equipment (with Däbritz, M.), 1st IABSE International Seminar “State-of-the-art Bridge Deck Erection: Safe and Efficient Use of Special Equipment”, Singapore, November 2010.
  • Chairman Adjourn – 1st IABSE International Seminar “State-of-the-art Bridge Deck Erection: Safe and Efficient Use of Special Equipment”, Singapore, November 2010.
  • Incremental Launching of Bridges, 90th TRB Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2011.
  • Modena Viaducts for High Speed Railway in Italy, 90th TRB Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2011.
  • Full Span Precasting of High Speed Railway Bridges, ASBI Seminar “Construction Practices for Concrete Segmental & Cable-Supported Bridges”, Boston, MA, April 2011.
  • Use of I-Beam Grillages and Box girders in High Speed Railway Projects (with Rosignoli, C.) – 2012 ASCE Structures Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2012.
  • Use of Aggressivity Functions in the Dimensioning of Simple-Span HSR Bridges (with Rosignoli, C. and Tenneti, R.), 2013 ASCE Structures Conference, Pittsburg, PA, April 2013.
  • Incremental Bridge Launching (one-day class), SEAOI Seminar, Chicago, IL, February 2015.
  • Design and Construction of Launched Bridges (two-day class), ASCE Continuing Education Program: Boston, MA, May 2014; San Francisco, CA, July 2014; Cincinnati, OH, July 2015.
  • Modern Bridge Construction: A Trans-Disciplinary Challenge (two-day class), ASCE Continuing Education Program: Baltimore, MD, June 2015; Las Vegas, NV, September 2015.
  • Incremental Bridge Launching (one-day class), SEAOI Seminar, Chicago, IL, February 2015.