OPENING SESSION

• Jesús Santamaría. Technical Director Roads Dept. - Ministry of Public Works - Spain
• Kiyohiro Imai. President of the International Bridge Committee. PIARC D.3 - Japan
• Álvaro Navareño. President of the ATC Bridge Committee - Spain

OPENING SPEECH

Existing Bridges in fib model code 2020

Hugo Corres, fib, Spain

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SESION I – REINFORCEMENT OF CONCRETE BRIDGES WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Moderator: Emilio Criado. Roads Dept., Ministry of Public Works - Spain

1.1 Presentation of the document: "Reinforcement of concrete bridges with composite materials"

Alfonso García Puertas, Task Group Chairman, 1504 Consulting, España

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1.2 Composite Materials. Design & Specifications.

Elena Díaz Heredia, INTEMAC, Spain

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1.3 Flexion Reinforcement.

Carles Cots, VSL, Spain

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1.4 Shear Reinforcement.

José Luis Sánchez, TYPSA, Spain

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1.5 Reinforcement by Confinement.

Ana de Diego, Eduardo Torroja Institute, Spain

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1.6 Service Limit States.

Miguel Ángel Vicente, Burgos University, Spain

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1.7 Construction recommendations & Quality control of existing bridge strengthenings.

Miguel Antonio Arranz, AECOM; Spain

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SESSION II –INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES (1)

Moderator: Pablo Díaz, Central Laboratory of Structures CEDEX, Spain

2.1 PIARC & TC D.3 “Bridges” presentations

Kiyohiro Imai, PIARC TC D.3 Chairman, Japan

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2.2 Practice on Strengthening Existing Bridges with Composite Materials (Switzerland)

Manuel Álvarez,Head of Civil Engineering Structures. Federal Roads Office FEDRO, Switzerland

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2.3 Experience in FRP strengthening method applied to existing bridges (Romania)

A. Bota, Timisoara University, Romania

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SESSION III –INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES (2)

Moderator: Gonzalo Arias, Ines Engineering, Spain

3.1 Repairing The Sac’h Quéven Brideg over the Scorff river.

Laurent Llop, Gestion du Patrimoine, Head of the Division of Bridge Management - CEREMA, France

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3.2 Execution projects of FRP reinforcements (webs and NSM) in major works: "Puente de las Américas" (Panama)

Ángel Rozas, Freyssenet S.A., Spain

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3.3 Examples of FRP reinforcements in Spain.

Tomás Ripa, LRA Infrastructure Consulting, Spain

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3.4 Seismic Retrofit of the Chamagawa Bridge with Composite Materials (Japan).

Naoki Toyama, Manager of planning division of Honshu Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co., Ltd., Japan

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3.5 The evolution of FRP usage for bridges in Wisconsin “Guidelines for strengthening concrete in service bridges”. 

Scott Becker, Wisconsin DOT, USA

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3.6 Fiber Carbon strengthening: Application on Chilean bridge,

Marcelo Márquez, Bridges Department. Ministry of Public Works, Chile

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DISCUSSION FORUM. Limits & Advantages of this type of Bridge Reinforcement.

Moderator: Tomás Ripa

• Laurent Llop
• Naoki Toyama
• Ángel Rozas
• Marcelo Márquez

CLOSING SESSION

• Álvaro Navareño, Ministry of Public Work, President of the ATC Bridge Commitee
• Alfonso García, Task Group Chairman