“SEISMIC RETROFIT AND VERTICAL CAPACITY UPGRADE OF THE APPROACHES TO THE I-90 FLOATING BRIDGE OVER LAKE WASHINGTON"

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Location: Hotel Monaco
1101 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Click here for directions.

Registration Fees:
Members - $45
Non-Members, & Guests - $55
YMG - $35
Students - $15

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Agenda:
5:00 - 6:00 pm Registration/Networking
6:00 - 6:30 pm Dinner
6:50 - 7:00 pm Welcome/Announcements
7:00 - 8:15 pm Program

Program:
As a part of Sound Transit East Link Extension under which several large highway bridges along I-90 corridor between Seattle and Bellevue were converted for Link Light Rail service. The structures were strengthened for increased vertical loads and retrofitted to meet current seismic requirements. The project currently is under construction.

This presentation will concentrate on the evaluation, retrofit design and construction challenges of the East and West approach bridges to the floating bridge over Lake Washington.

Speakers:
Yakov Polyakov, PE, SE, is a principal structural engineer with WSP, and is the Engineer of Record for the work discussed in this presentation. Over the years Yakov has worked on infrastructure projects large and small throughout the United States and internationally.

Matthew Barber, PE, is a bridge engineer who has been with WSP for fourteen years, seven of them in Seattle. He is currently serving as WSP’s Design Lead During Construction for the Seattle to South Bellevue segment of Sound Transit’s East Link Extension (E130).

James Collins, PE, SE, has worked for the last 2.5 years on the E130 project as a Construction Engineer, managing the seismic and gravity retrofit to the WSDOT fixed structures.