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Anderson Hospital delivers more babies at this facility than any other hospital in Southern Illinois.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:26:\"Korte, Anderson, expansion\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_38\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_38\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_39\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_39\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_40\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_40\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:1640:\"<p>The Korte Company recently completed a $5.1 million expansion project for Anderson Hospital\\\'s Pavilion for Women in Maryville, IL. Anderson Hospital delivers more babies at this facility than any other hospital in Southern Illinois. In 2007, the Pavilion delivered nearly 1,800 babies, a 21 percent increase from deliveries in 2003. Because of the increasing number of patients, it was imperative to increase the size of the unit to meet the growing community\\\'s needs. <br />&nbsp;<br /><img alt=\\\"Anderson\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"206\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/anderson.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"244\\\" />Construction of the second story addition began in late 2006 and was completed in April of this year.&nbsp; The $5.1 million Design-Build project added approximately 19,000 square feet to the existing facility.&nbsp; The expansion, located above the current OB unit, includes 17 private mother/baby suites and a second nursery.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br />The first floor of the unit will now be used primarily for prenatal care, labor and delivery.&nbsp;&nbsp; The second floor will focus on mothers and newborns during their postpartum stay.&nbsp; A \\\"lactation station\\\" has also been added in this project offering patients an exclusive site for breastfeeding support, supplies and education</p>\n<p>Architect on the project was Jonesmayer, Inc.</p>\n<p><br />According to Todd Korte, President and CEO of The Korte Company, \\\"We are certainly proud to be a part of Anderson Hospital\\\'s expansion efforts. 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Anderson Hospital delivers more babies at this facility than any other hospital in Southern Illinois.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:26:\"Korte, Anderson, expansion\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_38\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_38\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_39\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_39\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_40\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_40\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:1649:\"<p>The Korte Company recently completed a $5.1 million expansion project for Anderson Hospital\\\'s Pavilion for Women in Maryville, IL. Anderson Hospital delivers more babies at this facility than any other hospital in Southern Illinois. In 2007, the Pavilion delivered nearly 1,800 babies, a 21 percent increase from deliveries in 2003. Because of the increasing number of patients, it was imperative to increase the size of the unit to meet the growing community\\\'s needs. <br />&nbsp;<br /><img alt=\\\"Anderson\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"206\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/anderson.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"244\\\" />Construction of the second story addition began in late 2006 and was completed in April of this year.&nbsp; The $5.1 million Design-Build project added approximately 19,000 square feet to the existing facility.&nbsp; The expansion, located above the current OB unit, includes 17 private mother/baby suites and a second nursery.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The first floor of the unit will now be used primarily for prenatal care, labor and delivery.&nbsp;&nbsp; The second floor will focus on mothers and newborns during their postpartum stay.&nbsp; A \\\"lactation station\\\" has also been added in this project offering patients an exclusive site for breastfeeding support, supplies and education.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;Architect on the project was Jonesmayer, Inc.</p>\n<p><br />According to Todd Korte, President and CEO of The Korte Company, \\\"We are certainly proud to be a part of Anderson Hospital\\\'s expansion efforts. 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Around 200,000 bags from around Illinois\\\' Sny Levee District were\nrecycled at Mark Twain Lake where they were used to protect hydroelectric\nequipment at the Clarence Cannon Dam.</p>\n<p>Similar sandbag levees are to be dismantled in Clarksville, Mo.,  where most sand removal will be contracted out According to Clarksville\nMayor Jo Anne Smiley&nbsp; the town will give the sand away for fill at\na local golf course, cement manufacturing or use by the county to dust\nicy roads in winter.</p>\n<p>\\\"It\\\'s economically\nwise to reuse the leftover sand,\\\" says spokesman Robert Anderson of the\nCorps\\\' Mississippi Valley Division, though environmental concerns\nfactor in. Sandbags may be tainted by sewage or chemicals, cautions the\nCorps\\\' St. Louis District spokesman Alan Dooley. Bags become fragile\nand may deteriorate in sunlight, Dooley says. Clarksville is separating dry from soaked sandbags. 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St. Louis County will pay Gateway Constructors $4.6 million\nto complete the work with the I-64 contract keeping the original\ncompletion milestone for I-64 to open all lanes by Dec. 31, 2009.&nbsp;\nConstruction will begin on the I-64/Hanley interchange and Hanley and\nEager intersection when the west half of I-64 reopens in late 2008 or\nno later than Jan. 2, 2009.<br /><br />\\\"In order for us to complete the additional work and keep our schedule,\nHanley Road over I-64 will be closed for up to eight months,\\\" said\nMoDOT District Engineer Ed Hassinger.&nbsp; \\\"The keys to getting around will\ninclude the opening of&nbsp;I-64 from I-170 west including Brentwood and the\nreopening of access from Eager to northbound I-170.&nbsp; All of these items\nwill be complete before we close Hanley.&nbsp; We will also connect two\nlanes in each direction on Hanley directly to Eager Road so traffic can\nflow from Hanley to Eager to the I-170 ramps.\\\"<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nMoDOT\\\'s original design for the Hanley and Eager intersection would\nhave restricted the traffic to just a right turn in and right turn out\nof Eager at Hanley.&nbsp; The additional improvements will enable traffic on\nHanley and Eager to travel in either direction through the\nintersection, with reduced congestion.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\\"The Hanley and\nEager intersection is notorious for terrible traffic and this project\nwill provide a great improvement to the traffic flow when complete,\\\"\nsaid St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.&nbsp; \\\"Doing the work now\nreduces the disruptions to motorists if we had to do this work after\nI-64 was complete and costs less than half of what it could cost to do\nit later.&nbsp; The County will work with MoDOT to spread the word that\nMid-County is still open for business and there are many ways to get\naround.\\\"</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(546,216,4,2,1218213840,'a:32:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"216\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-08-08 06:37 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:43:\"Hanley and Eager Improvements Added to I-64\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:43:\"hanley_and_eager_improvements_added_to_i_64\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:43:\"Hanley and Eager Improvements Added to I-64\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:194:\"The Missouri Department of Transportation, Gateway Constructors and St. Louis County announced more improvements at the Hanley and Eager intersection as part of the I-64 reconstruction contract.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:26:\"I-64, Hanley, Eager, MODOT\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_38\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_38\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_39\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_39\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_40\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_40\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:2347:\"<p>The Missouri Department of Transportation, Gateway Constructors and\nSt. Louis County announced<a href=\\\"http://www.thenewi64.org/assets/i64/documents/Hanley%20MOT%20Plans.pdf\\\"> </a><a href=\\\"http://www.thenewi64.org/assets/i64/documents/Hanley%20MOT%20Plans.pdf\\\">more improvements\nat the Hanley and Eager</a><a href=\\\"http://www.thenewi64.org/assets/i64/documents/Hanley%20MOT%20Plans.pdf\\\"> intersection</a> as part of the I-64 reconstruction\ncontract.&nbsp; St. Louis County will pay Gateway Constructors $4.6 million\nto complete the work with the I-64 contract keeping the original\ncompletion milestone for I-64 to open all lanes by Dec. 31, 2009.&nbsp;\nConstruction will begin on the I-64/Hanley interchange and Hanley and\nEager intersection when the west half of I-64 reopens in late 2008 or\nno later than Jan. 2, 2009.<br /><br />\\\"In order for us to complete the additional work and keep our schedule,\nHanley Road over I-64 will be closed for up to eight months,\\\" said\nMoDOT District Engineer Ed Hassinger.&nbsp; \\\"The keys to getting around will\ninclude the opening of&nbsp;I-64 from I-170 west including Brentwood and the\nreopening of access from Eager to northbound I-170.&nbsp; All of these items\nwill be complete before we close Hanley.&nbsp; We will also connect two\nlanes in each direction on Hanley directly to Eager Road so traffic can\nflow from Hanley to Eager to the I-170 ramps.\\\"<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nMoDOT\\\'s original design for the Hanley and Eager intersection would\nhave restricted the traffic to just a right turn in and right turn out\nof Eager at Hanley.&nbsp; The additional improvements will enable traffic on\nHanley and Eager to travel in either direction through the\nintersection, with reduced congestion.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\\"The Hanley and\nEager intersection is notorious for terrible traffic and this project\nwill provide a great improvement to the traffic flow when complete,\\\"\nsaid St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.&nbsp; \\\"Doing the work now\nreduces the disruptions to motorists if we had to do this work after\nI-64 was complete and costs less than half of what it could cost to do\nit later.&nbsp; The County will work with MoDOT to spread the word that\nMid-County is still open for business and there are many ways to get\naround.\\\"</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(547,217,2,2,1218221807,'a:28:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-08-08 07:56 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Dogfight Over Metro East Air Park \";s:9:\"url_title\";s:33:\"dogfight_over_metro_east_air_park\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:33:\"Dogfight over Metro East Air Park\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:271:\"In the latest episode a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. 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Martin, head of <a href=\\\"http://www.martinaviationgroup.com/\\\">Martin Aviation Group</a>, a company that announced plans for&nbsp; a $4 billion air park in Metro East, said that he fired <a href=\\\"http://www.korteco.com\\\">The Korte Co</a>. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they had quit.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Dogfight Over Airpark\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"273\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"240\\\" />Martin\\\'s biggest claim to fame prior to the announcement of the condominium project at Downtown St. Louis Airport was as the passenger in a Cessna that was almost shot down by military jets over the White House in 2005.</p>\n<p>He has said that the project &mdash; which is projected to have 42 buildings with two expansion towers totaling 4 million square feet &mdash; will cater to non-U.S. companies wishing to establish a North American headquarters. The website for the the project claims, among other things, that the condominium project, where buildings are projected to sell at $950 per square foot,&nbsp; will have a 10,000-space parking garage and helicopters and chauffeured Rolls Royce limosines for executive tenants. The mile-long campus, which is termed the \\\"Golden Mile\\\" on Martin\\\'s website.</p>\n<p>Martin said that Korte had not performed and that he has hired&nbsp; <a href=\\\"http://www.hollandcs.com/\\\">Holland Construction Services</a> to replace Korte.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:35:\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(548,217,2,2,1218221867,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"217\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-08-08 07:56 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:41:\"Dogfight Over Metro East Air Park Project\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:33:\"dogfight_over_metro_east_air_park\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:41:\"Dogfight over Metro East Air Park Project\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:271:\"In the latest episode a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. Martin, head of a company that announced plans for  a $4 billion air park in Metro East said that he fired The Korte Co. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they quit. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:1553:\"<p>In the latest episode a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. Martin, head of <a href=\\\"http://www.martinaviationgroup.com/\\\">Martin Aviation Group</a>, a company that announced plans for&nbsp; a $4 billion air park in Metro East, said that he fired <a href=\\\"http://www.korteco.com\\\">The Korte Co</a>. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they had quit.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Dogfight Over Airpark\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"273\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"240\\\" />Martin\\\'s biggest claim to fame prior to the announcement of the condominium project at Downtown St. Louis Airport was as the passenger in a Cessna that was almost shot down by military jets over the White House in 2005.</p>\n<p>He has said that the project &mdash; which is projected to have 42 buildings with two expansion towers totaling 4 million square feet &mdash; will cater to non-U.S. companies wishing to establish a North American headquarters. The website for the the project claims, among other things, that the condominium project, where buildings are projected to sell at $950 per square foot,&nbsp; will have a 10,000-space parking garage and helicopters and chauffeured Rolls Royce limosines for executive tenants. The mile-long campus, which is termed the \\\"Golden Mile\\\" on Martin\\\'s website.</p>\n<p>Martin said that Korte had not performed and that he has hired&nbsp; <a href=\\\"http://www.hollandcs.com/\\\">Holland Construction Services</a> to replace Korte.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:35:\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(549,192,2,2,1218221987,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"192\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-07-28 02:08 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"16\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:38:\"Kit Bond Brainchild Target of Scammers\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:38:\"kit_bond_brainchild_target_of_scammers\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:38:\"Kit Bond Brainchild Target of Scammers\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:185:\"An investigation by the Government Accountability Office of a federal economic development program known as the HUBZone program has found that lax oversight has left it rife with fraud.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:1:\"9\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:29:\"HUBZone, Kit Bond, GAO, fraud\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:6768:\"<p>An investigation by the Government Accountability Office of a federal economic development program known as the HUBZone program has found that lax oversight has left it rife with fraud.<br /><br />In the six month long investigation, which ended in June 2008, the GAO obtained HUBZone certification from the Small Business Administration for four fake businesses. Certification qualifies the businesses for federal contracts under the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program. <br /><br /><img alt=\\\"Kit Bond\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"273\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/kit-bond.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"240\\\" />In addition, 10 of 17 HUBZone businesses the GAO looked into in Washington, D.C. failed to meet the eligibility requirements for the program. Those same 10 firms have received more than $105 million in federal contracts since 2006. In the case of one of the firms, the GAO made multiple visits to the site listed as the firm\\\'s principal office, but found that no employees were working at the location and the only business equipment present was a computer and a filing cabinet. That firm received $3.9 million in HUBZone contracts from the Army and the Air Force during fiscal year 2006-2007, but its principal office was actually in McLean, VA, an upscale Washington, D.C., suburb that is not in a HUBZone.<br /><br />The House Committee on Small Business heard about the results of the investigation in a public hearing on July 17. The committee chair, Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), said in her opening statement that the findings of the investigation were \\\"appalling.\\\" <br />&nbsp; <br />\\\"It\\\'s tougher to get a library card than it is to get into the HUBZone program,\\\" she said. \\\"All you need is a bit of White-out. It\\\'s absolutely shameful.\\\"<br /><br />The investigation was undertaken at the committee\\\'s request.<br /><br />Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), wrote the 1997 bill that created the HUBZone program to promote economic development and employment growth in distressed rural and urban areas by giving small companies located in those areas preference in Federal contracting opportunities. Since then, he has pushed federal agencies to increase contracting through the program. A year ago, he criticized federal agencies for falling far short of meeting the goal set by Congress of awarding three percent of prime contracts to HUBZone companies.<br /><br />To qualify for HUBZone certification, a firm must be owned and controlled by at least one U.S. citizen, 35 percent of its full-time employees must reside in a HUBZone, and the firm\\\'s principal office must be in a HUBZone area.<br /><br />In the bi-state area, the City of St. Louis, University City, Pagedale, Pinelawn and additional parts of North County in Missouri and East St. Louis, Centreville, Washington, Fairmont City, Brooklyn, and Venice in Illinois are all in HUBZones.<br /><br />The GAO estimated that $8 billion in federal spending flow to the 14,000 firms in the program. HUBZone firms are supposed to get a 10 percent price preference when competing against large businesses for contracts. In other words, HUBZone firms can charge up to 10 percent more than their non-HUBZone competitors and still get the federal contract. According to the Missouri Small Business Development Centers, federal contracting officers also can restrict contracts to HUBZone companies if they think two or more HUBZone companies will submit bids. For contracts worth less $3 million, they can designate a HUBZone company as a sole source provider. In addition, federal agencies are supposed to require a HUBZone subcontracting plan on any prime contract with a non-HUBZone company worth more than $500,000. <br /><br />In a statement emailed by Sen. Bond\\\'s office, Missouri\\\'s senior senator said, \\\"Fraud, abuse and poor management found by the GAO investigators was not just troubling, but unacceptable.&nbsp; While I am pleased that SBA has already taken steps to address these problems, I will monitor carefully their efforts to ensure that the program operates as intended by the Congress.\\\"<br /><br />This not the first time that allegations of lax oversight and fraud have dogged the HUBZone program.<br /><br />\\\"The GAO report confirms the claims contractors have been making for years - that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has failed to execute its oversight authority over the HUBZone program,\\\" said AGC\\\'s chief executive officer Stephen Sandherr. \\\"The HUBZone program has been a huge administrative failure, which has cost the program its potential as a legitimate contracting vehicle, the opportunity for growth for these disadvantaged communities and billions of lost taxpayer dollars.\\\"<br /><br />AGC has long expressed significant concerns about the effectiveness and fairness of the HUBZone program as it is applied to the construction industry and has advocated that significant improvements be enacted to reform the program. The program does not realize its goal of increasing employment and reinvesting in economically disadvantaged areas.<br /><br />AGC advocates the following changes to the HUBZone program:</p>\n<ul class=\\\"unIndentedList\\\">\n<li> Applying the HUBZone program only to contracts for the construction of federal projects within a 150-mile radius of the HUBZone contractor\\\'s principal place of business. According to the AGC, only those projects can offer employment to a significant number of HUBZone residents, and only those projects can promise to make a lasting change in their economic circumstance.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<ul class=\\\"unIndentedList\\\">\n<li> Requiring that HUBZone residents receive at least 30% of the payroll needed to perform all HUBZone contracts. According to AGC, using payroll as the measure will avoid pass through purchases of materials and supplies that encourage brokering by legal HUBZones entities that nonetheless are not actually building construction projects.</li>\n<li> Requiring the SBA to routinely investigate alleged abuses of the program within 10 days. </li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<ul class=\\\"unIndentedList\\\">\n<li> Reducing the price preference in construction to five percent.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<ul class=\\\"unIndentedList\\\">\n<li> Letting contractors protest a sole source designation on the grounds that the HUBZone contractor does not actually qualify for the program.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<ul class=\\\"unIndentedList\\\">\n<li> Requiring construction firms - companies that experience large fluctuations in employment throughout the course of any given year - to provide certified payroll records at the end of each year to demonstrate that HUBZone residents truly worked at least 35% percent of all the hours worked in that year.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:28:\"/images/uploads/kit-bond.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:92:\"Kit Bond, who wrote the legislation launching the HUBZone  program, now calls for controls. \";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(550,217,2,2,1218222083,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"217\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-08-08 07:56 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:41:\"Dogfight Over Metro East Air Park Project\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:33:\"dogfight_over_metro_east_air_park\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:41:\"Dogfight over Metro East Air Park Project\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:271:\"In the latest episode a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. 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Martin, head of <a href=\\\"http://www.martinaviationgroup.com/\\\">Martin Aviation Group</a>, a company that announced plans for&nbsp; a $4 billion air park in Metro East, said that he fired <a href=\\\"http://www.korteco.com\\\">The Korte Co</a>. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they had quit.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Dogfight Over Airpark\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"273\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"240\\\" />Martin\\\'s biggest claim to fame prior to the announcement of the condominium project at Downtown St. Louis Airport was as the passenger in a Cessna that was almost shot down by military jets over the White House in 2005.</p>\n<p>He has said that the project &mdash; which is projected to have 42 buildings with two expansion towers totaling 4 million square feet &mdash; will cater to non-U.S. companies wishing to establish a North American headquarters. 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Wislow, chairman and CEO of U.S. \n                                            Equities. \\\"The depth and breadth \n                                            of Mike\\\'s experience enhances \n                                            our group\\\'s expertise and allows \n                                            us to focus on our pursuit of new \n                                            development opportunities.\\\"</p>\n<p align=\\\"justify\\\">With \n                                            33 years of experience in Chicago\\\'s \n                                            commercial real estate industry, Tobin \n                                            most recently served as a partner \n                                            with Northern Realty Group where he \n                                            oversaw all acquisition and development \n                                            efforts. Tobin generated more than \n                                            $325 million in development projects \n                                            during his ten years with the firm. \n                                            Prior to joining Northern Realty Group, \n                                            Tobin spent six years as president \n                                            and chief operating officer of Central \n                                            Station Development Corporation where \n                                            he directed the development of a 100-acre \n                                            mixed-use community on Chicago\\\'s \n                                            lakefront. In addition, Tobin spent \n                                            eight years as vice president of development \n                                            for Metropolitan Structures, Inc., \n                                            where he managed more than $650 million \n                                            in development.</p>\n<p align=\\\"justify\\\">Tobin \n                                            holds a bachelor\\\'s and a master \n                                            of architecture degree from the University \n                                            of Michigan, and is a licensed architect \n                                            and real estate broker. He resides \n                                            in Highland Park, Ill. and sits on \n                                            Chicago\\\'s Near South Planning \n                                            Board and the University of Michigan\\\'s \n                                            Alfred Taubman College of Architecture \n                                            and Urban Planning Real Estate Advisory \n                                            Board.</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"6\";}'),(552,219,4,2,1218483802,'a:32:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-08-11 09:27 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"6\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:43:\"Randy Burketet Lighting Celebrates 20 Years\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:43:\"randy_burketet_lighting_celebrates_20_years\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:49:\"Randy Burkett Lighting Design Celebrates 20 Years\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:198:\"Randy Burkett Lighting Design, Inc. is celebrating 20 years of professional practice. The Saint Louis based architectural lighting design firm was founded in 1988 by Randy Burkett, FIALD, IES, LC.  \";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:33:\"Burkett Lighting Design, 20 years\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_38\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_38\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_39\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_39\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_40\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_40\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:1956:\"<p>Randy Burkett Lighting Design, Inc. is celebrating 20 years of professional practice. The Saint Louis based architectural lighting design firm was founded in 1988 by Randy Burkett, FIALD, IES, LC.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their lighting work has been honored numerous times with design awards for projects throughout the United States and abroad for distinction, design excellence and technical achievement.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Randy Burktett Lighting Design\\\" class=\\\"table-left\\\" height=\\\"91\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/Logo_Blk.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"97\\\" />Local past and current projects include: The Gateway Arch; Lumiere Place and Four Seasons Hotel including the River City Casino Hotel; Renaissance Grand Hotel; Old Post Office and CustomHouse; St. Louis Science Center; and The Penguin and Puffin Coast at the St. Louis Zoo.</p>\n<p>National and worldwide projects include:&nbsp; The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC; 111 West Illinois Building in Chicago; Utah State Capitol historic renovation in Salt Lake City;St. Anthony\\\'s Falls Bridge I-35 Replacement, Minneapolis; Goethels Bridge Replacement, New York, NY; Zhe Jiang Fortune Finance Center in Hangzhou, China; Sea World Shark Encounter of Florida in Orlando, FL;&nbsp; Orange County Convention/Civic Center in Orange County, FL; and The American Queen Steamboat.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;Lighting Design offers a complete range of services from initial conceptual development through final construction administration. The team\\\'s professional experience includes: skills in complete design formulation and development, equipment layout and specification, architectural detailing, custom luminaire design, solar and lighting energy analysis. 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Thisproject is the first phase of the $9 million dollar bond issue that was passed by the voters of Lemay on April 8, 2008.<br /><br /><img alt=\\\"Hancock  Elementary\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"217\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/hancock-elementary.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"244\\\" />The architectural firm of Wm. B. Ittner was responsible for the design of the elementary renovation and the C. Rallo Construction Co is<br />serving as the construction manager of the project. Upon completion the elementary school will be retrofitted with a new library, two new computer<br />labs, renovated classrooms and office space. In addition the heating and cooling systems, lighting, fire protection and security systems will be<br />upgraded. 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Thisproject is the first phase of the $9 million dollar bond issue that was passed by the voters of Lemay on April 8, 2008.<br /><br /><img alt=\\\"Hancock  Elementary\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"217\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/hancock-elementary.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"244\\\" />The architectural firm of Wm. B. Ittner was responsible for the design of the elementary renovation and the C. Rallo Construction Co is<br />serving as the construction manager of the project. Upon completion the elementary school will be retrofitted with a new library, two new computer<br />labs, renovated classrooms and office space. In addition the heating and cooling systems, lighting, fire protection and security systems will be<br />upgraded. 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The website for the the project claims, among other things, that the condominium project, where buildings are projected to sell at $950 per square foot,&nbsp; will have a 10,000-space parking garage and helicopters and chauffeured Rolls Royce limosines for executive tenants. 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Unlike other affiliates, it builds houses with full basements instead of on a slab. Last year, Habitat for Humanity St. Louis began putting the utilities to its houses underground, and starting this year its new houses all will be certified by the U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). 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Habitat for Humanity St. Louis had worked with different electrical contractors on different houses, but had never established a relationship with the electrician\\\'s union until Bathe Electric\\\'s Martin Bathe told Hunsberger that he should talk to Matt Lampe at the IBEW. \\\"Lampe organized electricians from a few different companies to rough in the electrical work while the house was at the mall, and when it was moved and set into its final location they came out and finished up the work,\\\" Hunsberger said.<br /><br />The relationship between Habitat and the Electrical Connection leaped forward in 2004 when the Electrical Connection wired all of Habitat\\\'s houses in Hillsdale for free and worked alongside Habitat volunteers in a blitz build in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood of St. Louis. <br /><br />\\\"That is really what sealed the deal,\\\" Hunsberger said. \\\"They became another part of the Habitat puzzle. 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Martin, head of a company that announced plans for  a $4 billion air park in Metro East said that he fired The Korte Co. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they quit. \";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:1556:\"<p>In the latest episode of a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. Martin, head of <a href=\\\"http://www.martinaviationgroup.com/\\\">Martin Aviation Group</a>, a company that announced plans for&nbsp; a $4 billion air park in Metro East, said that he fired <a href=\\\"http://www.korteco.com\\\">The Korte Co</a>. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they had quit.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Dogfight Over Airpark\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"273\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"240\\\" />Martin\\\'s biggest claim to fame prior to the announcement of the condominium project at Downtown St. Louis Airport was as the passenger in a Cessna that was almost shot down by military jets over the White House in 2005.</p>\n<p>He has said that the project &mdash; which is projected to have 42 buildings with two expansion towers totaling 4 million square feet &mdash; will cater to non-U.S. companies wishing to establish a North American headquarters. The website for the the project claims, among other things, that the condominium project, where buildings are projected to sell at $950 per square foot,&nbsp; will have a 10,000-space parking garage and helicopters and chauffeured Rolls Royce limosines for executive tenants. The mile-long campus, which is termed the \\\"Golden Mile\\\" on Martin\\\'s website.</p>\n<p>Martin said that Korte had not performed and that he has hired&nbsp; <a href=\\\"http://www.hollandcs.com/\\\">Holland Construction Services</a> to replace Korte.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:35:\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(586,230,4,2,1220547038,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-04 06:45 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"6\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:77:\"United Rentals Helps St. Louis Family for \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" \";s:9:\"url_title\";s:77:\"United Rentals Helps St. Louis Family for \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" \";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:77:\"United Rentals Helps St. Louis Family for \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" \";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:152:\"United Rentals, has joined forces with ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" and hundreds of volunteers to build a new home for a Shrewsbury family.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:33:\"United  Rentals, Extreme Makeover\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:2287:\"<p>United Rentals, has joined forces with ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" and hundreds of volunteers to build a new home for a Shrewsbury family.<br /><br />Following today\\\'s surprise visit by the \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" team, the United Rentals branch in St. Louis began delivering more than 75 pieces of equipment to the site of what will be a new house for Emmanuel and Dawn Martirez and their three children. The popular television show has relied on United Rentals for aerial lifts, light towers and power generators on projects around the country through a partnership that initiated last year.<br /><br />Nick Reitz, branch manager for United Rentals in St. Louis, said, \\\"This is a total community effort on behalf of the Martirez family, and we\\\'re prepared to support the crew around the clock, even if it means delivering equipment at midnight. The United Rentals branches in our area want to help out any way we can. We plan to be on hand every day at the jobsite to help make this house happen!\\\"<br /><br />Diane Korman, senior producer for \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\", said, \\\"We know we can rely on United Rentals to help us get the job done under the most challenging conditions. Their equipment and expertise is available to us around the clock, and no matter where we travel, they have a branch nearby ready to serve us. United Rentals is an Extreme partner in every respect!\\\"</p>\n<p>The episode featuring the Martirez family will air on ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" during the 2008 season on a date to be announced.<br /><br />Dawn Martirez is a pediatric oncology nurse who has comforted hundreds of parents and their terminally ill children. It was an exciting time for the Martirez family when Dawn, husband Emmanuel and daughter Elle relocated from St. Louis to Orlando so that Emmanuel could pursue his career. Their dreams were suddenly put on hold when Dawn gave birth to twin boys, both of whom have severe medical and developmental problems. Now back in St. Louis, the Martirez family has struggled to cope in a tiny and unsafe house. 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The popular television show has relied on United Rentals for aerial lifts, <img alt=\\\"Martinez family for  St. Louis Extreme Home Makeover\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"161\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martirez_family.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"214\\\" />light towers and power generators on projects around the country through a partnership that initiated last year.<br /><br />Nick Reitz, branch manager for United Rentals in St. Louis, said, \\\"This is a total community effort on behalf of the Martirez family, and we\\\'re prepared to support the crew around the clock, even if it means delivering equipment at midnight. The United Rentals branches in our area want to help out any way we can. We plan to be on hand every day at the jobsite to help make this house happen!\\\"<br /><br />Diane Korman, senior producer for \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\", said, \\\"We know we can rely on United Rentals to help us get the job done under the most challenging conditions. Their equipment and expertise is available to us around the clock, and no matter where we travel, they have a branch nearby ready to serve us. United Rentals is an Extreme partner in every respect!\\\"</p>\n<p>The episode featuring the Martirez family will air on ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition\\\" during the 2008 season on a date to be announced.<br /><br />Dawn Martirez is a pediatric oncology nurse who has comforted hundreds of parents and their terminally ill children. It was an exciting time for the Martirez family when Dawn, husband Emmanuel and daughter Elle relocated from St. Louis to Orlando so that Emmanuel could pursue his career. Their dreams were suddenly put on hold when Dawn gave birth to twin boys, both of whom have severe medical and developmental problems. Now back in St. Louis, the Martirez family has struggled to cope in a tiny and unsafe house. 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The drop was twice as much as analysts had forecast. Meanwhile, housing activity fell to its lowest level since March 2001, and nonresidential activity also declined. Some analysts expect nonresidential construction to weaken as banks tighten lending standards.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:58:\"construction spending, nonresidential, Commerce Department\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:2016:\"<p>Construction spending fell six-tenths of a point in July, according to the Commerce Department. The drop was twice as much as analysts had forecast. Meanwhile, housing activity fell to its lowest level since March 2001, and nonresidential activity also declined. Some analysts expect nonresidential construction to weaken as banks tighten lending standards.</p>\n<p>Housing\nactivity fell for a 16th consecutive month, declining 2.3% to a\nseasonally adjusted annual rate of $357.8 billion, the lowest\nlevel since March 2001.</p>\n<p>Nonresidential\nactivity, which had been offsetting some of the weakness in the\nresidential sector also fell in July, dropping seven-tenths to an annual rate\nof $416.8 billion. It was the first setback in that category since\nDecember.</p>\n<p>Analysts are concerned that nonresidential building\nwill weaken in coming months as banks tighten lending standards for nonresidential projects\nas well.Overall, construction spending totaled $1.084 trillion\nat a seasonally adjusted annual rate in July. Last month\\\'s drop\nrepresented the largest setback since a nine-tenths decline in February.</p>\n<p>The\ngovernment revised the June performance to show a 0.3% increase instead\nof the 0.4% decline that had been originally reported.</p>\n<p>Construction activity is 4.7% below the level of a year ago, representing one of the major drags on the current economy.</p>\n<p>For\nJuly, the seven-tenths drop in nonresidential construction followed gains of\n1.7% in June and 3.1% in May. Last month\\\'s weakness reflected declines\nin the construction of factories, power plants, schools and health care\nfacilities.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Public\nconstruction projects rose by 1.4% to $309.7 billion in July as\nspending for federal, state and local building projects rose to\nall-time highs.</p>\n<p>Spending for state and local projects was up 1.2%\nto an annual rate of $285.68 billion, while construction of federal\nprojects rose by 3.9% to an annual rate of $24.05 billion.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(600,229,2,2,1220555861,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"229\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-03 11:25 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:46:\"Extreme Home Makeover  Helps Shrewsbury Family\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:45:\"extreme_home_makeover_helps_shrewsbury_family\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:46:\"Extreme Home Makeover  Helps Shrewsbury Family\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:270:\"One hundred and six hours, a little less than four and a half days, is how long that John Shea of Fenton, MO and Dave Dunlap of Webster Groves,\nalong with hundreds of other volunteers, will have to demolish one house,build a new one in its place, and landscape the yard.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:1:\"9\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:39:\"Shea, Extreme Home Makeover, Shrewsbury\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:3796:\"<p>One hundred and six hours &mdash; a little less than four and a half days&nbsp;&mdash; that\\\'s how long that John Shea of Fenton, MO and Dave Dunlap of Webster Groves,<br />along with hundreds of other volunteers, will have to demolish one house,build a new one in its place, and landscape the yard.<br /><br />The reason for the lightning fast build is ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition,\\\" the Emmy-winning reality television show about building new homes<br />for deserving families.<br /><br />Shea, known as \\\"Mr. Fix It\\\" on KTRS radio (AM 550) is president of CallierThompson Shea Construction and Design. Named Remodeler of the Year in 2007<br />by the Home Builders Association, the company had revenues last year ofabout $3.5 million.<br /><br />Shea got involved in the project after the television show\\\'s producers began making the rounds of radio stations in St. Louis to promote the project and<br />publicized their search for a builder. Shea said someone at KTRS suggestedto Conrad Ricketts, the executive producer of \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home<br />Edition\\\" that he talk to Shea, and he did.<img alt=\\\"Martinez family for  St. Louis Extreme Home Makeover\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"161\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martirez_family.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"214\\\" /></p>\n<p>The St. Louisans chosen for ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover Home Edition\\\"\nare Dawn and Emmanuel Martirez of Shrewsbury.</p>\n<p>Dawn is a pediatric cancer nurse. They have a daughter, Elle, and\ntwin boys, Evan and Alec. Evan has an extremely rare genetic condition called 9P minus, and\nAlec has another uncommon genetic disorder known as Crouzon Syndrome.\nBoth twins suffer from skeletal abnormalities that require extensive\ncorrective facial and cranial surgeries, with Evan having physical\nhandicaps and mental retardation and Alec being profoundly hearing\nimpaired.\\\"</p>\n<p>Dawn Martirez had to give up her job to take care of the twins full time. A statement released by the television&nbsp; show said: \\\"As the boys get older, the home\\\'s cramped narrow hallways, steep\nstairs, crumbling driveway and single, handicapped inaccessible\nbathroom are posing great problems for them and slowing their\ndevelopment. Now it is up to Ty (Pennington) and his designers to equip\nthe Martirez\\\'s home to accommodate the twins\\\' special needs.\\\"</p>\n<p><br />Shea said he was excited about the project, but he knew he needed help - \\\"a project of this magnitude and timeline is a challenge for any company,\\\" he<br />said - so he turned to his old friend Dave Dunlap of Consolidated Construction Group Inc. \\\"Once Dave knew it was for charity, he was on<br />board,\\\" Shea said.<br /><br />\\\"Both companies have been blessed and believe strongly in giving back,\\\" said Dunlap. \\\"We believe our project motto, \\\'People, Passion, Purpose,\\\' really<br />exemplifies what this project is all about and encourages everyone to getinvolved. 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This would be the first of many miracles in the life of Malek. He continues to beat the odds and is now a 44-year-old married father of two teenage sons and a business owner. Malek took out a second mortgage on his home in 2007 to purchase the drive-through coffee shop where his mission is to \\\"help challenged people one cup at a time.\\\" He does so by employing handicapped individuals and letting customers help decide which charitable organization will be the recipient of the coffee shop\\\'s benevolence each month.<br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"Sam is a true hero and is a living testimony of the potential all of us can reach when given the opportunity,\\\" says Dave Dunlap of Consolidated Construction Group. \\\"His hard work, perseverance and success are an inspiration to us all, and in particular for families like the Martirezes. Dawn and Emmanuel fight on a daily basis to provide the same opportunities for their special-needs sons Evan and Alec that are taken for granted by most. 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Toenjes is president of the AGC of St. Louis.<br />Noting that the national AGC already has lobbyists in Washington, D.C., Toenjes said that affiliation with ARTBA \\\"will multiply our voice on<br />transportation policy.\\\"<br /><br />The affiliation couldn\\\'t come at a more important time. On Friday, the Bush administration admitted that the highway funding system is in crisis.<br />Reversing policy, the Administration now supports a House plan to restore $8 billion to the highway trust fund, money that Congress had taken out of the<br />fund 10 years ago to balance the budget. The House overwhelmingly approved the plan in July by a vote of 387-37, but it has been held up in the Senate<br />by, in part, a veto threat from the President.<br /><br />T. Peter Raune, president and CEO of ARTBA, said the administration reversed itself when it saw the bills coming in from the states and realized it did<br />not have the money to pay them. 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Lawrence Group has grown more than 200\npercent since the architectural firm was founded in 1983, with revenue\nof&nbsp; $44.6 million in 2007.<br /> <br /> For more than 25 years,<em> Inc.</em> has celebrated the success of\nthe fastest-growing private companies in America with the annual Inc.\n500 issue. In 2007, Inc.com published the first Inc. 5000 list, an\nexpansion of the <em>Inc. </em>500 list, now featuring the nation\\\'s 5000 fastest-growing, private companies.<br /> <br /> Companies on the list will be honored at the 27th annual Inc. 500/Inc.\n5000 Conference and Awards Ceremony, held on September 18-20, 2008 at\nthe Gaylord national Resort &amp; Convention Center in National Harbor,\nMaryland. The event is the only major business conference that\nrecognizes the accomplishments of entrepreneurs in America. <br /> <br /> Lawrence Group has expanded its core services from architecture and\ninterior design to also include real estate development services and\nconstruction management. The company has expanded geographically with\noffices in Austin, the Carolinas, Denver, New York and most recently,\nPhiladelphia and Beijing, China.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Lawrence Group is one of the largest international building design,\nplanning, and project delivery firms in St. Louis with more than 200\nemployees in the US and China. Named in the \\\"Top 100 Giants\\\" by <em>Interior Design</em> magazine, the Lawrence Group offers architecture, interior design, a\nretail furniture showroom, landscape design, graphic design, town\nplanning, construction management, and real estate development services\nto health care, commercial and housing clients. Lawrence Group is a\nmember of the American Institute of Architects, the U.S. Green Building\nCouncil and the Urban Land Institute.&nbsp; For more information, call Donna\nGamache, director of communications, at 314-231-5700 x1341 or visit <a href=\\\"http://www.thelawrencegroup.com/\\\">www.thelawrencegroup.com</a>.</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"6\";}'),(607,238,4,2,1220941021,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"238\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-08 08:12 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"6\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Lawrence Groups Makes Inc. 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(GCG) is a full-service commercial real estate company providing Brokerage, Asset Management, Development, and<br />Construction services in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.&nbsp; Noted as one of St. Louis\\\' largest commercial real estate and commercial development firms,<br />GCG offers clients a wide array of services.</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"20\";}'),(610,240,4,2,1220977198,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-09 06:17 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"6\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:63:\"Budrovich Crane Rental Garners National and Local Safety Awards\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:63:\"budrovich_crane_rental_garners_national_and_local_safety_awards\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:63:\"Budrovich Crane Rental Garners National and Local Safety Awards\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:196:\"Budrovich Contracting was recently honored with two safety awards.  The Specialized Carriers and Riggers Association bestowed a \\\"Zero Incident Award\\\" on the company for its performance in 2007. \";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:25:\"Budrovich, safety, awards\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:760:\"<p>Budrovich Contracting was recently honored with two safety awards.&nbsp; The Specialized Carriers and Riggers Association bestowed a \\\"Zero Incident Award\\\" on the company for its performance in 2007.&nbsp; <br /><br />The crane company is one of eight crane rental companies nationally to receive the award.&nbsp; The SC&amp;RA has over 1300 member firms in over 43 countries.&nbsp; The American Subcontractors Association Midwest Council also recognized the Budrovich Crane accomplishment at their annual awards banquet in April.&nbsp; <br /><br />Budrovich was one of four contracting firms in Division 5 to receive the Zero Accident award.&nbsp; Division 5 is for firms with over 50,000-100,000 man hours without an accident.<br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"6\";}'),(611,241,5,2,1220979172,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"5\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-09 06:48 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"19\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:45:\"A Review of Three Unique ConsensusDocs Forms \";s:9:\"url_title\";s:45:\"A Review of Three Unique ConsensusDocs Forms \";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_20\";s:45:\"A Review of Three Unique ConsensusDocs Forms \";s:11:\"field_ft_20\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_25\";s:2:\"67\";s:11:\"field_id_45\";s:400:\"Of the approximately 70 documents within the ConsensusDocs family of forms, there are three forms that offer a unique approach to addressing traditional business risks: the Collaborative Agreement, the Electronic Communication Protocol document and the Time and Price-Impacted Materials document.  This article provides a brief overview of how these three forms tackle business risks in a unique way.\";s:11:\"field_ft_45\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_22\";s:28:\"ConsensusDocs, forms, review\";s:11:\"field_ft_22\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_23\";s:6684:\"<p><em>By Leonard R. Ruzicka, Jr. </em></p>\n<p>Of the approximately 70 documents within the ConsensusDocs family of forms, there are three forms that offer a unique approach to addressing traditional business risks: the Collaborative Agreement, the Electronic Communication Protocol document and the Time and Price-Impacted Materials document.&nbsp; This article provides a brief overview of how these three forms tackle business risks in a unique way. <br /><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Tri-Party Collaborative Agreement Doc No. 300</strong><br />This Agreement is initially executed by the owner, design professional and contractor and/or construction manager.&nbsp; The primary purpose of the Agreement is to bring these key players together at the front end of the project to minimize the risk of delay, conflict and increased cost typically experienced by project participants in non-integrated project delivery.&nbsp; The Agreement\\\'s provisions are intended to require a fully integrated and cooperative effort of all the project participants from preliminary design through final acceptance.&nbsp; In order to make this happen, the owner, design professional and contractor each designate an authorized representative to serve as a member of the Management Group.&nbsp; The Management Group is the decision-making body for the delivery of the Project consistent with the Owner\\\'s intended project requirements including schedule and budget.&nbsp; To facilitate an integrated, collaborative design process, there are provisions in the Agreement for including key design consultants, trade contractors and suppliers under Joining Agreements at later stages of the project as necessary.&nbsp; All of the initial members must approve the addition of such consultants, trade contractors and suppliers to the team.&nbsp; The Agreement requires decisions to be made through a consensus of the Management Group.&nbsp; If consensus cannot be reached among the Management Group members, the Owner retains the right to make a determination in the best interest of the Project as a whole. &nbsp;</p>\n<p>Although this is a cost plus agreement, there are a number of provisions designed to provide some predictability of ultimate costs to the Owner and to also control costs.&nbsp; The Constructor and Trade Contractors are required to provide input to the Designer in order to create value for the project by identifying options to improve constructability and functionality and to reduce capital costs.&nbsp; The Designer and Constructor must jointly develop a preliminary estimate of the cost of construction, together with contingencies and allowances to arrive at a Design Budget.&nbsp; To clearly identify costs, the parties are required to revise and further develop the project budget with the ultimate goal of arriving at a Project Target Cost Estimate when the project design is sufficiently complete.&nbsp; There is an option to penalize or reward the Designer and Constructor if the actual project cost is more or less than the Project Target Cost Estimate. &nbsp;<br />Another means of controlling costs is to employ \\\"pull based\\\" principles so that each of the parties to the agreement are performing, at any point in time, only work necessary to advance the project as anticipated and directed by the Management Group.&nbsp; The Agreement penalizes out of sequence work by requiring any party that fails to follow the approved work sequence plan to pay the cost of any rework resulting from such failure. &nbsp;<br />The Agreement also allows the parties to select one of two forms of risk allocation.&nbsp; The first option is entitled Safe Harbor Decisions.&nbsp; If this option is selected by the parties, they agree to release each other from any liability resulting from a collaboratively reached decision that may have been based on any mistake or error in judgment by one or more of the parties.&nbsp; This safe harbor provision does not extend to acts or omissions that amount to a willful default of an obligation under this Agreement.</p>\n<p>The second option is entitled Traditional Risk Allocation.&nbsp; This option requires each party to be fully liable to the other parties for its own negligence or breaches of contact or warranty.&nbsp; However, this second option provides for a specific dollar limitation of liability for both the Designer and Contractor. &nbsp;<br />Another unique clause in this document is entitled Principles of Communications.&nbsp; This provision not only requires that the parties agree on a protocol for communications, but also specifically prohibits \\\"... offline Project-related discussions among the Project participants...\\\".&nbsp; This clause emphasizes the importance of following the communication protocol by providing that a failure to adhere to the protocol constitutes a beach of the Agreement justifying a withholding of payment and a basis for termination. &nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Electronic Communication Protocol Addendum Doc No. 200.2</strong><br />This unique form addresses the growing trend of communicating construction related information electronically.&nbsp; This 13-page form outlines the designation of key players in the communication process and details the list of all parameters that need to be considered in setting up the protocol and assignment of responsibility.&nbsp; This form requires each party to designate an IT Administrator.&nbsp; The IT Administrators then form an IT Management Team, with each party paying for its participation in this team.&nbsp; This form requires each party to establish standards for hardware, software, document format, transmission, security, access and archiving.&nbsp; Also, the form specifically requires the parties to make an affirmative election on the categories of documents to be exchanged.&nbsp; The document also outlines that the party failing to follow the detailed protocol in the form will be responsible for the related costs. <br /><br /><strong>Time And Price-Impacted Materials Doc No. 200.1</strong><br />This form addresses the recurring issue of material shortages or wildly fluctuating prices, such as with steel.&nbsp; Essentially the parties agree to certain materials that are required for the Project that may be subject to shortages or price fluctuations.&nbsp; The parties agree on a Baseline Price for selected materials that is included in the contract fixed price.&nbsp; If prior to delivery either party puts the other party on notice and provides adequate documentation substantiating an adjustment, the Contract Price and Time is adjusted either up or down consistent with the substantiated documentation.<br /><br /></p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"19\";}'),(612,242,4,2,1221199288,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-11 07:57 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"20\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Hendricks Announces  Park 44 Sale\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:32:\"hendricks_announces_park_44_sale\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:32:\"Hendricks Announces Park 44 Sale\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:192:\"Hendricks & Partners is pleased to announce the sale of Park 44, located at 4426-4444 West Pine Boulevard in St. Louis, MO. The 148-unit apartment community was sold for an undisclosed amount.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:18:\"Hendricks, Park 44\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:501:\"<p>Hendricks &amp; Partners is pleased to announce the sale of Park 44, located at 4426-4444 West Pine Boulevard in St. Louis, MO. The 148-unit apartment community was sold for an undisclosed amount.</p>\n<p>The Seller was Park 44, LLC / Koch Development Co., Inc member of Clayton, MO. 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Conceller, SIOR, and Stephen Gwinnup, CCIM, of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented Smithbucklin Corp. in the extension of its lease for 4,280.53 square feet of office space at 540 Maryville Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141, from Duke Realty Limited Partnership d/b/a Duke Realty of Indiana Limited Partnership, represented by Duke Realty Corp.<br />&nbsp;<br />Jaimie Lance of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented Worthington Associates LP in the extension of Kehe Food Distributors Inc.\\\'s lease for 2,483 square feet of industrial space at Security Plaza Building, 915 Fee Fee Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63043. <br />&nbsp;<br />Carl J. Conceller, SIOR, and Ken Kaller, CCIM, of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented Sabreliner Corp. in the extension of Fastrans Logistics\\\' sublease of 25,000 square feet of industrial space at 8849 Seeger Industrial Drive, Berkeley, MO 63134. 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This closure will include<br />the eastbound and westbound entrance and exit ramps.<br /><br />Beginning Friday, September 26 at 10 p.m. through Monday, Sept. 29 at 5:30 a.m., I-64 will be closed under Hampton for the bridge demolition. <br />Temporary pavement will be put in place on Hampton to detour the I-64 traffic up the exit ramps, across Hampton and back down the entrance ramps to I-64. <br /><br />The Hampton Avenue bridge will reopen with one lane in each direction by Memorial Day of 2009, and will be fully reopened by the Fourth of July.<br />While the bridge is being rebuilt, drivers can access Forest Park from nine other entrances off Kingshighway Boulevard, Lindell Boulevard, Skinker<br />Boulevard and Tamm Avenue.&nbsp; Forest Park signs will be in place on Interstate 44 directing motorists to use Kingshighway, and on Interstate 70 directing<br />motorists to Interstate 170 to Forest Park Parkway.<br /><br />To stay updated on the project, visit the <a href=\\\"http://www.thenewi64.org/\\\">project website</a> at to see the daily and weekly construction schedule<br />and view photographs and web cameras showing the work.<br /></p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(615,245,4,2,1221757888,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-18 07:09 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:56:\"More Negative Conditions for Architecture Billings Index\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:56:\"more_negative_conditions_for_architecture_billings_index\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:57:\"More Negative Conditions for Architecture Billings Index \";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:196:\"While conditions have improved somewhat for three consecutive months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continues to point to unfavorable conditions for the nonresidential construction market.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:32:\"Architecture Billings Index, AIA\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:2601:\"<p><br />While conditions have improved somewhat for three consecutive months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continues to point to unfavorable conditions for the nonresidential construction market.&nbsp; As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI shows an approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the August ABI rating was 47.6, up slightly from the 46.8 mark in July (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings). The inquiries for new projects score was 52.4.&nbsp; There is, however, continued demand for projects such as schools, hospitals and government buildings with the institutional category of the ABI remaining positive going all the way back to 2004. <br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"The recent figures over the last quarter are no real surprise given the overall state of the economy,\\\" said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. \\\"The news for industries affected by the construction industry is that looking back 12 to eighteen months, the numbers were extremely healthy. That means many of those projects are currently in or entering the construction phase so there should still be demand for labor and building materials, and later on interiors, computer equipment and the like.\\\"<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Key August ABI highlights</strong>:<br />Regional averages: Midwest (49.4), West (49.2), Northeast (45.2), South (45.0)&nbsp; <br />Sector index breakdown: institutional (52.2), commercial / industrial (47.5), mixed practice (44.8) multi-family residential (40.8)<br />Project inquiries index: 52.4 <br /><br /><strong>About the AIA Architecture Billings Inde</strong>x<br />The Architecture Billings Index is derived from a monthly \\\"Work-on-the-Boards\\\" survey and produced by the AIA Economics&nbsp; Market Research Group. 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Ribaudo.<br /><br /></p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"20\";}'),(617,247,10,2,1221758529,'a:30:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:2:\"10\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-18 07:15 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:58:\"KAI Design & Build to Host Free Conference/Seminar on BIM \";s:9:\"url_title\";s:55:\"kai_design_build_to_host_free_conference_seminar_on_bim\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_58\";s:57:\"KAI Design & Build to Host Free Conference/Seminar on BIM\";s:11:\"field_ft_58\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_62\";s:200:\"KAI Design & Build will host a free conference/seminar on Building Information Modeling, entitled \\\"Build Before You Build,\\\" on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at the Anheuser-Busch Conference Center in Fenton, MO.\";s:11:\"field_ft_62\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_59\";s:19:\"BIM, KAI Conference\";s:11:\"field_ft_59\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_63\";s:42:\"Anheuser Busch Conference Center in Fenton\";s:11:\"field_ft_63\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_57\";s:19:\"2008-10-28  6:15 AM\";s:15:\"field_offset_57\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_56\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"field_offset_56\";s:1:\"y\";s:11:\"field_id_55\";s:13:\"8 a.m. - Noon\";s:11:\"field_ft_55\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_60\";s:2218:\"<p>KAI Design &amp; Build will host a free conference/seminar on Building Information Modeling, entitled \\\"Build Before You Build,\\\" on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at the Anheuser-Busch Conference Center in Fenton, MO. 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Lega has authored numerous articles on BIM for such local, regional and national publications as Builder/Architect, CNR, PE Magazine and Engineering News Record. Seating at the event is limited. 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The complex wiring system for the 55,000-square-foot natural and organic grocery store includes an energy management system that lets the supermarket chain monitor energy use on an hourly basis and control the store\\\'s lighting, refrigeration, and HVAC systems from its regional office in Chicago.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:28:\"Kaiser Electric, Whole Foods\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:3483:\"<p>\\\"Our company goal is to reduce every type of consumption,\\\" said Tony Lesley, construction project manager for Whole Foods Market. \\\"And if that means spending additional money to determine how much energy is being consumed in order to make our stores more environmentally friendly, then that is what we are going to do.\\\"<br />&nbsp;<br /><img alt=\\\"Whole Foods Town &amp; Country\\\" class=\\\"table-left\\\" height=\\\"190\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/Whole-Foods-Photo.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"253\\\" />Brian Litteken, Kaiser Electric project manager, said the wiring for the energy management system was unique, because wiring for all of the store\\\'s systems had to be tied together at a single board in the main electric room. Start up of all the systems also had to be done simultaneously as a result of the unique system and its wiring. <br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"With traditional wiring jobs, you would have a local thermostat for each rooftop unit which would monitor the temperature in that area and control the unit independently of the other rooftop units,\\\" said Litteken. \\\"But with the energy management system, all the rooftop units are tied together with a communication cable and controlled by temperature sensors in the unit and on the sales floor.\\\"<br />&nbsp;<br />Construction on the new store began in November 2007, with Kaiser Electric selected as the electrical contractor on the project. The general contractor on the project was Kansas City, MO-based Luke Draily Construction and the designer was WD Partners based in Ohio. The store opened in June 2008.<br />&nbsp;<br />Remote-Controlled Market<br /><br />Kaiser Electric has completed the wiring of a new Whole Foods Market in Town &amp; Country, MO. The complex wiring system for the 55,000-square-foot natural and organic grocery store includes an energy management system that lets the supermarket chain monitor energy use on an hourly basis and control the store\\\'s lighting, refrigeration, and HVAC systems from its regional office in Chicago.<br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"Our company goal is to reduce every type of consumption,\\\" said Tony Lesley, construction project manager for Whole Foods Market. \\\"And if that means spending additional money to determine how much energy is being consumed in order to make our stores more environmentally friendly, then that is what we are going to do.\\\"<br />&nbsp;<br />Brian Litteken, Kaiser Electric project manager, said the wiring for the energy management system was unique, because wiring for all of the store\\\'s systems had to be tied together at a single board in the main electric room. Start up of all the systems also had to be done simultaneously as a result of the unique system and its wiring. <br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"With traditional wiring jobs, you would have a local thermostat for each rooftop unit which would monitor the temperature in that area and control the unit independently of the other rooftop units,\\\" said Litteken. \\\"But with the energy management system, all the rooftop units are tied together with a communication cable and controlled by temperature sensors in the unit and on the sales floor.\\\"<br />&nbsp;<br />Construction on the new store began in November 2007, with Kaiser Electric selected as the electrical contractor on the project. The general contractor on the project was Kansas City, MO-based Luke Draily Construction and the designer was WD Partners based in Ohio. 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Named Remodeler of the Year in 2007<br />by the Home Builders Association, the company had revenues last year ofabout $3.5 million.<br /><br />Shea got involved in the project after the television show\\\'s producers began making the rounds of radio stations in St. Louis to promote the project and<br />publicized their search for a builder. Shea said someone at KTRS suggestedto Conrad Ricketts, the executive producer of \\\"Extreme Makeover: Home<br />Edition\\\" that he talk to Shea, and he did.<img alt=\\\"Martinez family for  St. Louis Extreme Home Makeover\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"161\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/martirez_family.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"214\\\" /></p>\n<p>The St. Louisans chosen for ABC\\\'s \\\"Extreme Makeover Home Edition\\\"\nare Dawn and Emmanuel Martirez of Shrewsbury.</p>\n<p>Dawn is a pediatric cancer nurse. They have a daughter, Elle, and\ntwin boys, Evan and Alec. Evan has an extremely rare genetic condition called 9P minus, and\nAlec has another uncommon genetic disorder known as Crouzon Syndrome.\nBoth twins suffer from skeletal abnormalities that require extensive\ncorrective facial and cranial surgeries, with Evan having physical\nhandicaps and mental retardation and Alec being profoundly hearing\nimpaired.\\\"</p>\n<p>Dawn Martirez had to give up her job to take care of the twins full time. A statement released by the television&nbsp; show said: \\\"As the boys get older, the home\\\'s cramped narrow hallways, steep\nstairs, crumbling driveway and single, handicapped inaccessible\nbathroom are posing great problems for them and slowing their\ndevelopment. Now it is up to Ty (Pennington) and his designers to equip\nthe Martirez\\\'s home to accommodate the twins\\\' special needs.\\\"</p>\n<p><br />Shea said he was excited about the project, but he knew he needed help - \\\"a project of this magnitude and timeline is a challenge for any company,\\\" he<br />said - so he turned to his old friend Dave Dunlap of Consolidated Construction Group Inc. \\\"Once Dave knew it was for charity, he was on<br />board,\\\" Shea said.<br /><br />\\\"Both companies have been blessed and believe strongly in giving back,\\\" said Dunlap. \\\"We believe our project motto, \\\'People, Passion, Purpose,\\\' really<br />exemplifies what this project is all about and encourages everyone to getinvolved. Every dollar, piece of material and hour donated to this project<br />will make a difference.\\\"<br /><br />Consolidated Construction Group is a nationally recognized, award-winning design-build remodeling firm; ranked highest in homeowner satisfaction among<br />all remodelers nationwide, according to NRS Corp.\\\'s National Homeowner Satisfaction Study; and a member of Remodeling magazine\\\'s Big 50 Hall of<br />Fame in 1990.<br /><br />On August 26, Shea, Dunlap, and Ricketts met with more than 420 prospective volunteers from over 100 contracting companies to discuss how the four-day<br />build will work. \\\"It was all by word of mouth,\\\" Shea said.<br /><br />For more information on the build and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit <a href=\\\"http://www.extrememakeoverstlouis.com\\\">www.extremehomemakeoverstlouis.com</a> or call 636-256-8906.</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:36:\"/images/uploads/extreme-makeover.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(622,250,2,2,1222153551,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"250\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-22 08:22 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"Thirteen is  Lucky Number for  Gene Mackey  III\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:44:\"thirteen_is_lucky_number_for_gene_mackey_iii\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:46:\"Thirteen is Lucky Number for  Gene Mackey  III\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:196:\"Eugene (Gene)  Mackey III, architect, artists, mentor,  scholar and dedicated St. Louisan was recognized Sept. 18  with the St. Louis Chapter, American Insitute of Architects\\\' Gold Honor Award.\n\n\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:23:\"Mackey, AIA, gold honor\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:2198:\"<p>Eugene (Gene) Mackey III, architect, artists, mentor,&nbsp; scholar and dedicated St. Louisan was recognized Sept. 18 with the St. Louis Chapter, American Insitute of Architects\\\' Gold Honor Award.</p>\n<p>Mackey, presented with the award at a ceremony at the Missouri Botanical Garden by Chapter President&nbsp; Sara Tetley, was the only 13th recipient of the award in its 25-year history. 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When completed, Ashley plans to add up to 30 new employees, boosting its local workforce to more than 300 people. <br /><br />\\\"Even with the housing crisis, our business has tripled in the past three years. 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Installing the chiller proved to be a difficult aspect of the project as the team had to disassemble the chiller into three major pieces before it could be lowered by a crane into a sub-grade garage and carted to the chiller room. Each piece of the chiller was then lowered another six feet onto its concrete pad and reassembled by Haberberger\\\'s crew. <br /><br />Kaiser Electric\\\'s crews installed the building\\\'s main electrical systems, as well as provided conduit stubs and rough-ins for the facility\\\'s telephone wiring and computer cabling. The state-of-the-art facility has multiple computer outlets in each suite and LEED certified compact fluorescent lighting on the exterior of the building and the entryway to reduce energy consumption. <br /><br />Construction began in May 2007 and was completed in July 2008, on budget and on schedule. The general contractor on the project was BSI Constructors, Inc. of St. Louis and the architect was Mackey Mitchell Associates of St. Louis. 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Barnett\nthrough Charles Ramsey, William Ittner, Theodore Link, Louis La Beaume,\nHarris Armstrong, and Frederick Dunn,\\\" Mackey said in accepting&nbsp; the honor &nbsp; \\\"We are the beneficiaries of\ntheir marvelous work and we carry on in their spirit.<br /><br />\\\"My\nlife has been a wonderful journey filled with outstanding people and\nopportunities. My parents raised Ellen, John, and me to be very\nindependent and address important issues.&nbsp; My father always said to\nremember that the world of ideas was where we, as architects, could\nperform at our best and to draw, draw, draw.</p>\n<p>\\\"From the beginning,\nI viewed architecture in the broad framework of society as a whole, not\nonly projects and buildings but also the larger community \\\'the architecture of cultural organizations and institutions\\\'. 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Gordon will share his personal story of redemption to\ninspire the region\\\'s future workforce to reach its full potential.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Gordon Graham\\\" class=\\\"table-left\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/gordon-graham.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />His&nbsp; presentation is entitled \\\"Change is an Inside Job!\\\"&nbsp; Raised in\nan abusive environment, Graham turned to a life of crime, spending\nnearly 20 years in prison before finding the will to \\\"change within\\\" to\nfind happiness, success and personal freedom.</p>\n<p>\\\"The message of Gordon Graham will jump-start careers by giving\napprentices the right frame of mind to build integrity and\naccountability, empowering them to successfully advance their careers,\\\"\nsaid Jim LaMantia, executive director of PRIDE. \\\"It will ultimately\nbenefit the buyers of construction if the next generation of union\nconstruction worker is ready to serve in the most professional and\nproductive manner.\\\"<br />Graham instills principles that are the very\nfoundation of PRIDE, such as the need to work as a team and find common\nground with management in a global economy to ensure jobs remain in the\nlocal community and are not shipped overseas.</p>\n<p>Joining Graham at the Oct. 7 event will be Terence M. 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The new location includes offices, conference room, warehouse, and a fabrication shop.<br />&nbsp;<br />\\\"This move will allow us to expand and better serve the St. Louis and Southern Illinois Metropolitan region,\\\" said Richard Boyer, president of Boyer Fire Protection. \\\"These new facilities provide us space to train and recruit additional employees, which is key to our future growth.\\\" <br /><br />Boyer Fire Protection offers a full range of fire protection services including inspections, services, and contracts.</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"6\";}'),(635,256,4,2,1222306201,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"256\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-24 01:14 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"6\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Boyer Fire Protection Moves, Expands\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:35:\"boyer_fire_protection_moves_expands\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:36:\"Boyer Fire Protection Moves, Expands\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:126:\"Boyer Fire Protection has expanded expansion and relocation to new offices to Belle Valley Industrial Park in Belleville, IL. \";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:47:\"Boyer Fire Protection, move, expand, Belleville\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:957:\"<p>Boyer Fire Protection has announced their expansion and relocation to new offices at 2425 Amann Drive, Belleville, IL 62220 in Belle Valley Industrial Park. Boyer Fire Protection\\\'s phone and fax numbers will remain the same T: (618) 222-1500, F: (618) 222-1502. The new location will be host to offices, conference room, warehouse, as well as a fabrication shop.<br />&nbsp;<br /><img alt=\\\"Boyer Fire Protection\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"69\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/fire-protection-boyer-logo.gif\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"264\\\" />\\\"This move will allow us to expand and better serve the St. Louis and Southern Illinois Metropolitan region,\\\" said Richard Boyer, President of Boyer Fire Protection. \\\"These new facilities provide us space to train and recruit additional employees, which is key to our future growth.\\\" Boyer Fire Protection offers a full range of fire protection services including inspections, services, and contracts.</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"6\";}'),(636,257,2,2,1222667513,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-28 07:37 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:57:\"Walking on Water: Drilling on Missisippi Promising So Far\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:56:\"walking_on_water_drilling_on_missisippi_promising_so_far\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:57:\"Walking on Water: Drilling on Missisippi Promising So Far\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:330:\"Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:62:\"Mississippi  River Bridge, drilling, test, barge, geotechnical\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:3583:\"<p>Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.<br /><br />Hitt said engineers will use information obtained from the geotechnical survey to design the foundations for the two piers that will support the bridge. They will decide, for example, whether they have to drill a shaft into the bedrock to support the piers or if they can use caissons, which rest on top of the bedrock.<br /><br />In order to minimize obstruction to barge traffic, the new bridge will have a clear span of 1,500 feet between the two foundations &ndash; the longest clear span across the Mississippi River in Missouri, Hitt said. In comparison, the clear spans of the Alton and Quincy bridges are about 800 feet and the clear span of the Cape Girardeau bridge is 1,150 feet, he said. Engineers think the two towers to support the cables that will hold up the bridge will have to be about 400 feet tall to support that long of a clear span, he said.<br /></p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Drilling for Mississipi River Bridge\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"476\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/drilling3.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"253\\\" />The new Mississippi River Bridge will touch down in Missouri just to the left (south) of the cement silos in the background. The cement silos belong to Continental Cement Co.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The geotechnical team assessing the bedrock includes people from HNTB, TSI, and Geotechnology Inc. Massman Construction provided the barge that served as a drilling platform. Geotechnology provided the drilling rig.<br /></p>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">In 2001, Illinois and Missouri \n											received approval for a new \n											Mississippi River Bridge and \n											associated roadways as shown on the \n											map above. The components of the \n											project are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Relocated I-70 \n												in Illinois, north of its \n												current location</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A new, 8-lane, \n												I-70 Mississippi River Bridge</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An interchange \n												in Missouri with existing I-70 \n												near Cass Avenue</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An improved \n												I-55/64/70 Tri-Level Interchange \n												in East St. Louis</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A connection \n												between the existing I-55/64/70 \n												Interchange and the relocation \n												of I-70 called the I-64 \n												Connector</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Improvements to \n												ramps at the west side of the \n												existing I-55/64/70 Poplar \n												Street Bridge in Missouri</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The two states lacked sufficient \n											funding to construct all components \n											of the project at the same time. The \n											estimated cost of the Ultimate \n											Project Concept is between $1.8 \n											billion and $2.2 billion. The scope \n											of work announced on February 28, \n											2008 is the first phase of the \n											project. This phase is \n											operationally independent since it \n											can be funded and built to function \n											as a viable transportation facility. \n											See the <a href=\\\"http://www.newriverbridge.org/initialphase.asp\\\"> Proposed \n											Initial Phase</a> for \n											details.</p>\n<p>.</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:37:\"/images/uploads/drilling-4-bridge.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";}'),(637,257,2,2,1222667532,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"257\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-28 07:37 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:57:\"Walking on Water: Drilling on Missisippi Promising So Far\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:56:\"walking_on_water_drilling_on_missisippi_promising_so_far\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:57:\"Walking on Water: Drilling on Missisippi Promising So Far\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:330:\"Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:62:\"Mississippi  River Bridge, drilling, test, barge, geotechnical\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:3571:\"<p>Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.<br /><br />Hitt said engineers will use information obtained from the geotechnical survey to design the foundations for the two piers that will support the bridge. They will decide, for example, whether they have to drill a shaft into the bedrock to support the piers or if they can use caissons, which rest on top of the bedrock.<br /><br />In order to minimize obstruction to barge traffic, the new bridge will have a clear span of 1,500 feet between the two foundations &ndash; the longest clear span across the Mississippi River in Missouri, Hitt said. In comparison, the clear spans of the Alton and Quincy bridges are about 800 feet and the clear span of the Cape Girardeau bridge is 1,150 feet, he said. Engineers think the two towers to support the cables that will hold up the bridge will have to be about 400 feet tall to support that long of a clear span, he said.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Drilling for Mississipi River Bridge\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"476\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/drilling3.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"253\\\" />The new Mississippi River Bridge will touch down in Missouri just to the left (south) of the cement silos in the background. The cement silos belong to Continental Cement Co.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The geotechnical team assessing the bedrock includes people from HNTB, TSI, and Geotechnology Inc. Massman Construction provided the barge that served as a drilling platform. Geotechnology provided the drilling rig.</p>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">In 2001, Illinois and Missouri \n											received approval for a new \n											Mississippi River Bridge and \n											associated roadways as shown on the \n											map above. The components of the \n											project are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Relocated I-70 \n												in Illinois, north of its \n												current location</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A new, 8-lane, \n												I-70 Mississippi River Bridge</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An interchange \n												in Missouri with existing I-70 \n												near Cass Avenue</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An improved \n												I-55/64/70 Tri-Level Interchange \n												in East St. Louis</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A connection \n												between the existing I-55/64/70 \n												Interchange and the relocation \n												of I-70 called the I-64 \n												Connector</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Improvements to \n												ramps at the west side of the \n												existing I-55/64/70 Poplar \n												Street Bridge in Missouri</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The two states lacked sufficient \n											funding to construct all components \n											of the project at the same time. The \n											estimated cost of the Ultimate \n											Project Concept is between $1.8 \n											billion and $2.2 billion. The scope \n											of work announced on February 28, \n											2008 is the first phase of the \n											project. This phase is \n											operationally independent since it \n											can be funded and built to function \n											as a viable transportation facility. \n											See the <a href=\\\"http://www.newriverbridge.org/initialphase.asp\\\"> Proposed \n											Initial Phase</a> for \n											details.</p>\n<p>.</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:37:\"/images/uploads/drilling-4-bridge.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(638,255,2,2,1222667554,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"255\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-24 10:45 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"16\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"Gordon Graham to Address Union Apprentices Oct. 7\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:48:\"gordon_graham_to_address_union_apprentices_oct_7\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:49:\"Gordon Graham to Address Union Apprentices Oct. 7\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:186:\"In a year when \\\"change\\\" is the operative word in politics, a speech on \\\"change within\\\" will seek to capture the attention of more than 3,000 St. Louis union construction apprentices.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:26:\"PRIDE, Graham, apprentices\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:3209:\"<p>In a year when \\\"change\\\" is the operative word in politics, a speech\non \\\"change within\\\" will seek to capture the attention of more than\n3,000 St. Louis union construction apprentices.</p>\n<p>On Oct. 7 at the St. Charles Family Arena.&nbsp; <a href=\\\"http://www.prideconstruction.com\\\">PRIDE of St. Louis, Inc.</a>,\nthe region\\\'s construction labor-management organization, is bringing\nnationally known motivational speaker and change-agent Gordon Graham to\nSt. Louis. Gordon will share his personal story of redemption to\ninspire the region\\\'s future workforce to reach its full potential.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Gordon Graham\\\" class=\\\"table-left\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/gordon-graham.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />His&nbsp; presentation is entitled \\\"Change is an Inside Job!\\\"&nbsp; Raised in\nan abusive environment, Graham turned to a life of crime, spending\nnearly 20 years in prison before finding the will to \\\"change within\\\" to\nfind happiness, success and personal freedom.</p>\n<p>\\\"The message of Gordon Graham will jump-start careers by giving\napprentices the right frame of mind to build integrity and\naccountability, empowering them to successfully advance their careers,\\\"\nsaid Jim LaMantia, executive director of PRIDE. \\\"It will ultimately\nbenefit the buyers of construction if the next generation of union\nconstruction worker is ready to serve in the most professional and\nproductive manner.\\\"<br />Graham instills principles that are the very\nfoundation of PRIDE, such as the need to work as a team and find common\nground with management in a global economy to ensure jobs remain in the\nlocal community and are not shipped overseas.</p>\n<p>Joining Graham at the Oct. 7 event will be Terence M. O\\\'Sullivan,\ngeneral president of the 500,000-member Laborers\\\' International Union\nof North America, St. Charles Mayor Patti York, PRIDE Owner Co-chair\nCarol M. Schmidt, PRIDE Management Co-chair Jim Frey, PRIDE Labor\nCo-chair Jerry Feldhaus and PRIDE Executive Director Jim LaMantia.</p>\n<p>Graham founded Bellevue, Wash.-based <a href=\\\"http://www.ggco.com\\\">Gordon Graham &amp; Co.</a> in 1983 and today his motivational programs serves corporations,\ncorrectional facilities, social service agencies, labor-management\ngroups and youth programs.&nbsp; Among his clients are the Ford Motor Co.,\nGeneral Motors, Federal Mediation &amp; Conciliation Service, Merck\n&amp; Co., Federal Bureau of Prisons, United Auto Workers,\nInternational Association of Machinists and a number of municipal\ngovernments.&nbsp; He is also an author of several books.</p>\n<p>The Graham event is the second in as many years sponsored by PRIDE\nto motivate union construction apprentices.&nbsp; Last year, it brought\nlabor strategist Mark Breslin to St. Louis to address apprentices in a\npresentation called \\\"Survival of the Fittest.\\\"</p>\n<p>PRIDE, founded in 1972, is an acronym for Productivity and\nResponsibility Increase Development &amp; Employment.&nbsp; For more than 35\nyears, PRIDE has worked to maintain harmony and build cooperation among\nSt. Louis area AFL-CIO construction craft workers, contractors,\nconstruction buyers, architects, engineers and suppliers.<br />&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:33:\"/images/uploads/gordon-graham.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(639,257,2,2,1222667637,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"257\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-28 07:37 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:71:\"Walking on Water: Drilling for Missisippi River Bridge Promising So Far\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:70:\"walking_on_water_drilling_for_missisippi_river_bridge_promising_so_far\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:71:\"Walking on Water: Drilling for Missisippi River Bridge Promising So Far\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:330:\"Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:62:\"Mississippi  River Bridge, drilling, test, barge, geotechnical\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:3571:\"<p>Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.<br /><br />Hitt said engineers will use information obtained from the geotechnical survey to design the foundations for the two piers that will support the bridge. They will decide, for example, whether they have to drill a shaft into the bedrock to support the piers or if they can use caissons, which rest on top of the bedrock.<br /><br />In order to minimize obstruction to barge traffic, the new bridge will have a clear span of 1,500 feet between the two foundations &ndash; the longest clear span across the Mississippi River in Missouri, Hitt said. In comparison, the clear spans of the Alton and Quincy bridges are about 800 feet and the clear span of the Cape Girardeau bridge is 1,150 feet, he said. Engineers think the two towers to support the cables that will hold up the bridge will have to be about 400 feet tall to support that long of a clear span, he said.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Drilling for Mississipi River Bridge\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"476\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/drilling3.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"253\\\" />The new Mississippi River Bridge will touch down in Missouri just to the left (south) of the cement silos in the background. The cement silos belong to Continental Cement Co.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The geotechnical team assessing the bedrock includes people from HNTB, TSI, and Geotechnology Inc. Massman Construction provided the barge that served as a drilling platform. Geotechnology provided the drilling rig.</p>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">In 2001, Illinois and Missouri \n											received approval for a new \n											Mississippi River Bridge and \n											associated roadways as shown on the \n											map above. The components of the \n											project are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Relocated I-70 \n												in Illinois, north of its \n												current location</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A new, 8-lane, \n												I-70 Mississippi River Bridge</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An interchange \n												in Missouri with existing I-70 \n												near Cass Avenue</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An improved \n												I-55/64/70 Tri-Level Interchange \n												in East St. Louis</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A connection \n												between the existing I-55/64/70 \n												Interchange and the relocation \n												of I-70 called the I-64 \n												Connector</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Improvements to \n												ramps at the west side of the \n												existing I-55/64/70 Poplar \n												Street Bridge in Missouri</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The two states lacked sufficient \n											funding to construct all components \n											of the project at the same time. The \n											estimated cost of the Ultimate \n											Project Concept is between $1.8 \n											billion and $2.2 billion. The scope \n											of work announced on February 28, \n											2008 is the first phase of the \n											project. This phase is \n											operationally independent since it \n											can be funded and built to function \n											as a viable transportation facility. \n											See the <a href=\\\"http://www.newriverbridge.org/initialphase.asp\\\"> Proposed \n											Initial Phase</a> for \n											details.</p>\n<p>.</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:37:\"/images/uploads/drilling-4-bridge.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(640,258,4,2,1222702369,'a:25:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-29 05:17 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:46:\"international_concrete_conference_here_nov_2_6\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:128:\"The American Concrete  Insitute will  hold its  fall convention at America\\\'s  Center and the  Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:39:\"ACI, fall conference, America\\\'s Center\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:24813:\"<p>The American Concrete&nbsp; Insitute will&nbsp; hold its&nbsp; fall convention at America\\\'s&nbsp; Center and the&nbsp; Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.</p>\n<p>ACI is better known for the \\\"World of Concrete\\\" one&nbsp; of the construction industry\\\'s largest exhibits held each year in Las Vegas. ACI, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI,&nbsp; advances concrete knowledge by\nconducting seminars, managing certification programs, and publishing\ntechnical documents. ACI currently has 98\nchapters and 20,000 members spanning 108 countries.</p>\n<p>In addition to the conference programing, ACI will hold technical and ACI committee meetings during the conference. A complete listing of conference programs is below. For registration for the conference go to the <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/registration_info.htm\\\">ACI Conference Registration Site</a></p>\n<table border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"7\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-6:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#S00002104\\\">Sustainable Development Workshop on Concrete, Green Building, and ISO Standards</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM H</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-10:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#EF1\\\">Dining and Dancing on the Mississippi</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Sunday, November 2 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 AM-12:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EF2\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">8:00 AM-9:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001830\\\">First-Time Convention Attendee Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">8:00 AM-9:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzORIENT\\\">First-Time Convention Attendee Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EFIL\\\">International Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-CRYSTAL BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001831\\\">Student Concrete Cylinder Competition</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001480\\\">Concrete Bridge Design for Extreme Events</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001470\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001485\\\">Emerging Technologies in Civil Infrastructure Applications</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001285\\\">Update of IPS-1 Essential Requirements for RC Buildings</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001486\\\">Uplifting Concrete in Museums, Churches, and Civic Architecture</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">5:15 PM-6:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENSES\\\">Opening Session and Hardy Cross Lecture Series</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-7:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENREC\\\">Opening Reception</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001832\\\">Hot Topic Session: Renewal of Bridge Infrastructure: Inspection Maintenance and Security Upgrades</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Monday, November 3 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 AM-8:15 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzTACBFS\\\">Workshop for Technical Committee Chairs</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-8:30 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzSPKBFS\\\">Speaker Skills Training Breakfast: Teaching Methods and Educational Materials</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-232</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001839\\\">ACI Student Fellowships and Young Member Initiatives</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001471\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001838\\\">Recent Advancements in Concrete Technology in Taiwan</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001837\\\">Research in Progress</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001287\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EFSL\\\">Student Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001481\\\">Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001840\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzMOD\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001288\\\">Evaluation of Existing Structures by Means of In-Situ-Load Testing and Structural Monitoring</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001813\\\">Recent Advances in Precast Concrete Pavements</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001483\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001841\\\">Use of Technology with Teaching</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EF3\\\">Dinner in Honor of Luke Snell</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Tuesday, November 4 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF4\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001482\\\">Advances in the Fire Design of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001477\\\">Industry Acceptance of SCC</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001814\\\">Innovative Bridge Decks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001472\\\">Practical  Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001469\\\">Realistic Data for Realistic Expectations</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001815\\\">Slag Cement Concrete Developments</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:30 AM-11:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF5\\\">Architectural Walking Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EFCL\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001844\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001484\\\">Design and Construction of Elevated Concrete Pedestal Tanks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001843\\\">Open Paper Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001845\\\">Practical Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001816\\\">Recent Advances in Torsion Design of Structural Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001286\\\">Seismic Design and Detailing of Bridge Protection Systems</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:30 PM-4:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF6\\\">Concrete Structures of St. Louis Bus Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-8:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#ECM\\\">Concrete Mixer</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Wednesday, November 5 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001848\\\">Adhesive Anchors: Their Importance in the Construction of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001849\\\">People Who Made a Difference in Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001478\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00000804\\\">Use &amp; Misuse of ACI Documents</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001812\\\">Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete - A Tribute to Gordon Batson</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001282\\\">Early Age Test Methods for Performance Specifications</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001850\\\">Shotcrete Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001479\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(641,258,4,2,1222702398,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"258\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-29 05:17 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:46:\"international_concrete_conference_here_nov_2_6\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:129:\"The American Concrete  Institute will  hold its  fall convention at America\\\'s  Center and the  Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:39:\"ACI, fall conference, America\\\'s Center\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:24813:\"<p>The American Concrete&nbsp; Insitute will&nbsp; hold its&nbsp; fall convention at America\\\'s&nbsp; Center and the&nbsp; Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.</p>\n<p>ACI is better known for the \\\"World of Concrete\\\" one&nbsp; of the construction industry\\\'s largest exhibits held each year in Las Vegas. ACI, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI,&nbsp; advances concrete knowledge by\nconducting seminars, managing certification programs, and publishing\ntechnical documents. ACI currently has 98\nchapters and 20,000 members spanning 108 countries.</p>\n<p>In addition to the conference programing, ACI will hold technical and ACI committee meetings during the conference. A complete listing of conference programs is below. For registration for the conference go to the <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/registration_info.htm\\\">ACI Conference Registration Site</a></p>\n<table border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"7\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-6:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#S00002104\\\">Sustainable Development Workshop on Concrete, Green Building, and ISO Standards</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM H</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-10:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#EF1\\\">Dining and Dancing on the Mississippi</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Sunday, November 2 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 AM-12:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a 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Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EFIL\\\">International Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-CRYSTAL BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001831\\\">Student Concrete Cylinder Competition</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001480\\\">Concrete Bridge Design for Extreme Events</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001470\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td 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href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENREC\\\">Opening Reception</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001832\\\">Hot Topic Session: Renewal of Bridge Infrastructure: Inspection Maintenance and Security Upgrades</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Monday, November 3 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 AM-8:15 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzTACBFS\\\">Workshop for Technical Committee Chairs</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-8:30 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzSPKBFS\\\">Speaker Skills Training Breakfast: Teaching Methods and Educational Materials</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-232</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001839\\\">ACI Student Fellowships and Young Member Initiatives</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001471\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001838\\\">Recent Advancements in Concrete Technology in Taiwan</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001837\\\">Research in Progress</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001287\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EFSL\\\">Student Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001481\\\">Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001840\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzMOD\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001288\\\">Evaluation of Existing Structures by Means of In-Situ-Load Testing and Structural Monitoring</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001813\\\">Recent Advances in Precast Concrete Pavements</a></p>\n</td>\n<td 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width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EF3\\\">Dinner in Honor of Luke Snell</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Tuesday, November 4 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF4\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001482\\\">Advances in the Fire Design of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001477\\\">Industry Acceptance of SCC</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001814\\\">Innovative Bridge Decks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001472\\\">Practical  Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001469\\\">Realistic Data for Realistic Expectations</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001815\\\">Slag Cement Concrete Developments</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p 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href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001844\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001484\\\">Design and Construction of Elevated Concrete Pedestal Tanks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001843\\\">Open Paper Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001845\\\">Practical Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001816\\\">Recent Advances in Torsion Design of Structural Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001286\\\">Seismic Design and Detailing of Bridge Protection Systems</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:30 PM-4:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF6\\\">Concrete Structures of St. Louis Bus Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-8:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#ECM\\\">Concrete Mixer</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Wednesday, November 5 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001848\\\">Adhesive Anchors: Their Importance in the Construction of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001849\\\">People Who Made a Difference in Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001478\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00000804\\\">Use &amp; Misuse of ACI Documents</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001812\\\">Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete - A Tribute to Gordon Batson</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001282\\\">Early Age Test Methods for Performance Specifications</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001850\\\">Shotcrete Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001479\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(642,258,4,2,1222702475,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"258\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-29 05:17 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:46:\"international_concrete_conference_here_nov_2_6\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:129:\"The American Concrete  Institute will  hold its  fall convention at America\\\'s  Center and the  Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:39:\"ACI, fall conference, America\\\'s Center\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:24814:\"<p>The American Concrete&nbsp; Insitute will&nbsp; hold its&nbsp; fall convention at America\\\'s&nbsp; Center and the&nbsp; Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.</p>\n<p>ACI is better known for the \\\"World of Concrete,\\\" one&nbsp; of the construction industry\\\'s largest exhibits held each year in Las Vegas. ACI, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI,&nbsp; advances concrete knowledge by\nconducting seminars, managing certification programs, and publishing\ntechnical documents. ACI currently has 98\nchapters and 20,000 members spanning 108 countries.</p>\n<p>In addition to the conference programing, ACI will hold technical and ACI committee meetings during the conference. A complete listing of conference programs is below. For registration for the conference go to the <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/registration_info.htm\\\">ACI Conference Registration Site</a></p>\n<table border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"7\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-6:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#S00002104\\\">Sustainable Development Workshop on Concrete, Green Building, and ISO Standards</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM H</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-10:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#EF1\\\">Dining and Dancing on the Mississippi</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Sunday, November 2 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 AM-12:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EF2\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">8:00 AM-9:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001830\\\">First-Time Convention Attendee Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">8:00 AM-9:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzORIENT\\\">First-Time Convention Attendee Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EFIL\\\">International Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-CRYSTAL BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001831\\\">Student Concrete Cylinder Competition</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001480\\\">Concrete Bridge Design for Extreme Events</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001470\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001485\\\">Emerging Technologies in Civil Infrastructure Applications</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001285\\\">Update of IPS-1 Essential Requirements for RC Buildings</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001486\\\">Uplifting Concrete in Museums, Churches, and Civic Architecture</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">5:15 PM-6:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENSES\\\">Opening Session and Hardy Cross Lecture Series</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-7:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENREC\\\">Opening Reception</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001832\\\">Hot Topic Session: Renewal of Bridge Infrastructure: Inspection Maintenance and Security Upgrades</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Monday, November 3 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 AM-8:15 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzTACBFS\\\">Workshop for Technical Committee Chairs</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-8:30 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzSPKBFS\\\">Speaker Skills Training Breakfast: Teaching Methods and Educational Materials</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-232</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001839\\\">ACI Student Fellowships and Young Member Initiatives</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001471\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001838\\\">Recent Advancements in Concrete Technology in Taiwan</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001837\\\">Research in Progress</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001287\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EFSL\\\">Student Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001481\\\">Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001840\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzMOD\\\">Convention 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width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EF3\\\">Dinner in Honor of Luke Snell</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Tuesday, November 4 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF4\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001482\\\">Advances in the Fire Design of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001477\\\">Industry 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width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001469\\\">Realistic Data for Realistic Expectations</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001815\\\">Slag Cement Concrete Developments</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:30 AM-11:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF5\\\">Architectural Walking Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EFCL\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001844\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001484\\\">Design and Construction of Elevated Concrete Pedestal Tanks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001843\\\">Open Paper Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001845\\\">Practical Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001816\\\">Recent Advances in Torsion Design of Structural Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001286\\\">Seismic Design and Detailing of Bridge Protection Systems</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:30 PM-4:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF6\\\">Concrete Structures of St. Louis Bus Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-8:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#ECM\\\">Concrete Mixer</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Wednesday, November 5 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001848\\\">Adhesive Anchors: Their Importance in the Construction of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001849\\\">People Who Made a Difference in Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001478\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00000804\\\">Use &amp; Misuse of ACI Documents</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a 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Far\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:330:\"Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:62:\"Mississippi  River Bridge, drilling, test, barge, geotechnical\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:3804:\"<p>Geotechnical engineers are taking core samples of the bedrock where designers hope to put the foundations for the new Mississippi River Bridge. Randy Hitt, Mississippi River Bridge deputy project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), said that so far the core samples seem to consist of good, solid rock.<br /><br />Hitt said engineers will use information obtained from the geotechnical survey to design the foundations for the two piers that will support the bridge. They will decide, for example, whether they have to drill a shaft into the bedrock to support the piers or if they can use caissons, which rest on top of the bedrock.<br /><br />In order to minimize obstruction to barge traffic, the new bridge will have a clear span of 1,500 feet between the two foundations &ndash; the longest clear span across the Mississippi River in Missouri, Hitt said. In comparison, the clear spans of the Alton and Quincy bridges are about 800 feet and the clear span of the Cape Girardeau bridge is 1,150 feet, he said. Engineers think the two towers to support the cables that will hold up the bridge will have to be about 400 feet tall to support that long of a clear span, he said.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Drilling for Mississipi River Bridge\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"476\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/drilling3.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"253\\\" />The new Mississippi River Bridge will touch down in Missouri just to the left (south) of the cement silos in the background. The cement silos belong to Continental Cement Co.</h4>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The geotechnical team assessing the bedrock includes people from HNTB, TSI, and Geotechnology Inc. Massman Construction provided the barge that served as a drilling platform. Geotechnology provided the drilling rig.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">In 2001, Illinois and Missouri \n											received approval for a new \n											Mississippi River Bridge and \n											associated roadways (<a href=\\\"http://www.newriverbridge.org/initialphase.asp\\\">shown on a map which can be viewed through this link</a>) . The components of the \n											project are:</p>\n<ul style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">Relocated I-70 \n												in Illinois, north of its \n												current location</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A new, 8-lane, \n												I-70 Mississippi River Bridge (revised from the original to four lanes)</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An interchange \n												in Missouri with existing I-70 \n												near Cass Avenue</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">An improved \n												I-55/64/70 Tri-Level Interchange \n												in East St. Louis</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p align=\\\"left\\\">A connection \n												between the existing I-55/64/70 \n												Interchange and the relocation \n												of I-70 called the I-64 \n												Connector</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">Improvements to \n												ramps at the west side of the \n												existing I-55/64/70 Poplar \n												Street Bridge in Missouri</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">The two states lacked sufficient \n											funding to construct all components \n											of the project at the same time. The \n											estimated cost of the Ultimate \n											Project Concept is between $1.8 \n											billion and $2.2 billion. The scope \n											of work announced on February 28, \n											2008 is the first phase of the \n											project. This phase is \n											operationally independent since it \n											can be funded and built to function \n											as a viable transportation facility. \n											See the <a href=\\\"http://www.newriverbridge.org/initialphase.asp\\\"> Proposed \n											Initial Phase</a> for \n											details.</p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">.</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:37:\"/images/uploads/drilling-4-bridge.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(644,258,4,1,1223341718,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"258\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-29 05:17 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"23\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:46:\"international_concrete_conference_here_nov_2_6\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:129:\"The American Concrete  Institute will  hold its  fall convention at America\\\'s  Center and the  Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:39:\"ACI, fall conference, America\\\'s Center\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:24814:\"<p>The American Concrete&nbsp; Insitute will&nbsp; hold its&nbsp; fall convention at America\\\'s&nbsp; Center and the&nbsp; Renaissance Grand Hotel Nov. 2-6.</p>\n<p>ACI is better known for the \\\"World of Concrete,\\\" one&nbsp; of the construction industry\\\'s largest exhibits held each year in Las Vegas. ACI, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI,&nbsp; advances concrete knowledge by\nconducting seminars, managing certification programs, and publishing\ntechnical documents. ACI currently has 98\nchapters and 20,000 members spanning 108 countries.</p>\n<p>In addition to the conference programing, ACI will hold technical and ACI committee meetings during the conference. A complete listing of conference programs is below. For registration for the conference go to the <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/registration_info.htm\\\">ACI Conference Registration Site</a></p>\n<table border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"7\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-6:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#S00002104\\\">Sustainable Development Workshop on Concrete, Green Building, and ISO Standards</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM H</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-10:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#EF1\\\">Dining and Dancing on the Mississippi</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Sunday, November 2 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 AM-12:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a 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Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EFIL\\\">International Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-CRYSTAL BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001831\\\">Student Concrete Cylinder Competition</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001480\\\">Concrete Bridge Design for Extreme Events</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001470\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td 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href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001486\\\">Uplifting Concrete in Museums, Churches, and Civic Architecture</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">5:15 PM-6:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENSES\\\">Opening Session and Hardy Cross Lecture Series</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-7:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a 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/></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 AM-8:15 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzTACBFS\\\">Workshop for Technical Committee Chairs</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-8:30 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzSPKBFS\\\">Speaker Skills Training Breakfast: Teaching Methods and Educational Materials</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-232</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001839\\\">ACI Student Fellowships and Young Member Initiatives</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001471\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001838\\\">Recent Advancements in Concrete Technology in Taiwan</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001837\\\">Research in Progress</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001287\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EFSL\\\">Student Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a 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Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001288\\\">Evaluation of Existing Structures by Means of In-Situ-Load Testing and Structural Monitoring</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001813\\\">Recent Advances in Precast Concrete Pavements</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001483\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001841\\\">Use of Technology with Teaching</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EF3\\\">Dinner in Honor of Luke Snell</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Tuesday, November 4 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF4\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001482\\\">Advances in the Fire Design of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001477\\\">Industry Acceptance of SCC</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001814\\\">Innovative Bridge Decks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001472\\\">Practical  Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001469\\\">Realistic Data for Realistic Expectations</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001815\\\">Slag Cement Concrete Developments</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:30 AM-11:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF5\\\">Architectural Walking Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EFCL\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001844\\\">Contractors\\\' Day Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001484\\\">Design and Construction of Elevated Concrete Pedestal Tanks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001843\\\">Open Paper Session</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001845\\\">Practical Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001816\\\">Recent Advances in Torsion Design of Structural Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001286\\\">Seismic Design and Detailing of Bridge Protection Systems</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:30 PM-4:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF6\\\">Concrete Structures of St. Louis Bus Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-8:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#ECM\\\">Concrete Mixer</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Wednesday, November 5 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001848\\\">Adhesive Anchors: Their Importance in the Construction of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001849\\\">People Who Made a Difference in Concrete</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001478\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00000804\\\">Use &amp; Misuse of ACI Documents</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001812\\\">Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete - A Tribute to Gordon Batson</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001282\\\">Early Age Test Methods for Performance Specifications</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001850\\\">Shotcrete Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/5/2008#S00001479\\\">The Spirit of Structural Concrete in Performance Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"23\";}'),(645,258,4,1,1223341795,'a:27:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:3:\"258\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2008-09-29 05:17 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:2:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";i:1;s:2:\"23\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 2-6\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:46:\"international_concrete_conference_here_nov_2_6\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:47:\"International Concrete Conference Here Nov. 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ACI, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI,&nbsp; advances concrete knowledge by\nconducting seminars, managing certification programs, and publishing\ntechnical documents. ACI currently has 98\nchapters and 20,000 members spanning 108 countries.</p>\n<p>In addition to the conference programing, ACI will hold technical and ACI committee meetings during the conference. A complete listing of conference programs is below. For registration for the conference go to the <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/registration_info.htm\\\">ACI Conference Registration Site</a></p>\n<table border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"7\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-6:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#S00002104\\\">Sustainable Development Workshop on Concrete, Green Building, and ISO Standards</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM H</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-10:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/1/2008#EF1\\\">Dining and Dancing on the Mississippi</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Sunday, November 2 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 AM-12:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EF2\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">8:00 AM-9:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001830\\\">First-Time Convention Attendee Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">8:00 AM-9:00 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzORIENT\\\">First-Time Convention Attendee Breakfast</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-MAJESTIC BALLROOM B</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EFIL\\\">International Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-CRYSTAL BALLROOM</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">1:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001831\\\">Student Concrete Cylinder Competition</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001480\\\">Concrete Bridge Design for Extreme Events</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001470\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001485\\\">Emerging Technologies in Civil Infrastructure Applications</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001285\\\">Update of IPS-1 Essential Requirements for RC Buildings</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001486\\\">Uplifting Concrete in Museums, Churches, and Civic Architecture</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">5:15 PM-6:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENSES\\\">Opening Session and Hardy Cross Lecture Series</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 PM-7:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#EzPENREC\\\">Opening Reception</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-100-105</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:30 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/2/2008#S00001832\\\">Hot Topic Session: Renewal of Bridge Infrastructure: Inspection Maintenance and Security Upgrades</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Monday, November 3 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">6:30 AM-8:15 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzTACBFS\\\">Workshop for Technical Committee Chairs</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-8:30 AM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzSPKBFS\\\">Speaker Skills Training Breakfast: Teaching Methods and Educational Materials</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-232</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001839\\\">ACI Student Fellowships and Young Member Initiatives</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001471\\\">Designing and Constructing Durable Long-Life Concrete Pavements, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001838\\\">Recent Advancements in Concrete Technology in Taiwan</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001837\\\">Research in Progress</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001287\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">12:00 PM-2:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EFSL\\\">Student Lunch</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-220-221 &amp; 228-229</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001481\\\">Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001840\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-3:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EzMOD\\\">Convention Session Moderator Training</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;R-LANDMARK 5</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001288\\\">Evaluation of Existing Structures by Means of In-Situ-Load Testing and Structural Monitoring</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001813\\\">Recent Advances in Precast Concrete Pavements</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001483\\\">Session Honoring Professor David Darwin, Part 2</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">2:00 PM-5:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#S00001841\\\">Use of Technology with Teaching</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 PM-10:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/3/2008#EF3\\\">Dinner in Honor of Luke Snell</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Tuesday, November 4 <a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/program.asp#top\\\"><img border=\\\"0\\\" height=\\\"12\\\" src=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/_nav/uparrow.png\\\" width=\\\"11\\\" /></a></strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\\\"center\\\" border=\\\"1\\\" cellpadding=\\\"3\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%;\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">7:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#EF4\\\">Holcim Plant Tour</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001482\\\">Advances in the Fire Design of Concrete Structures</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-240</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001477\\\">Industry Acceptance of SCC</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-223</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001814\\\">Innovative Bridge Decks</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-224</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001472\\\">Practical  Use of Finite Element Analysis in the Design of Concrete Structures, Part 1</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-225</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001469\\\">Realistic Data for Realistic Expectations</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-230</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p align=\\\"right\\\">9:00 AM-12:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" height=\\\"45\\\" width=\\\"55%\\\">\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.concrete.org/Convention/fall-Convention/Program-detail.asp?ProgramDate=11/4/2008#S00001815\\\">Slag Cement Concrete Developments</a></p>\n</td>\n<td bgcolor=\\\"#ffffff\\\" width=\\\"20%\\\">&nbsp;C-241</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\\\"right\\\" height=\\\"35\\\" width=\\\"25%\\\">\n<p 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Biomimicry has inspired numerous commercial products and individual building projects, and the new alliance between the Biomimicry Guild, established by biologists Janine Benyus and Dayna Baumeister in 1998, and HOK has the potential to dramatically expand its scale and impact.<br /><br />\\\"Given the size, breadth and diversity of HOK\\\'s design practice, our firm can significantly influence the future generation of architecture, planning and interior design projects around the world,\\\" says HOK President Bill Hellmuth.<br /><br />The built environment is the most fertile ground for biomimicry, Baumeister says. \\\"Buildings account for about 50% of total U.S. energy use, and our greatest collective impact will come from applying biomimicry to the planning and design of buildings, communities and cities -- at every scale and in every region,\\\" she says.<br /><br />HOK is uniquely positioned to expand the awareness and application of biomimicry within the built environment, advancing its long-standing commitment to sustainable design and innovation. 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She acknowledged that business and economics constrain what a firm can do, but she encourages companies to search their portfolios for a project where the owner would be open to incorporating &ldquo;high end innovation&rdquo; into their building.<br /><br />&ldquo;We have stopped being about innovation in our country and we have to rekindle it,&rdquo; she said. While admitting that most owners want only proven<br />technologies in their buildings, she asked her audience to think about what it would take to prove new technologies. &ldquo;If every large design firm did<br />just one project that incorporated high-end innovation, think how much it would move architecture forward,&rdquo; she said.<br /><br />Szenasy said she is very excited by HOK&rsquo;s new partnership with the biologists of the Biomimicry Guild and she looks forward to seeing what<br />comes out of it. &ldquo;Collaboration with academic researchers in non-architectural fields is the way for us to move the built environment to<br />the next level,&rdquo; she said.<br /><br />In a conversation with CNR before her meeting with HOK designers, Szenasy expressed astonishment that St. Louis has done so little embrace the Arch.<br />&ldquo;Cities around the world would die for a symbol like the Arch,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The question is: what is the city doing around it?&rdquo;<br /><br />She agreed with John Berendzen of Fox Architects that how one develops the boundaries between the park and the city is of special importance. 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She acknowledged that business and economics constrain what a\nfirm can do, but she encourages companies to search their portfolios\nfor a project where the owner would be open to incorporating \\\"high end\ninnovation\\\" into their building.<br /><br /><img alt=\\\"Susan Szenasy\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/sss.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"200\\\" />\\\"We have stopped being about\ninnovation in our country and we have to rekindle it,\\\" she said. While\nadmitting that most owners want only proven<br />technologies in their\nbuildings, she asked her audience to think about what it would take to\nprove new technologies. \\\"If every large design firm did<br />just one project that incorporated high-end innovation, think how much it would move architecture forward,\\\" she said.<br /><br />Szenasy\nsaid she is very excited by HOK\\\'s new partnership with the biologists\nof the Biomimicry Guild and she looks forward to seeing what<br />comes\nout of it. \\\"Collaboration with academic researchers in\nnon-architectural fields is the way for us to move the built\nenvironment to<br />the next level,\\\" she said.<br /><br />In a conversation\nwith CNR before her meeting with HOK designers, Szenasy expressed\nastonishment that St. Louis has done so little embrace the Arch.<br />\\\"Cities around the world would die for a symbol like the Arch,\\\" she said. \\\"The question is: what is the city doing around it?\\\"<br /><br />She\nagreed with John Berendzen of Fox Architects that how one develops the\nboundaries between the park and the city is of special importance. The<br />initiative\nby John Danforth, the former senator, and Mayor Francis Slay to get\npark land turned over to a private entity \\\"is the wrong conversation,\\\"<br />she said, and won\\\'t do anything for how the city embraces the park.<br /><br />\\\"There\nis plenty for everyone to do: the feds, local government, and the\nprivate sector,\\\" she said. \\\"For example, you go to the Arch and what do\nyou<br />see - a Cargill grain elevator. 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She acknowledged that business and economics constrain what a\nfirm can do, but she encourages companies to search their portfolios\nfor a project where the owner would be open to incorporating \\\"high end\ninnovation\\\" into their building.<br /><br /><img alt=\\\"Susan Szenasy\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/sss.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"200\\\" />\\\"We have stopped being about\ninnovation in our country and we have to rekindle it,\\\" she said. While\nadmitting that most owners want only proven<br />technologies in their\nbuildings, she asked her audience to think about what it would take to\nprove new technologies. \\\"If every large design firm did<br />just one project that incorporated high-end innovation, think how much it would move architecture forward,\\\" she said.<br /><br />Szenasy\nsaid she is very excited by HOK\\\'s new partnership with the biologists\nof the Biomimicry Guild and she looks forward to seeing what comes\nout of it. \\\"Collaboration with academic researchers in\nnon-architectural fields is the way for us to move the built\nenvironment to the next level,\\\" she said.<br /><br />In a conversation\nwith CNR before her meeting with HOK designers, Szenasy expressed\nastonishment that St. Louis has done so little embrace the Arch.<br />\\\"Cities around the world would die for a symbol like the Arch,\\\" she said. \\\"The question is: what is the city doing around it?\\\"<br /><br />She\nagreed with John Berendzen of Fox Architects that how one develops the\nboundaries between the park and the city is of special importance. 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