Technical Committee Work

Bridge Program employees are involved in many of the national technical committees and task forces that shape the design specifications, policies and computer applications used by bridge and hydraulic engineers nationwide.

Wyoming actively participates in the following:

AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures

T-2 Technical Committee on Bearings and Expansion Devices
T-7 Technical Committee on Guardrail/Bridge Rail
T-12 Technical Committee on Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires and Traffic Signals
T-14 Technical Committee for Structural Steel Design
T-18 Technical Committee for Bridge Management, Evaluation and Rehabilitation
Joint AASHTO/AWS Bridge Welding Committee
Joint Technical Committee on Project Delivery

AASHTO Subcommittee on Design

Technical Committee on Roadside Safety
Technical Committee on Hydrology and Hydraulics

Task Force 13 

Software Development

AASHTOWare VIRITS / OPIS User Group
AASHTOWare Pontis User Group
BRASS Users' Group

Bridge Employees are currently serving in the following capacities within the National Cooperative Highway Research Program:

Committees

General Structures Committee
Steel Bridge Committee

Project Panels

NCHRP 10-70, Cost Effective Connection Details for Highway Signs, Luminaires and Traffic Signal Structures

NCHRP 10-74, Development of Fatigue Loading and Design Methodology for High Mast Lighting Poles 

NCHRP 10-80, New Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires and Traffic Signals