Upcoming events

Switch to Calendar View

• Joint SEI/ABCD Meeting - Three Sisters Bridges

  • When
    30 Jan 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Cefalo's (Carnegie)

   

  Three sister bridges

  -- Presentation by AAron Colorito

  Dinner Meeting - Thursday January 30^th – Earn 1 PDH

  Cefalo’s Banquet & Event Center 428 Washington Avenue in Carnegie

  Social 5:00pm, Dinner 6:00pm, Presentation 7:00pm

  Members $55, Non-Members $65, Government/Student $25

  For more information contact SEI.Pittsburgh@gmail.com

  

  The Roberto Clemente (6^th Street), Andy Warhol (7^th Street), and Rachel Carson (9^th Street) Bridges cross the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Collectively known as the Three Sisters Bridges, the eyebar-chain self-anchored suspension bridges comprise the only trio of identical, side-by-side bridges in the world and were the first self-anchored suspension bridges in the United States. Constructed in the mid-1920s, the Three Sisters Bridges are essentially identical in design and detailing; however, they have experienced different types of deterioration and structural issues over their lifetimes. The bridges were rehabilitated over the course of three sequential projects. This presentation presents lessons learned over the course of the projects that can be useful for future rehabilitations and repairs of riveted steel bridges. Types of repairs included deck replacement, steel framing repair and replacement, tie-down system replacement, eyebar and pin nut replacement, making stringers composite through a buckle plate floor, and general rivet replacement.

  
  

                                          

  Show details
• ASCE YMF Winter Social

  • When
    08 Feb 2025
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Schenley Park Skating Rink, 10341 Overlook Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  

  All are welcome! Feel free to reach out to asceymfpgh@gmail.com with any questions, we hope to see you there!

  Show details
• ASCE Geo-Institute - February Dinner Meeting - Johnstown Flood

  • When
    13 Feb 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Cefalo's Banquet & Event Center - 428 Washington Ave, Carnegie, PA 15106

  Register

  Revisiting the Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of the 1889 South Fork Dam Breach and Johnstown Flood

  Presented by

  Michael Bennett, P.E., Gannett Fleming - Valley Forge, PA

  
  

  The 1889 breach of the South Fork Dam, which caused the infamous “Johnstown Flood,” remains the deadliest dam failure in US history.  The dam was built in the mid-1800s as part of a transportation network across Pennsylvania, and its design and construction met the contemporary standard of care.  Decades of neglect, however, left the dam in disrepair until a group of Pittsburgh magnates hastily rebuilt it to create an exclusive lakeside resort.  The repairs were shoddy, but the elites ignored warnings of disaster.  On May 31^st, 1889, however, the dam overtopped after a rainstorm and breached.  The resulting tsunami-like flood wave inundated the steelmaking community of Johnstown and killed roughly 2,500 people.  Public outrage over the disaster was widespread, but the well-connected tycoons warded off legal and financial consequences and even compromised ASCE’s investigation of the failure.  Society, civil engineering, dam safety, and engineering ethics have all undergone major positive changes since 1889.  Yet the South Fork Dam saga remains a powerful reminder to civil engineers, particularly those in geotechnics, of their professional duties and responsibilities.

  
  
  

  Show details
• ASCE YMF & SEI GBM

  • When
    20 Feb 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Southern Tier Brewery, 316 N Shore Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

  

  Feel free to reach out to asceymfpgh@gmail.com with any questions! Hope to see you there!

  Show details
• 2025 E-Week Awards Banquet

  • When
    22 Feb 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    ESWP
  • Spaces left
    35

  Register

  ASCE Pittsburgh Section

  proudly presentS the

  2024 Award Recipients

  Join us to Celebrate

  
  

  

  By Awards Committee Chair

  Tom Batroney

  
  

  Student Awards Foundation

  Angela Meyer

  
  

  --- 

  Event Contact

  Pat Sullivan, psullivan@cecinc.com

  Show details