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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Please forward to other people you think may be interested in this training opportunity:</span></b></em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ODOT is sponsoring National Highway Institute’s Strut-and-Tie Modeling (STM) for Concrete Structures<span class="display-response11"> on July 30<sup>th</sup> through
31<sup>st</sup>. Location for the training is Salem, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">STM provides engineers with a simplistic analysi</span><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"">s and design tool for deep concrete
bridge elements and disturbed regions that would otherwise require a rigorous refined analysis. STM has long been established as a reasonable analysis tool for disturbed regions and deep beams. However, this modeling tool has had difficulty being integrated
into our bridge design state-of-practice, which has resulted in inappropriate use of the simplistic elastic beam theory design for deep beams and disturbed regions. In some cases, it has resulted in poor in-service performance. This training course serves
as a significant step in providing the knowledge transfer necessary for STM to be used more frequently and more effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about the training and to register, click on the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Business/Training/EGN01158_073019-073019_Strut-and-Tie.pdf"><span style="color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Business/Training/EGN01158_073019-073019_Strut-and-Tie.pdf</span></span></a>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:blue">Lorrie Schaefer, Senior Training Consultant</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><br>
Technical Services<br>
Branch and Project Delivery Services Unit<br>
Oregon Department of Transportation<br>
Telephone: 503-378-5224<br>
</span><a href="mailto:Lorrie.L.Schaefer@ODOT.state.or.us"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Lorrie.L.Schaefer@ODOT.state.or.us</span></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">
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