January 7, 2004

Design Detailings: ASCE meeting on corrosion effects

The Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers invites all ASCE members and interested civil engineers to the Jan. 14 meeting at the Ballard Yankee Grill, 5300 24th Ave. N.W.

The program will feature the presentation, "Localized Reinforcement Corrosion -- The Story of Structural Failures cased by Corrosion Occurring Beneath the Surface, Unseen and Undetected," by Jack Tinnea, president of Tinnea & Associates.

Cracks, variation in moisture content and concrete bleeding can lead to localized corrosion of reinforcing steel, according to Tinnea. These conditions can accelerate reinforcement corrosion in confined areas. Cases will be presented showing full-section corrosion failure of reinforcement in concrete that passed traditional sounding techniques. Examples include buildings, parking garages, bridges, piers and municipal aquariums.

The meeting begins with a social event at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:15 and program at 7:30. Cost is $26. For reservations, e-mail house@seattleasce.org by noon Monday.

Anderson to design Bremerton terminal

Art Anderson Associates has signed a contract with Kitsap Transit to provide planning and design for improvements to the Bremerton Passenger-Only Ferry Terminal.

To complement the Cross Sound Passenger Service, planning and permitting has begun for outfitting the A-Float and constructing a new service float. The A-Float was originally designed and constructed as part of the Bremerton Transportation Center Passenger Only Ferry in 1999, but Initiative 695 unfunded the installation. Bringing the A-Float, which has been moored in Tacoma, into service will improve passenger accessibility to passenger ferries, allow for additional moorage, and meet the demands of the proposed new generation of small, high-speed, bow loading passenger ferries.

New outfitting for the terminal includes fendering systems, mooring, safety railings and docking system for the ADA accessible passenger ferry terminal and overnight moorage facility for the ferries. The outfitted terminal will first be used in a prototype test program to evaluate the new ferry vessels and validate programmatic issues used to develop the passenger ferry system plan.

Established in 1957, Art Anderson Associates has offices in Bremerton and Seattle, with four other offices in the United States. The firm provides services for marine and facilities projects to clients throughout the U.S. and internationally.