Short Span Steel Bridges 
NSBA Webinar on Optimizing Steel Bridge Design (Dec. 15)
The following information was offered by the National Steel Bridge Alliance.
Webinar Title: From Concept to Connection: Optimizing Steel Bridge Design with NSBA Tools
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT
Registration/Price: Visit the National Steel Bridge Alliance Learning Portal
Description: Designing steel bridges doesn’t have to mean reinventing the wheel on every project. The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) provides a powerful suite of free, industry-tested tools and standard plans designed to shave hours off your workflow, from initial concept to final details.
Join three bridge engineering experts and discover how to fast-track your design timeline, minimize manual calculation errors, and leverage ready-to-use standards.
- Unlock Value Engineering with Standard Plans: Frank Russo, PE, PhD, reveals how practicing engineers, owners, fabricators, and contractors can leverage the AISC/NSBA Standard Plans for Steel Bridges. Whether used as-is or customized for project-specific needs (such as deck thickness variations), learn how the Standard Plans can deliver instant cost and time savings.
- Master Seamless Analysis & Splice Workflows: Chris Garrell, PE, demonstrates how to drastically cut design time using LRFD Simon for girder analysis and NSBA Splice for bolted connections. Learn input-to-output shortcuts, key results to review, and how data flows directly from Simon into Splice.
- Accelerate Preliminary & Conceptual Design (TS&L): Jeff Carlson, PE, walks through a sample bridge while showcasing NSBA tools that turn complex early-phase calculations into quick, “back-of-the-envelope” analyses, helping you with faster decision-making earlier in the process.
For registration and additional information, visit the National Steel Bridge Alliance Learning Portal.
Does the SSSBA offer educational opportunities?
Yes! The SSSBA offers educational opportunities to students and professionals:
Professionals: The SSSBA provides complimentary half-day or full-day workshops on short span steel bridge design to states, counties, and design firms. Topics covered include practical and cost-effective steel bridge design and fabrication with eSPAN140, press-brake-formed steel tub girders, steel buried bridge design, galvanized coating solutions, and economical design with case studies, and more. The workshops can take place virtually or in-person, compliments of the steel industry. Learn more.
Students: The University of Wyoming and the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance created a free 6-part live-lecture educational series to cover the many aspects of designing, fabricating, and constructing steel bridges. All students who successfully complete the education series will receive a Certificate of Completion from the University of Wyoming. Learn more.
Speakers: The SSSBA provides expert speakers to present topics of interest on the cost-effective design and construction of short span steel bridges. If you need a speaker for your next event, contact the SSSBA.
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