International Bridge Conference®

IBC

The International Bridge Conference® (IBC) is the pre-eminent arena for the bridge industry in North America, Europe and Asia.   Sponsored by the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) , the IBC annually attracts over 1,600 bridge owners and engineers, senior policy makers, government officials, bridge designers, construction executives, and suppliers from throughout the United States and abroad.   Now in its 27th year as an annual conference, in 2009 participants came from 49 States and 19 countries. The IBC has traditionally been planned by an all-volunteer group that provides continuing education and networking opportunities to members of all sectors of the bridge industry.   New in 2010 is the strategic partnership between the ESWP, and the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).    The two organizations will work together to develop conference curriculum focusing on bridge financing and regulations, new project delivery methods and safety to help increase participation of highway and bridge contractors and public officials. 

IBC Executive Committee

General Chair
Jeffrey J. Campbell, PE
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

Technical Program Chair
Thomas J. Vena, PE
A&A Consultants, Inc.

Seminars/Workshops Chair
Marketing Co-Chair
W. Jay Rohleder, Jr., PE, SE
FIGG

Keynote / Featured Agency Co-Chair
Carl Angeloff, PE
Bayer Material Science, LLC

Strategic Planning Chair
Kenneth J. Wright, PE
HDR Engineering, Inc.

Bridge Awards Co-Chair
Magazine Chair
Thomas G. Leech, PE, SE
Gannett Fleming, Inc.

Budget / Rules Co-Chair
Victor E. Bertolina, PE
SAI Consulting Engineers

Budget / Rules Co-Chair
RIchard Connors, PE, PMP
Municipality of Murrysville, PA

Co-Meetings Chair
Matthew P. McTish, PE
McTish, Kunkel & Associates

Marketing Co-Chair
Keynote/Featured Agency Co-Chair
Eric S. Kline, PCS
KTA-Tator, Inc.

 

Construction Co-Chair
Michael J. Alterio
Alpha Structures, Inc.

Construction Co-Chair
Ronald D. Medlock, PE
High Steel Structures, Inc.

Education / Student Award Co-Chair
Kent A. Harries, PhD, FACI, PE
University of Pittsburgh

Education / Student Award Co-Chair
James H. Garrett, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University

Spouse Program Chair
Gerald J. Pitzer, PE
GAI Consultants, Inc.

Exhibits/Co-Sponsors Chair
Lisle E. Williams, PE, PLS
Consultant

Tours Chair
Donald Killmeyer, Jr., PE
ms consultants,inc.  

Al M. Ahmed, PE
A&A Consultants, Inc.

Calvin Boring, Jr.
Trumbull Corporation

Enrico T. Bruschi, PE
AECOM

Matthew A. Bunner, PE
HDR Engineering, Inc.

James D. Dwyer
ARM Corp.

Donald W. Herbert, PE
Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation

M. Myint Lwin, PE, SE
Federal Highway Administration 

Thomas P. Macioce, PE
Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation

James R. Madara, PE, LS
Gannett Fleming, Inc./ARTBA

Herbert M. Mandel, PE
GAI Consultants, Inc.

Dennis R. Mertz, PhD
University of Delaware

Gary Runco, PE
Consultant

Helena Russell
bridge design and engineering 

Louis J. Ruzzi, PE
PennDOT

Emeritus Committee Members

Joel Abrams, PhD
Consultant

Reidar Bjorhovde, PhD
The Bjorhovde Group

Steven Fenves, PhD
NIST

Fred Graham, PE
OSMOS USA

Arthur W. Hedgren, Jr., PhD, PE
Consultant

Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania

ESWP

The ESWP has provided a forum for the professional development and the facilities for the social interaction of its members for more than a century. The ESWP is chartered to advance the professions of engineering, architecture, and applied sciences through technical activities, public service participation and social organizations. It also supports the needs of industries, communities, and government in Western Pennsylvania.

The ESWP has provided a forum for the professional development and the facilities for the social interaction of its members for more than a century. The ESWP is chartered to advance the professions of engineering, architecture, and applied sciences through technical activities, public service participation and social organizations. It also supports the needs of industries, communities, and government in Western Pennsylvania.

American Road & Transportation Builders Association

ARTBA

Established in 1902 at the Cadillac Hotel in New York City, ARTBA is the oldest and most respected national transportation construction-related association. ARTBA founder Horatio Earle, a Michigan public official, was the first to articulate the need for a federally-built network of Interstate highways. Earle called it the "Capital Connecting Government Highway System," which he said, would "connect every state capital with each other and the Nation's Capital-Washington, D.C."

  Earle's vision was achieved in 1956 when President Eisenhower signed the law authorizing the construction of the Interstate Highway System and creation of the Highway Trust Fund to pay for it. ARTBA members designed, built and continue to maintain the Interstate system, along with the rest of the nation's transportation network. 

 ARTBA created the Bridge Policy and Promotion Council (BPPC) in 2008 to help boost investment, promote new products and technologies, enhance industry communications and educate the public and government officials about the importance of the bridge sector. The BPPC will host a meeting in conjunction with the conference, resulting in additional industry executive attendance.