Special Dinner Meeting

October 18, 2016 (Tuesday)

SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE
SELF-ANCHORED SUSPENSION (SAS) SPAN

Guest speaker: David L. McQuaid P.E., AWS President

Location:

Laney College, Oakland

Agenda:

5:30 - 6:45 PM:

Buffet dinner catered by
Everett & Jones Barbecue
The Bistro, E building

Buffet cost: $15

(Reservations required)

7:00 - 8:00 PM:

Presentation in Lecture Hall D200
(free and open to the public,
no reservation required)

8:00 - 8:30 PM:

Welding lab tours
for interested public attendees
L150, F Complex
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AWS President David L. McQuaid
will discuss construction of the new
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge.
Dave holds a degree in Civil Engineering and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states. He
has 45 years experience and has
worked 31 years as the Welding Engineer for American Bridge; who
was the constructor of the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the new Alfred
Zampa Memorial (Carquinez) Bridge

in Vallejo. He currently is the President of his own company DL

McQuaid & Associates. Dave has
also served for the past
30 years as a member of
AWS D1 Main Committee and 20 Years as the
Chairman of the D1.5
Bridge Welding Code
Committee.
Daves presentation will
cover design, fabrication,
field erection & welding
of the Bay Bridge, and its
signature Self Anchored
Suspension (SAS) span.
The bridge contains 50,000 metric
tons of structural steel, 35,000 tons of
Orthotropic Deck Steel and 15,000
tons of tower steel. There was also
24,000 tons of Falsework erected to
support the orthotropic deck until the
suspension cables were erected. This
bridge is unique in that it does not
have large concrete cable anchors at
each end similar to other suspension
bridges. Daves presentation will
highlight several of the complex
welding and fabrication challenges
encountered during construction.
The Self Anchorage Suspension
Bridge is the signature bridge that
connects Oakland California to San
Francisco California. Contract was
awarded in May 2006 and the bridge
was Open to Traffic in August 2013.
The Customer was the State of California, Department of Transportation

Toll Bridge Oversight Committee,

the Contractor was American Bridge/
Fluor Enterprises Inc., A Joint Venture and the Engineer of
Record was TY Lin/
Moffatt & Nichol Engineers Joint Venture.
This bridge spans 1994
feet (625 meters)
50,000 metric tons of
Structural Steel, 35,000
metric tons of Orthotropic Deck Steel and
15,000 metric tons of
tower. The tower is 500
feet (157 meters) tall.
There was 24,000 metric tons of
Falsework to support the orthotropic
deck until the cable was erected.
There are 4,000 metric tons of wire
cable that anchors at each end of the
bridge deck. This bridge is unique in
that it does not have large concrete
cable anchors at each end of the
bridge like typical suspension bridges
have. This bridge has an expected
design life of 150 years.
All welding and fabrication was done
in conformance with the AWS D1.5
Bridge Welding Code and the AISC
Code of Standard Practice. The
welding and fabrication was challenging and unique as will be shown
in this presentation.
(Mr. McQuaids CV appears on the
following page)

PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT EVENT PARKING INFORMATION NEXT PAGE

EVENT PARKING
Attendees can download and print a temporary
parking permit (click here) to park in the student
part of the parking lot or at the District offices
(across estuary from parking lot). Public transportation by BART or AC Transit is readily available.
Click here to see a map of the Laney campus, including parking lots.

If you park here without the permit,

you will be ticketed!

September 7th meeting at

Chevys Emeryville
Douglas E. Williams P.E. pr esented the topic
Welding Metallurgy la Frank Butler to
attendees at the banquet meeting . Mr. Butler was
SF section chair 1966-67. As welding instructor
at Contra Costa College he was know for his interesting and effective teaching methods.

David L. McQuaid P.E.

Is a graduate Civil Engineer and Licensed Professional Engineer in
multiple states.
Has been working in the steel fabrication, welding and construction
industry for over 45 years.

Guest speaker Doug Williams with SF

section chair Jennifer Bernard

Started the Company DL McQuaid

& Associates and is President since
2000.
Worked as an American Bridge Engineer for over 31 years.
Is a member of the AWS D1 Main
Committee and has been so for over
thirty years.

AWS members and guests filled the

meeting room

Chairman of the AWS D1.5 Bridge

Welding Code and has been a member of the Committee for over 20
years.
Member of the AWS Board of Directors Since 2006.

President of the AWS Board of Directors.

Has primarily been involved with
welding and resolving welding
problems since 1970.

The September meeting is always Past

Chairs Night. In attendance (from left)
Liisa Pine, Richard Hashimoto, Linda
Force, Doug Williams, Jennifer Bernard
(present chair), Jerry Azzaro, Sharon Jones,
Joe Meyer, Mike Urioste, Dale Phillips, Andre Lopez.

Welcome
New Members and Section Transferees
John Bleamel
David Corey
Edgar Guerrero
Fereshteh Hajihassan
Alex Hansen
Jeff Hansen
Paul Hope
Ana Hoyos

Thomas Keenan
Craig Kerr
Igor Khokhlov
Arturo Laiens
Luis Lara
Ashish Mehra
Paul Musante
Erik Olivar

Michael Ritter
James Salazar
Oscar Sarlandt
Octavio Soto
David Stephens
Dan Trujillo
Charles White
Anthony Zamora

Important Dates:
October 18 (Tuesday)
Special Section Meeting
Guest Speaker:
David L. McQuaid, AWS President
Laney College, Oakland
November 2
Technical Dinner Meeting
(location to be announced)

2016-2017 Section Officers

Chair: Jennifer Bernard
1st Vice Chair: Mark Thayer
2nd Vice Chair: Scott Miner
Secretary: May Ung
Treasurer: Sharon Jones
Education Committee Chair: Richard Hashimoto
Publicity Committee Chair: Jerry Azzaro
Student Affairs Committee Chair:
Liisa Pine-Schoonmaker
Board Member Emeritus: Doug W illiams
Past Chairman: Mike Zinser
Librarian: Dale Phillips
Certification Committee Chairman: Corkey Bates
Newsletter Editor, Roster Administrator: Jerry Azzaro
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22nd District Director: Kerry Shatell
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