TRB Webinar: Minimizing the Risk of Early Age Cracking in Concrete

TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, from 2:00 to 3:30PM ET that discussed the causes of cracking in concrete, how to measure cracking, and how to reduce it. This webinar explained how minimizing cracking can extend the service life of various structures, and illustrated real life applications of crack reduction in design and construction.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Concrete Materials and Placement Techniques. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar. 

Here are the slides.

Webinar Presenters

• Doug Hooton, University of Toronto
• Jason Weiss, Oregon State University
• Don Streeter, New York Department of Transportation

Moderated by: Tyson Rupnow, Louisiana Transportation Research Center

Webinar Outline

1. Introduction
2. Various Causes of Cracking and Ways to Minimize It
3. New Ways to Avoid and Minimize Cracking
4. Practical Applications to Minimizing Cracking
5. Question and Answer Session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:

• Understand what factors cause or contribute to cracking and what can be done to eliminate these factors in design and/or construction

Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $95 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in November 2015. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.