PESC News

Recent News

PESC Senior Engineer Nestor Rubiano has recently joined the ranks of academia as a part-time faculty lecturer of the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering. In the spring of 2012, Dr. Rubiano will be teaching CE335 Elements of Steel Design, a first course in the design of steel building structures for undergraduate students.

President Lisa Carter Powell, P.E. is pleased and honored to announce her induction on October 21, 2010 into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni established by the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering’s Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Department to recognize the professional achievements and contributions of its graduates.

Technical Publications

  • "The Congress Avenue Bridge: 100 Years of an Austin Changing Icon"
  • "Structural Assessment of Bridges with Premature Concrete Deterioration due to Expansive Reactions”
  • "183A Turnpike: A Design-Build Success Story"
  • "Effects of Supplementary Cementing Materials on the Setitng Time and Early Strength of Concrete"
  • “Accelerated Short Span Bridge Replacement Using Precast Elements”
  • “Construction Issues of Miel I Dam – The World’s Tallest RCC Dam”
  • “RCC Quality Control for Miel I Dam Construction”
  • “Inelastic Seismic Evaluation of Concrete Frames including Shear Deformations and Anchorage Slip”
  • “A Comparison of Nonlinear Models for Reinforced Concrete Frames”
  • “Precast Concrete Alternate Provides Unique Solution for Airport Terminal Bridge”
  • “A Unique Bridge for Austin’s New Airport”
  • “Design and Analysis of Pretensioned/Post-Tensioned Long-Span High Performance Concrete I-Beams"
  • “Yield Sequence Analysis of a Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Building”
  • “Evaluation an Analytical Verification of Infilled Frame Test data, Part 1: In-Plane Behavior”
  • “Evaluation and Analytical Verification of Infilled Frame Test Data, Part 2: Out-of-Plane Behavior”
  • “Evaluation and Analytical Verification of Infilled Frame Test Data"
  • "Experimental Study on Behavior of Ultra-High Strength Reinforced Concrete Columns under Triaxial Forces"
  • "Deviator Behavior and Design for Externally Post-Tensioned Bridges"
  • "State of the Art of Externally Post-Tensioned Bridges with Deviators"
  • "Ultimate Strength of Precast Segmental Externally Post-Tensioned Systems"

Press

There is a certain level of satisfaction to contemplating a major structure, developing the idea, working out the details, producing a top-quality set of construction documents, and finally seeing the idea transformed into a living structure.

It’s this satisfaction that keeps design professionals in the game. But it doesn’t hurt when others take notice…

Airport Bridge Texas Construction

Airport Bridge Texas Construction

 

airport bridge Austin American Statesman article

Airport Bridge Austin American Statesman article

HPC ENR Journal

HPC ENR Journal