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Robert W. “Bob” Sward, P.E.

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Bob Sward has 36 years of experience in the design and application of post-tensioning of both new and existing structures, includes segmental (CIP & Precast) and stay cable supported bridges, heavy lifting and repair and strengthening of structures.

He is active in the American Segmental Bridge Association (ASBI), American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI).  He is a past president for PTI and is a founding member of ACI 376 – “Concrete Structures for Refrigerated Liquefied Gas Containment.”

He is a licensed Engineer in 8 states and is currently Vice President of Business Development for Structural Technologies.

Areas of Expertise

  • Application of post-tensioning in segmental (CIP and Precast) Bridges
  • Stay Cable and related stay cable technologies (cable damping, fire protection, armor and blast protection)
  • Segmental erection equipment and methods
  • Application of post-tensioning for the repair and strengthening of existing structures
  • Application of strand jacking for the erection and demolition of structures using Heavy Lifting and Sliding techniques

Professional Participation

  • Post-Tensioning Institute – Fellow
    • Chair of M-50 Committee “Specification for Multistrand and Grouted Post-Tensioning”
    • M-10 “Specification for Unbonded Single Strand Tendons” – Voting Member
    • Finance Committee – Voting Member
    • Board of Director’s – Director / Voting Member
  • American Segmental Bridge Institute
  • American Concrete Institute
    • ACI 376 – “Concrete Structures for Refrigerated Liquified Gas Containment” – Associate Member

Certification

  • Professional Engineer – Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Colorado, Oklahoma

Relevant Professional Papers

Project Experiences

Cable Stayed Bridges

  • William H. Harsha Bridge, Maysville, KY
  • William F. Natcher, Owensboro, KY
  • US 82 Greenville Bridge, Greenville, MS
  • US Grant Bridge, Portsmouth, OH
  • John James Audubon Bridge, St. Francisville, LA
  • Canada Line North Arm Fraser River Bridge, Vancouver, BC
  • Margret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, TX
  • KCICON, Kansas City, MO
  • New River Bridge, St. Luis, MO
  • New Tappan Zee Bridge, Tarrytown, NY
  • Saint Croix River Bridge, Stillwater, MN
  • Ironton Russell Ohio River Bridge, Ironton Ohio / Russell Kentucky
  • Gerald Desmond Bridge, Long Beach, CA
  • Transbay Bus Ramp, San Francisco, CA
  • Wellsburg Arch, Wellsburg, WV
  • Skillman Bridge, Dallas, TX

Precast Segmental Bridges

  • High Five, Dallas, TX
  • Four Bears Bridge, New Town, ND
  • Broadway Bridge, Daytona Beach, FL
  • Harbor Bridge Approach Span, Corpus Christi, TX
  • I-59/I-20 Reconstruction, Birmingham, AL

Cast-In-Place Segmental Bridges

  • Wabash Street Bridge, St. Paul, MN
  • Wakota, St. Paul, MN
  • Creve Coeur, St. Louis, MO
  • Quintana Bridge, Freeport, TX
  • Maroon Creek Bridge, Aspen, CO
  • Galveston Causeway, Galveston, TX
  • I-10 Trinity River Bridge, Houston, TX
  • Memorial Causeway Bridge, Clearwater, FL
  • Winona Mississippi River Bridge, Winona, MN

Cast-In-Place Bridges

  • Marta CF 310, Atlanta, GA

Spliced Bulb Tee Girder Bridges

  • Pascagoula River Bridge, Pascagoula, MS
  • Rigolets Pass, New Orleans, LA
  • Biloxi Bay Bridge, Biloxi Bay, MS
  • SH249 – SH99 Direct Connectors, Houston, TX

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