CERTIFICATE IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

January 2014 Course Outline

C50 Highway Bridge Loading

Offered via classroom and web cast

Purpose: This course focuses on the general highway bridge loadings in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code.
The course will provide the students with an understanding of basic loads, an introduction to complicated loads, the
development of load factors and load combinations for design. The students will come away with a basis for the
appropriate application of loads, load factors and combinations for the design of highway bridges. Specific emphasis will
directed at highway bridge loads per chapter 3 of CSA-S6-06.

Selected Topics: Ultimate Limit States, Service Limit States, Fatigue Limit States, load combinations, load factors,
permanent loads, transitory loads, exceptional loads, truck and lane loading, dynamic load allowance, barrier loads,
superimposed deformations, temperature, wind loading, water loads, ice loads, vessel collision, construction loads,
evaluation and rehabilitation loading.

Course Coordinator: David Queen, P.Eng., Manager, Bridge Engineering/Construction and Design, S. Coast Region

Instructors: David Queen, P.Eng., Manager, Bridge Engineering/Construction and Design, S. Coast Region; other
instructors to be announced in class.
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Contact: David Queen, email: TBA

Communications: Notices to students and questions outside of class will be handled strictly through e-mail.
Submission of Assignments: Web cast students will be expected to submit electronic course assignments in the
format prescribed by the instructor. All other students are required to submit their assignments at the beginning of the
next class in hardcopy.

Student Code of Conduct: Registration in this course confirms that the student has read, and will abide by, the
Student Code of Conduct: http://seabc.ca/documents/course_outlines/StudentCodeOfConduct.pdf

Schedule: 12 Tues 4:00 to 6:00 P.M., January 7 to April 1, 2014 (Mid-Term Break: Feb 18)

Venue: Alma Van Dusen room, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver. (Underground
parking off of Hamilton)





Web cast: This course is being offered via the internet as well as in the classroom. As it is a live transmission, the
dates and times of the classes are the same as in the classroom. Should you wish to take this course via the internet,
please complete the application form provided for internet courses.

System requirements for LIVE e-learning Training:

Any DSL or Cable Connection at minimum of 1Mb.
Speakers and/or headset plugged into your PC.
PC with at least Windows 7 or XP running a processor greater than 1 Ghz. with Ram of 1 Gb or greater.