Speakers
Don Bergman, PE
Don Bergman is Vice President of Buckland & Taylor Ltd., a Canadian company formed in 1972 with a focus on bridges and a commitment to excellence in bridge engineering.
Mr. Bergman completed an Applied Science degree at the University of British Columbia before joining Buckland & Taylor Ltd in 1981. In the 26 years since joining the company, Mr. Bergman worked in a wide range of areas of bridge engineering. Much of that work has been associated with long span cable supported bridges.
His fields of expertise include analysis and design of cable-stayed bridges of all types, the design, fabrication, and erection of steel and composite bridges, and seismic engineering for bridges. He has worked on the design and construction of bridge projects in Canada, Australia, the U.S.A., Thailand, Britain, and Hong Kong.
Mr. Bergman was the lead superstructure designer and assistant resident engineer for the Alex Fraser Bridge, a world record cable stayed span of 465m, which was the first major composite steel/concrete cable stayed bridge constructed in 1986. He was also the resident erection engineer for the 1200m long Ting Kau cable stayed bridge in Hong Kong.
Mr. Bergman has worked on construction engineering for six major cable-stayed bridges worldwide and was cited by Engineering News Record in 1987 for his work on the erection engineering of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in the USA, a 335 m main span cast in place concrete cable stayed bridge.
Mr. Bergman has lead designs for the Rama 8 Cable-Stayed Bridge in Bangkok Thailand, the Golden Ears Cable-Stayed Bridge in Vancouver, the RAV Extradosed Transit Bridge in Vancouver and most recently the John J Audubon Cable Stayed Bridge in Louisiana.
Design of the John J Audubon Bridge
The new cable-stayed crossing of the Mississippi River between Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes will provide a significant new transportation link for south central Louisiana. The bridge which has a main span of 1538 ft will carry four lanes of traffic and over the river. This long span structure is part of the first major Design/Build bridge project undertaken in Louisiana and will be the longest span cable-stayed bridge in North America when complete in 2009. The presentation will cover some of the unique aspects which needed to be addressed in the design of the structure.