Figure 1 - Hans-Rudolf Ganz, Chief Technical Officer, VSL International. Figure 5 - 2007-2008 ASBI President, Raymond McCabe, HNTB Corporation, during remarks at the 2006 Convention Awards Luncheon. Figure 3 - 2005 – 2006 ASBI President Paul Liles, Bridge Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation presiding at the 2006 Convention Awards Luncheon Figure 2 - Exhibitor Showcase, ASBI Convention. Figure 6 - ASBI President Paul Liles, Georgia DOT making Leadership Award presentation to Hala Elgaaly, FHWA-FLH Bridge Engineer. Figure 4 - Hans-Rudolf Ganz, Chief Technical Officer, VSL International during the Awards Luncheon presentation “A World Perspective on Segmental Concrete Bridge Construction”. Dr. Ganz was elected as fib President for 2007-2008 at the fib General Assembly convened in Naples on June 4, 2006.

The La Jolla Hyatt Regency at Aventine provided an outstanding venue for the 18th Annual ASBI Convention, November 5 – 7, 2006. Total attendance was 385, making this the second largest attendance at an ASBI Convention, second only to the attendance of 414 at the 2002 convention in San Francisco. The convention program featured presentations on design and construction of significant segmental projects in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Australia, India and Singapore. The international theme was continued in the Awards Luncheon presentation, “A World Perspective on Segmental Concrete Bridge Construction” by Hans-Rudolf Ganz, Chief Technical Officer, VSL International, Fig. 1. In-depth case studies were presented on the Veterans Glass City Skyway, Ohio, and the Otay River Bridge, California. The Tuesday afternoon tour was to the Otay River Bridge located southeast of San Diego. Twenty-two companies participated in the Exhibitor Showcase in the Barcino Pavilion, an exceptionally attractive exhibit facility located on the hotel grounds (Fig. 2).

Exhibitors included: BASF Building Systems Bilfinger Berger Civil, Inc. The D.S. Brown Company DEAL/Rizzani de Eccher USA Diebolt & Company DSI ENERPAC F&M Mafco, Inc. Freyssinet, LLC Fyfe Company, LLC General Technologies, Inc. Hilman Rollers Howell Interqup Strukturas LARSA, Inc. MEXPRESA R.J. Watson, Inc. Sika Corporation Sumiden Wire Products Corporation Vector Corrosion Technologies VSL Watson Bowman Acme - A BASF Company Williams Form Engineering