ACI COMMITTEE 357 MARINE AND OFFSHORE CONCRETE STRUCTURES San Antonio, Texas 2009 Spring Convention Meeting Minutes Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Attendees (attached) Voting Members: Mike Garlich – Chair, Domenic D’Argenzio – Secretary, George Hoff, Paul Tourney, John Tanner, Tom Spencer, Karl Reinick Associate Members: Phil Zivich, Mike Brannan Visitors: Keisuke Matsukawa, John Wojakowski, Stephen Price Regrets for not attending the meeting were sent by Tom Weil, who is now with the Massachusetts DOT Meeting started at 8:30 a.m. 1. Introduction of meeting attendees. 2. Approved minutes of November 2008 meeting. 3. Mike and Domenic attended the TAC Workshop; ACI is now requiring that all committees address sustainability in new and existing documents. Domenic suggested the committee compile a list of topics that can address sustainability as it pertains to the committee’s documents. Mike also noted that ACI 318 is being revised extensively for the 2014 code issue. The format will be reorganized into a structural member based document. 4. Mike reports that the document on Floating Concrete Structures has been revised to incorporate TAC comments and should be ready to be resubmitted to TAC within the next few weeks. 5. Mike reported that the document on Arctic Structures has been dropped. George Hoff believes there will be a need for this document in the near future. The general consensus among attendees was that this document should be re-augmented and that once the Waterfront Structures document is completed, committee efforts should be directed toward this goal. 6. State-of-the-Art Report on Waterfront/Coastal Marine Concrete Structures: • Kare and Karl are working on Chapter 6 • Karl conducted a powerpoint presentation summarizing his comments and intended addition on strut and tie modeling, including an example of D-region moment design. John Tanner noted that exterior piles typically do not require a moment connection and that provision should be included for non-moment connections. Moment connections are typically confined to the relatively more stiff rear piles. • Karl will distribute Chapter 6 to the committee members for review in its current status. Comments are requested by end of May. The ultimate goal is to complete Chapter 6 by next meeting. John Tanner will assist Kare in this effort.