BridgeSight Launches PGSuper.com

Feb 23, 2009 - Coinciding with the 2.1 release of PGSuper, BridgeSight Inc. creates a new support site for the PGSuper program to provide training and technical support to PGSuper's diverse user community. The site's goal is to help users get the most out of PGSuper, and to help promote this successful open-source project.

Initially, the site will contain basic information about PGSuper and several interactive tutorials to help users get started using the program. As the site grows, we will make the site more user-driven by providing wiki's and user forums. Join us at: http://www.pgsuper.com and help make PGSuper the most robust, flexible, and full-featured LRFD precast concrete bridge girder design program in the world!

BridgeSight Signs Contract With Texas DOT to perform PGSuper Modifications

May 1, 2006 - BridgeSight Software signs contract with the Texas Department of Transporation Bridge Division to customize the open source girder design program PGSuper to fit TxDOT's needs for their LRFD implementation. When finished, TxDOT will have a girder design program that is tailored to meet their needs at a fraction of the cost to develop software from scratch.

PGSuper is owned and developed by the Washington Department of Transporation, but its open source license allows others to modify and distribute the program freely. For more information about PGSuper, go WSDOT's software home page at: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge/software

Washington DOT Releases PGSuper 1.5.

October 1, 2004 - PGSuper version 1.5 is released. After several minor releases, Rick Brice at WSDOT and Richard Pickings at BridgeSight Software have combined forces to deliver a major upgrade to PGSuper.PGSuper is an MFC-based, Windows program for the design of precast girder bridges based on the AASHTO LRFD Specifications. PGSuper has a highly interactive graphical user interface that is designed for use in a production-engineering environment. Since its implementation, Washington State Department of Transportation engineers have reduced the time to design a bridge superstructure from ten days using previous methods to under five hours with PGSuper. This mature program is currently in its second major release with current development toward Version 2.0, which will include major features such as whole-bridge modeling, non-composite sections, and debonding.. For more information go to: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge/software

BridgeSight Renews Contract With PennDOT to perform PAPIER Maintenance

July 1, 2003 - BridgeSight Software continues its relationship with the Pensylvania Department of Transportation to perform software maintenance and updates on the PAPIER program. PaPier is a large-scale FORTRAN program that implements the AASHTO LFD or LRFD Specifications for the analysis ofconcrete bridge substructures. . PAPIER is highly configurable and incorporates many features such as support for the AASHTO LFD and LRFD specifications as well as METRIC and SI units. PAPIER has the most thorough implementation of LFD/LRFD loading undertaken in a bridge design program. More information about PAPIER can be found at http://penndot.engrprograms.com/home/

BridgeSight Signs Contract With PennDOT to perform PAPIER Maintenance

July 1, 2001 - BridgeSight Software signs a multi-year contract with the Pensylvania Department of Transportation to perform software maintainance and updates on the PAPIER program. PaPier is a large-scale FORTRAN program that implements the AASHTO LFD or LRFD Specifications for the analysis of concrete bridge substructures. . PAPIER is highly configurable and incorporates many features such as support for the AASHTO LFD and LRFD specifications as well as METRIC and SI units. PAPIER has the most thorough implementation of LFD/LRFD loading undertaken in a bridge design program. More information about PAPIER can be found at http://penndot.engrprograms.com/home/

Washington DOT Releases PGSuper 1.0.

September 7, 2000 - PGSuper version 1.0 is released. Rick Brice at WSDOT and Richard Pickings at BridgeSight Software have combined forces to deliver this state-of-the-art new program. PGSuper is an MFC-based, Windows program for the design of precast girder bridges based on the AASHTO LRFD Specifications. PGSuper has a highly interactive graphical user interface that is designed for use in a production-engineering environment.

PGSuper can be used to design and check precast-prestressed girder bridges in accordance with the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification and/or WSDOT criteria. The flexural design feature computes the number and configuration of prestressing strands and the minimum required concrete release strength. The shear design feature determines the number, size, and spacing of transverse reinforcement for vertical shear, horizontal shear, bursting, and strand confinement. Specification checking evaluates girders for compliance with strength, service, and detailing criteria. Girders are evaluated for stresses and stability during handling and transportation. Temporary prestressing to control camber, improve stability, and reduce concrete release strengths may alsobe input. The capabilities and constraints of local fabricators have been accounted for in this software product. PGSuper™ has been designed to allow for future expansion and updating as design criteria and user expectations change.

For more information go to: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge/software