CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION

The Florida Board of Professional Engineers has approved Ralph Verrastro, PE as a Continuing Education Provider (# 0006924) which allows him to develop engineering training courses and provide continuing education certificates (CEH/PDH). Ralph Verrastro, PE provides continuing education training courses/seminars for civil engineering firms and municipality public works departments. He also provides training courses at civil/bridge engineering and public works industry association conferences and on-line webinars. Ralph prepares and presents custom educational seminars for bridge product suppliers and design-build contractors for vendor sponsored continuing education workshops for civil engineers. The following lists provides Ralph's past experience teaching engineering college courses at SUNY Broome in Binghamton, NY, technical training presentations, published technical articles and technical interviews on television broadcasts.

1. Engineering Disasters - FIU Bridge Failure (Science Channel Documentary)
2. Interviewed by Tom Costello on Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) - NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (after the FIU Bridge Collapse)

TV Interviews

Presentations

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Bridges* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Got Salty Bridge Decks?
Land Development Bridges – Design-build Best Practices
Sun Island Exit Bridge Rehabilitation
Preserving Historic Metal Truss Bridges
Design-Build Procurement for Bridge Replacements
Innovative/Resilient Bridge Rehabilitation Project
Specifying Prefabricated Vehicular Steel Truss Bridges
Flood Damaged Bridges
Bridge Failures - Lessons Learned
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Concrete Box Culvert Bridges* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Innovative Composite Bridge Products
Precast Concrete 101
Bridge Flood Emergency Training
Bridge Maintenance Management for Florida Municipalities
A Bridge by Others?
Phased Accelerated Bridge Construction with GRS/IBS Abutments
Accelerated Bridge Construction: Design Build Replacement of Rock Ridge Rd. Bridge
Melbourne Street Bridge Replacement
Accelerated Bridge Construction 101
Accelerated Bridge Construction Using Prefabricated Products
Bridge Design and Construction
Innovative Tools and Techniques – Prefabricated Bridge Components
Bridge Design Coordination for Land Development Projects
Land Development Bridges
Rehabilitation of the McKinley Avenue Bridge over the Norfolk-Southern Railroad
Structure Selection – Small Bridges
Bridge Design Workshop
Precast Box Culverts
Rehabilitation of the Bridge Street Bridge over Chemung River
Truss Bridge Floor Beam Replacement During Stage Construction
Repairing Metal Truss Bridges

Publications

Concrete Box vs. Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) Culverts/Bridges, PCANY Newsletter, January 2024
Got Salty Bridge Decks?, Florida Public Works Magazine, Spring 2024
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Concrete Box Culvert Bridges.... (But Were Afraid to Ask), Florida Engineering Society Journal, October 2019 and Florida Public Works Magazine, October 2019
Route 484 Bridge over Greenway Trail, PCANY Newsletter, February 2018
Bridging Responsibilities, Florida Engineering Society Journal, May 2016
PRECASTSLAB + (GRS + IBS) = ABC, Florida Engineering Society Journal, June 2015
Bridging Responsibilities, Land Development Today, August 2005
Proper Management Improves Process, Land Development Today, August 2005
Land Development Bridges, Revitalization (Supplement to CE News), May 2005
Pre-purchasing Precast Concrete Products, The County Highway Times, April 2002
Precast Plant Automation, MC Magazine, Fall 1999
Truss Bridge Floor Beam Replacement during Stage Construction, Proceedings of the International Bridge Conference, June 1998

College Courses

1. Engineering Vector Mechanics (Statics)
2. Engineering Graphics
3. Computer Programming for Engineers
4. Engineering Physics
5. Strength of Materials