Reid Castrodale is President of Castrodale Engineering Consultants, PC, and a structural engineering consultant specializing in prestressed concrete, lightweight concrete, and accelerated bridge construction. A registered professional engineer in three states, he works as a Bridge Consultant for Georgia/Carolinas PCI, Managing Technical Editor of ASPIRE Magazine, and Director of Engineering for both the Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute (ESCSI) and STALITE.

Previously, Reid was a bridge engineer at Ralph Whitehead Associates (now STV) and the Portland Cement Association. He graduated from Georgia Tech and earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Reid is a Fellow of PCI and has been active in PCI bridge committees for thirty years, serving as Chair of the Bridge Committee and Co-chair of the Bridge Design Manual Steering Committee during its development. Reid has developed and presented seminars on the PCI Bridge Design Manual and taught many courses on reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge design using the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.

JP Binard is Owner and Manager of Precast Systems Engineering (PSE), LLC, which specializes in precast, prestressed concrete construction engineering for buildings, marine structures, and bridges while utilizing UHPC in components and connections where possible. JP is registered in several states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region and serves as Chair to the UHPC Bridge Subcommittee at PCI.

Previously, JP was Chief Engineer at Bayshore Concrete Products in Cape Charles, VA, and Chair of the Prestressed, Precast Concrete Pile Committee. He has authored and co-authored several papers on UHPC and precast, prestressed concrete topics. PSE oversaw the production of several full-scale UHPC girder specimens for testing at the Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center and was recently awarded an SBIR for an innovative bridge deck solution. PSE is a partner of Precast Systems Inc. and UHPC Systems Inc. (a Cor-Tuf supplier).