PGSuper Professional™ is a proprietary software product of BridgeSight Inc, South Lake Tahoe, California. AASHTO Member Departments and Associate Members wishing to use PGSuper Professional must license the software from AASHTO and abide by the terms and conditions granted by this license agreement, which is incorporated by reference into the AASHTO licensing agreement(s). A copy of the AASHTO-BridgeSight agreement will be provided to any requesting member or associate member agency.
PGSuper Professional models simple and continuous span conventional pre-tensioned precast/prestressed bridge girder structures. It designs, performs specification checks, and load rates in accordance with the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, the AASHTO Manual for Bridge Evaluation for LRFR Load Ratings, and DOT agency-specific criteria.
PGSuper Professional adds over a dozen enhancements to the basic PGSuper software including the ability to translate bridge models from PGSuper to the AASHTOWare Bridge Design & Rating database. Other powerful features include: the Girder Design Dashboard™, 3D model visualization, enhanced reporting, enhanced library management, data exchange with Microsoft Excel, DXF, LandXML, and ViaThor's VBent substructure design software. PGSuper Professional also adds exclusive section types including the PCI North East NEXT Beam, Florida I Beam, square-voided slab, and the Illinois IL Girder. Also, for ease of use, PGSuper Professional includes access to cloud-based configurations for a growing number of DOTs.
Compatibility with AASHTOWare Bridge Design and Rating
The BridgeSight PGSuper Professional AASHTO Bridge Data Exporter translates a detailed precast, pretensioned girder bridge superstructure model from PGSuper to the AASHTO Bridge database in seconds. Translated data includes the bridge geometry and framing information, concrete, reinforcing and prestressing materials, LRFD resistance factors, load case descriptions, dead and live loads, sidewalk definitions, allowable stress limits, prestress losses, live load distribution factors, and much more. After translation, bridges can be checked and load rated by AASHTOWare Bridge Design & Rating to provide a secondary method of calculation for verification as is recommended by Section 4.4 in the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.
Data translation is performed through the AASHTOWare Bridge products API, which is considered to be the safe, preferred method to write data into AASHTOWare Bridge Design & Rating. BridgeSight products are compatible with BrDR 7.0 but will no longer work with the legacy versions of the software. Contact BridgeSight for additional information.
Hardware Requirements
The minimum hardware requirements for PGSuper Professional are the same as for the AASHTOWare Bridge Rating-Design programs. A minimum video resolution of 1280x1024 (SXGA) is recommended.
Licensing Options
Description |
Number of Support Contacts |
Annual License Fee |
Single User |
1 |
$1,500 |
Single Site
|
1 - 3 |
$4,500 |
Single Site |
5 |
$5,500 |
Single Site |
6 or more |
$1,000/Contact |
A Single-User license allows one designated individual to use PGSuper Professional on up to two computers (typically, one desktop and one laptop computer). This person may also utilize support services and is entitled to product updates over the license duration.
Single-Site Licenses provide unlimited installations for an entire office located at a single physical address. Companies must purchase a Single-Site License for each office location separately. Single-Site License pricing is based on the number of contacts for support desired for that office. Support is made available to only those individuals on the Support Contact list. A list of Support Contacts is created at the time of software delivery and may be modified up to twice annually. Licensees are entitled to all product updates over the license duration.