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Applied Technology Council CliffsNotes: What You Should Know But Don’t Have Time to ReadPresenters: Bret Lizundia, Rutherford & Chekene and Jon Heintz, ATC
The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is a nonprofit corporation founded to protect life and property through the advancement of science and engineering technology. With a historical focus on seismic engineering, and a growing in-volvement in wind, flood and coastal engineering and blast mitigation, ATC’s mission is to develop and promote state-of-the-art, user-friendly engineering re-sources and applications for use in mitigating the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.
The March meeting will feature a joint presentation by Bret Lizundia, Past Presi-dent of ATC, and Jon Heintz, ATC Director of Projects. The presentation will briefly cover ATC’s organizational goals, recent activities, and future plans. The primary focus, however, will be on key findings, conclusions, and discoveries from several important recently completed, ongoing, and planned seismic proj-ects that we believe the SEAONC membership will find interesting and mean-ingful and lead to discussion. These projects will include:
• ATC-20: A summary of results learned from postearthquake safety evaluations in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquakes and implications for updating ATC-20.
• ATC-58-1: Next-generation performance-based seismic design guidelines that can be used to reliably and economically design new buildings or upgrade exist-ing buildings to attain desired performance goals.
• ATC-63 (FEMA P-695): The groundwork for refining the “R” factor in the build-ing code and for quantifying the probability of collapse.
President’s Message................................. March Dinner Meeting...........................SEAONC Website 2.0...............................Seismology Committee News..............Call for Volunteers....................................SEAONC Spring Seminar.......................SEAONC Job Forum.................................
President’s Message
In the March News:1Meeting Notices113334 7
SEAONC Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, March 6, 20125:30 pm General Assembly
6:15 pm Dinner7:15 pm Program
City Club, San Francisco see above for program & last page for registration
SEAONC Business Forum
Tuesday, March 20, 201212pmSGH
The Landmark @ One MarketSuite 600
San Franciscosee page 3 for more info
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VOL. XV, NO. 3 FOUNDED 1930 March 2012
575 MARKET STREET SUITE 2125 415/974-5147 WWW.SEAONC.ORG SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2870 [email protected]
March 6th Dinner Meeting
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Image from ATC-63 Project
By Peter Lee
With our mild winter and unseason-ably warm weather, I hope you, your family and friends are well and are able to take advantage and enjoy the good weather. In this newsletter mes-sage, I would like to take the opportu-nity to update you on in-progress ef-forts to upgrade the SEAONC website and consideration of a next generation website platform that will allow for future upgrades. Also included be-low are some related discussions now under consideration by SEAOC and its committees focusing on upgrades to the SEAOC website as well.
Next Generation SEAONC WebsiteIn this newsletter, I refer you to the brief announcement of the SEAONC Website 2.0 initiative authored by Website Committee Chair and Direc-tor Darrick Hom. Darrick’s message summarizes the comprehensive ap-proach of the committee to consider website upgrade options and a phased implementation schedule. In support of this effort, the SEAONC board has assisted the website committee in de-veloping a list of goals and oversight by the board to help guide the imple-mentation process as follows.
Goals:1. Upgrade SEAONC website to a plat-form that allows content to be man-aged by non-technical users without HTML or special software.
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President’s Message (Cont. from Page 1)
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• ATC-71-1: New wood-frame weak-story analysis and ret-rofitting guidelines for determining the appropriate level of ground-story seismic retrofitting.
• ATC-82: Ground motion selection and scaling for nonlin-ear response history analysis.
• ATC-83: Practical modeling techniques and recommenda-tions for soil-structure interaction.
Bret Lizundia is a principal at Rutherford & Chekene Con-sulting Engineers in San Francisco. He has over 23 years of experience in the structural design of new buildings, seis-mic evaluation and rehabilitation of existing buildings, peer review and plan checking; and applied research and guide-line development. His portfolio of work includes the seismi-cally-isolated de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park; the Li Ka-Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences at UC Berkeley; Genentech Hall, the first research building at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus; and the seismic reha-bilitation of the Frank Lloyd Wright Hanna House at Stan-ford University. He was a the project manager and coauthor of FEMA 547 Techniques for Seismic Rehabilitation of Exist-ing Buildings, and a coauthor of FEMA 306/307 Evaluation of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Build-ings. He was part of the EERI reconnaissance team for the 1/9/2010 Northern California Earthquake, and the ATC re-connaissance teams for the 2/27/2010 Chile Earthquake and 2010/2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquakes. He is a former president of SEAONC, and in January he completed service as President of ATC. He remains on the ATC Board as SEAONC’s representative.
Jon Heintz is Director of Projects at Applied Technology Council in Redwood City. In this role he is responsible for project management, oversight, and quality control on the development of ATC products and publications. He joined ATC in 2005 after more than sixteen years as a structural designer, consulting engineer, and principal at Degenkolb Engineers in San Francisco. A licensed civil/structural en-gineer in California and Alaska, he received his B.S. and M.S degrees in civil/structural engineering from the Uni-versity of California at Berkeley. His practice has included extensive experience in seismic evaluation and strengthen-ing of existing buildings, advanced analysis methods, and structural engineering research. He is actively involved in the development of guidelines, codes, and standards for existing buildings, and has participated in post-earthquake damage investigations following the 1989 Loma Prieta, 1994 Northridge, and 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquakes. He also partici-pated in post-hurricane damage assessments immediately following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005, and was leader of the ASCE/SEI Existing Buildings Recon-naissance Team following the 2010 Chile Earthquake.
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2. Upgrade SEAONC website to allow committees to control the content on their committee pages.3. Upgrade SEAONC website to allow future development of capabilities/features to allow for potential revenue gener-ating sources, such as webinars, publications and software tools.4. Upgrade SEAONC website to provide greater access to members and member firms.5. Upgrade SEAONC website to provide greater public ac-cess (public relations) to association work such as resources, education and awareness.
Implementation:1. Executive committee to select website platform and archi-tecture that fits SEAONC intent for website and is flexible enough to incorporate future growth and change.2. Executive committee to determine integration options of the SEAONC FileMakerPro Database within the website platform and architecture.3. Executive committee to consider compatibility with SEAOC and other MO website development.4. Executive committee to seek opinions and ideas from oth-er SEAONC Committees.5. Executive committee to prioritize ideas and, in con-junction with Vine Design, develop cost and schedule for SEAONC Website upgrade.
Approved by the board in December, the above goals and implementation priorities are considered a final ‘draft’ sub-ject to further input from committees and the membership at large.
Upgrade TimelineAs noted by Darrick, the website upgrade implementation timeline is envisioned to occur in several phases with an initial Phase I implementation of a new website platform scheduled to begin in July. This first phase is targeted to be complete by the end of the year. It is expected that the first phase would in large part feature website content to do what is does now but on a platform that will allow it to be built upon with new features added on in phases over the next three years.
Coordination with CommitteesSome of the most insightful input thus far has come from a general meeting with the SEAONC committee chairs. Sev-eral committees stepped forward and provided content to be considered in developing a new website. Some key points included the following:• Characteristics of a committee based website, email, and blogs, and how each of them can have varying distinctions of content, users, and authorizations.• Caution to continue to utilize features on the existing site that are working well, such as the combined calendars fea-ture.• The user interface should be as easy to use as possible.• Adapting site for mobile connectivity features.• Features that include current use of Google, Facebook and other online tools for email, archive and search functions.• Expressed strong need for a “dynamic interface” allowing
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SEAONC Volunteers in ActionThis past December, fifteen SEAONC members volunteered their time at the San Francisco Food Bank. This annual community service activity provides an opportunity for members to meet one another while also helping the food bank pack and distribute healthy food to people in need in San Francisco. Thank you to all of our volunteers and the SEAONC community for the continued support.
Interested in volunteering at the food bank? More informa-tion can be found at www.sffoodbank.org.
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January 2012 Seismology Monthly Meeting SummaryAt our January Seismology meeting, Professor Greg Deier-lein was our guest presenter. Professor Deierlein, the John A. Blume Professor of Engineering at Stanford University, specializes in research on the design and behavior of steel and concrete structures, nonlinear structural analysis, frac-ture of metal structures, and performance-based design of structures for earthquakes. He discussed damage resistant braced frames with controlled rocking, structural replace-able fuses, and self-centering action.
The research that Professor Deierlein’s team focused on was to develop a new structural system that employs controlled frame rocking action and replaceable structural fuses that can sustain large earthquake motions with minimal dam-age. This particular system consists of braced frames, verti-cal post-tensioning cables, and energy dissipating fuse ele-ments. The braced frames are designed to rock and remain elastic, while the post-tensioning provides a restoring force. Mild steel “butterflied” configured fuses provide the ener-gy dissipation within the system. He also suggested that a buckling restrained brace or a fluid viscous damper could be a suitable alternate fuse for the system, though further testing would be required to fully examine these two fuse options.
One key design principle includes balancing the energy dis-sipation with the restoring force to insure that the system can restore itself, but still dissipate enough energy to keep the other elements, the braced frame and the post-tension-ing cables, essentially elastic.
A large-scale, three-story version of this system was tested at the E-Defense shake table facility in Japan. Shake table tests were conducted under multiple ground motions and with different fuse designs to demonstrate the behavior of the system under ground motions in excess of the Maxi-mum Considered Earthquake (MCE). Based on these tests, analytical models have been developed and calibrated so that other configurations utilizing similar concepts can be studied. These test results will also be used to help further develop seismic design guidelines and criteria for controlled rocking systems with self-centering action.
A new Issue Team, “BSSC Issue Team 5”, has been created within the California Building Seismic Safety Council to further develop seismic design guidelines for self-centering rocking systems for either steel or concrete.
Membership Committee Looking for VolunteersThe SEAONC Membership Committee is resuming opera-tions as an independent group this year (it was previously combined with the Public Affairs Committee) and SEAONC members are encouraged to join. The Membership commit-tee had its first official meeting on Thursday, February 16 and determined that this year’s primary order of business will be to understand the current state of the membership. Specifically, “What percentage of SE’s and structural-prac-ticing PE’s are not already members of SEAONC?” If the work of this committee sounds interesting, please contact Andrew Shuck at [email protected] for more informa-tion.
SEAONC Website 2.0By Darrick Hom, Website Committee Chair
The SEAONC website was launched a decade ago with the intent of bringing the organization a presence in the dig-ital realm. Since then, it seems that technology has been advancing at the speed of light. Video, blogging and social networking were unheard of when the original website was launched. The internet can also now be accessed on every-thing from phones to televisions. Over the past couple of years, it has been increasingly apparent that the current SEAONC website would need an overhaul to take advan-tage of all of the newer features the internet has to offer.
The SEAONC Website Committee has been busy the past six months investigating upgrade options for the SEAONC website. The work has been very deliberate and diligent as we want to create a new website that will have the flexibility to incorporate new features not just now but in the years to come. Over the coming months, we will be working with all the committees to solicit ideas on which features will best aid the committees in their work. Once the com-mittee has prioritized all feedback, it will develop a multi-phase proposal to submit to the SEAONC Board of Directors for approval. The first phase and primary overhaul of the SEAONC website is slated to begin in July 2012. The com-mittee thanks the membership for its patience during this transition and looks forward to launching SEAONC website 2.0 in the near future.
Seismology Committee The seismology committee is pleased to announce the launching of the SEAONC Technical Forum. The purpose of the SEAONC Technical Forum is to provide a platform for SEAONC’s four technical committees to share real time information with the SEAONC membership. Examples of information that will be availble include research, presenta-tion summaries, technical papers, blue book articles, meet-ing announcements, meeting minutes and much more. website: http://www.seaonc-tf.org/ Currently, there is a single login and password: Login name: seaonc Password: TechFo This is currently intended as a benefit to the members of SEAONC, so for now access is intended for SEAONC mem-bers only. Please explore the site and send comments to Kevin Morton @ [email protected].
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March Business Forum LuncheonDATE & TIME
Tuesday, March 20, 201212:00 pm – 1:30 pm: lunch/Program
LOCATIONSGH
The Landmark @ One Market Suite 600
San Francisco, CA
Please see the SEAONC website for the topic and more info.
RSVP at http://www.seaonc.org/member/member_s/events/order_form.asp
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 16th at 12:00pm
Just Released: PEER BridgePBEE Analysis Frame-work (Beta Version)By Heidi Faison
The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is pleased to announce the release of the new PEER Bridge PBEE analysis Graphical User Interface (BridgePBEE) Beta Version!
BridgePBEE was created to facilitate the execution of a full Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE) analy-sis within the relatively simple environment of a 2-span sin-gle-column bridge, supported on a ground soil mesh. It is the first GUI software that greatly facilitates execution of the entire PBEE framework within the area of Highway Bridges.
The PEER Bridge PBEE analysis user interface Beta Version is free to use and is easily accessible at: http://peer.berkeley.edu/bridgepbee/
The three-dimensional (3D) finite element computations in BridgePBEE are conducted using OpenSees platform devel-oped by PEER. By using OpenSees for the numerical analy-sis, BridgePBEE has powerful and unique nonlinear dynam-ic response assessment capabilities for both the structure and the soil domains. It includes soil-structure interaction, based on representation of the ground by a full 3D finite ele-ment nonlinear framework.
Available analysis options in BridgePBEE include:1. Pushover Analysis2. Base Input Acceleration Analysis3. Full Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE) Analysis
Academicians, graduate students, and industry-based engi-neers are encouraged to trial BridgePBEE. For more infor-mation about the use of BridgePBEE, visit the BridgePBEE Copyright page at: http://peer.berkeley.edu/bridgepbee/copy-right/
Visit the BridgePBEE website (http://peer.berkeley.edu/bridgep-bee/) to view and download more information including the executable software and the user’s manual.
PEER is a national earthquake engineering research center with numerous research projects funded by the US federal government (various agencies), State of California (various agencies), local governments, and private industry. For more information, visit the PEER Website: http://peer.berke-ley.edu
Opinions expressed in the SEAONC NEWS are not necessar-ily those of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California. Advertising rates and information sent upon re-quest. Acceptance of advertising and informational brochures in the SEAONC NEWS does not constitute endorsement or approval by SEAONC of the products or services advertised. SEAONC reserves the right to refuse any advertising.
The SEAONC NEWS is published monthly by the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, 575 Market Street, Suite 2125, San Francisco, CA 94105-3411. It is distributed to members of SEAONC as a membership benefit. Reproduction for noncommercial purposes is allowed if the source is acknowledged.
SEAONC Spring SeminarSeismic Design Manuals
(based on the 2010 CBC / 2009 IBC)
Wednesdays, March 14th and 21st PG&E Auditorium, San Francisco, 6PM
See page 10 & 11 for more information and register at http://www.seaonc.org/member/member_s/events/order_form.asp
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2011-12 Committee Chairs
Business Forum Jason Towle 415/[email protected]
Bylaws J.E. Goudie925/[email protected]
Construction Quality & Assurance Ross Esfandari925/[email protected]
Construction Quality & Assurance Co-ChairTerry Egland 510/[email protected]
Continuing Education Committee Meris Ota650/[email protected]
Continuing Education Committee Vice-ChairLizzie Blaisdell415/[email protected]
Computer ApplicationsSrinivas Vemuri415/[email protected]
Computer ApplicationsVice-ChairAndrew [email protected]
Disaster Emergency Services Kathy Martin 301/[email protected]
Disaster Emergency ServicesVice-Chair Laura Whitehurst 415/[email protected]
Existing Building Marko Schotanus415/[email protected]
Existing BuildingVice-ChairBrian McDonald650/688-6946 [email protected]
Membership CommitteeAndrew Shuck415/[email protected]
Membership CommitteeVice-Chair Chris Putman510/[email protected]
Professional PracticesMark Gilligan510/[email protected]
Program Hamid Fatehi 510/[email protected]
Program Co-ChairIbrahim [email protected]
Program (South Bay) Don Peoples408/[email protected]
Public Outreach Andrew Shuck415/[email protected]
Public OutreachVice-ChairChris Putman510/[email protected]
Seismology & Structural Standards Bryan Cortnik650/[email protected]
Sustainable DesignLindsey Maclise 415/[email protected]
Sustainable DesignCo-ChairAllen Nudel415/[email protected]
Website Darrick Hom 510/910-4142 [email protected]
Younger Member Forum Bryan Bindrich415/[email protected]
Younger Member Forum Co-Chair Milad Oliaee510/[email protected]
ANNOUNCING THE 2012 SEAOC CONVENTION
The 2012 SEAOC Convention Com-mittee invites you to stay current on the latest developments in structural engineering and construction tech-nology while enjoying the scenic, historic, artistic and cultural splen-
dors of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Consider bringing your family to visit local national parks and monuments such as Bandolier National Monument, Chaco Canyon and Canyon de Chelly, all within a short drive from Santa Fe.
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dates: Wednesday September 12 – Saturday September 15
Convention Hotels: ELDORADO HOTEL & SPA www.EldoradoHotel.com
HILTON Santa Fe / Historic Plaza www.HiltonofSantaFe.com
For more information in the coming weeks, visit our website: http://convention.seaoc.org
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2011-12 Board of Directors
PresidentPeter Lee415/[email protected]
Vice PresidentGrace Kang 415/[email protected]
Director Richard Dreyer415/[email protected]
DirectorTim [email protected]/837-0700
Director Taryn Stubblefield 415/495-3700 ext. [email protected]
Immediate Past PresidentKelly Cobeen925/[email protected]
TreasurerColin Blaney 650/[email protected]
DirectorDarrick Hom510/[email protected]
DirectorMichael Gemmill415/[email protected]
Adminstrative OfficeKen Miles415/[email protected]
President’s Message (Cont. from Page 2)
for interchange of technical information.• Need for committees to allow members to update / moni-tor their own database information.• Need for posting of short videos on website.• Need to be able to communicate via website committee meeting agendas and postings with controlled yet flexible access. • Potential use and ability to create webinars produced by committee.• Sharing of information with other SEAOC member orga-nizations (MOs).
Of particular interest is the launching of the SEAONC Tech-nical Forum website as announced in this newsletter by the Seismology Committee. See insert authored by Kevin Mor-ton of the Seismology Committee for website link and login. You may also access this link on the SEAONC homepage. Developed by the Seismology Committee with SEAONC webmaster Kathleen Vignos at Vine Design, the technical forum provides a blogging platform for SEAONC’s four technical committees to share real time information with the SEAONC membership. Written in the WordPress plat-form, the Technical Forum website is intended for SEAONC member use only. It will be integrated into the next genera-tion SEAONC website development.
Other Input and Next StepsThe SEAONC website and board committee also reached out to Computers & Structures Inc. (CSI) in Berkeley for in-put on how best to approach the building of a new website platform. SEAONC member Ashraf Habibullah and his able website team were very gracious and helpful in pro-viding valuable information on platform software, content management, webform templates, database structure, and other pros and cons in building a new website.
The SEAONC office has also provided valuable input on the use of online registrations for seminars, dinner meet-ings, business forums, etc., and a better connection with member database information. It is also noted that with the current website primarily formatted in ‘html’ language, maintenance costs for the association run high for routine operations. Cost efficiencies can be achieved with a move toward a platform that will allow routine maintenance by office staff.
The SEAONC website and board committee has also met with the new SEAOC management team led by Executive Director Don Schinske to share and coordinate SEAONC website strategies with planned SEAOC and member orga-nization website future developments.
The next steps in the coming months in the implementation of the SEAONC website upgrade include working with the website committee in finalizing input from committees, de-cisions on platform programming architecture, proposals for phased implementation, as well as funding requests and board approvals. It is hoped that this forward-looking ap-proach will allow for a more long-term development of the website.
SEAOC Website DevelopmentThe SEAOC Public Relations Committee has formed a web-site working group to develop strategies for MOs to work together to further influence the development of the SEAOC
website. In its current state, it is generally agreed that the SEAOC website could do a lot more and does not accurately reflect the professional and competent expertise of the as-sociation and its members.
In its discussions thus far, the SEAOC board has envisioned that complementary website content and roles be devel-oped with the MOs in determining how the SEAOC website should best serve the MOs and its individual members. For example, with respect to continuing education, the SEAOC website would focus on development of an online book-store featuring publications and promoting SEAOC-based webinars. By contrast, individual MO continuing education efforts may be more focused on developing seminars and more committee-based webinars and other activities.
Other discussion has included seeing the SEAOC website as serving both internal (SEAOC committee and local MO-based) and external (more general public-based) roles. The goal is to reinforce complementary content and roles with the MO website activities, including avoiding duplication of effort, sharing of content, better tracking and coordination each other’s activities, facilitate MO lateral and cross com-munications, and making the SEAOC website more acces-sible to other national NCSEA member organizations.
To better inform the SEAOC website initiative, a simple questionnaire is being developed to reach out to the four SEAOC member organizations and membership via the SEAOC Public Relations Committee and their represented MO Boards to solicit input on basic questions such as “What is the role of the SEAOC website for individual members? For MOs?”, “What services should SEAOC provide to in-dividual members and MOs?”, and “How can the SEAOC website be made more useful and relevant for both individ-ual members and MOs?”
Should you have any additional comments or suggestions regarding these developments, please do not hesitate to con-tact the Board, the Website Committee or SEAONC office.
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Carollo Engineers, a nationally recognized engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater engineering, is seeking a struc-tural engineer to join our Walnut Creek, CA team.Minimum requirements include demonstrated ability in design of concrete, steel, foundations; and preparation of con-struction drawings. Candidates should be familiar with the design of water containing concrete structures for water and wastewater facilities.Qualification include a bachelor’s degree in civil/structural engineering and 3 to 5 years of experience. A master’s degree in structural engineering is preferred. Eligibil-ity for California registration is required.For consideration apply online at www.carollo.com “Join Carollo” and reference Job# 21312 or click on the link below. http://www.pcrecruiter.net/pcrbin/apply.asp?r=kCZR16f789o7WUnqACshm92gKokJu1ct1fhQSqo7Ch9bSxXxCT9ZiCL8bMGUdjC43Q%3d%3d All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era.
Cornerstone Structural Engineering Group has immediate openings for motivated engineers with 1 to 3 years of experience to work in our San Francisco office. Corner-stone provides excellent opportunities to work on a variety of projects and types of construction including educational, civic, and commercial buildings as well as bridges and infrastructure. Our goal is to foster a collaborative environment for all phases of structural design and construction. Visit our website at www.cseg.com. E-mail to: [email protected], attention: Tom Swayze.
DESIMONE Consulting Engineers is seeking an experienced AutoCAD drafter. This position requires a minimum 5 years’ experience with both AutoCAD and Revit in a structural engineering office. Our firm designs a diverse portfolio of projects, in-cluding high-rise and mixed-use residential, hospitality, gaming and institutional. As a member of our team, you will work directly with structural engineers on our staff to draft construction details and documents. You will also be expected to manage job priorities and take a leadership role within our drafting department. You must have a good grasp at reading, interpreting, and putting together structural drawing pack-ages. Email your cover letter and resume to [email protected]. OLMM (www.olmm.com) is a successful and award-winning structural engineer-ing firm with offices in Oakland and San
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Francisco. We are interested in hiring a senior structural engineer with strong communication and people skills to join our team in our Oakland office. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects in a nurturing and collaborative work environment and take a leadership role in the management and ex-ecution of our projects. Position requires SE license and mimimum 10 years of experience in structural analysis and design of higher education, healthcare, and institutional projects in California. We offer excellent compensation and benefits and opportunity for professional growth and advancement. Email resume to [email protected]. Come join us and make a difference!
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Ruben Negrete, Ass't Project Engineering Associate Paul C. Rizzo Associates
Brandon Sullivan, Arup
Jonas Houston, Senior Designer, Nabih Youssef & Associates
Ali Roufegarinejad, Research and Development Manager, Forell/Elsesser
Kari Nasi, Associate II, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
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Lora Dargel, Project Manager, Manhard Consulting, LTD
Nina Mahjoub, Project Engineer, Holmes Culley
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Alberto Lago, S.E. Level C, Skidmore Owings and Merrill
Kristine Balasabas,Project Coordinator, Marx/Okubo
Megan Edwards, Project Engineer, Holmes Culley
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This seminar will provide you with step-by-step approaches to applying the structural provisions of the 2009 International Building Code® and 2010 California Building Code. The speakers will cover the SEAOC Structural/Seismic Design Manual, Volumes II and III. Six examples have been selected and will be presented by the au-thors (or their selected representative) who will illustrate and guide you through the practical application of specific structural/seismic provi-sions. There will be a question and answer period following each session, as well as time during the break to speak directly with the authors.
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Structural/Seismic Design Manual ReviewBased on IBC 2009/CBC 2010
Wednesdays, March 14th & 21st at the PG&E Auditorium, SF
Both Nights/After 3/2 1st Night Only/After 3/2 2nd Night Only/After 3/2
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Evening 1: March 14thTilt-up Design, John Lawson, S.E.Concrete Shear Walls, Joe Maffei, Ph.D., S.E. Steel Plate Shear Walls, Rafael Sabelli, S.E.
Evening 2: March 21stWood Light Frame Three Story Structure, Doug Thompson, S.E.Masonry Shear Walls, Alan Robinson, S.E.Steel Special Moment Frames with commentary on Concentric Braced Frames, Kevin Moore, S.E
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
John Lawson, S.E. Tilt-up DesignMr. Lawson is a Structural Engineer and an Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He has 25 years of experience as a practicing engineer, and while at Kramer & Lawson Structural Engineers, he oversaw the engineering of over 100 million square feet of tilt-up construction. He has a BS in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly SLO and an MS in Structural Engineering from Stanford University. Mr. Lawson is serving as SEAOC’s Seismology Committee as Chairman of the Tilt-up Subcom-mittee. In addition, he is a member of ACI 551 (for tilt-up) and has been author of the tilt-up design examples in the Seismic Design Manuals since the 1997 UBC edition.
Joe Maffei, Ph.D., S.E. Concrete Shear WallsJoe is a structural engineer and principal with Rutherford & Chekene Consulting Engineers in San Francisco, which he joined in 1988. At R&C he directs projects involving expert review, applied research, and advanced methods of seismic evaluation, retrofitting, and design. Joe has served as a director for the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC). He is active in the Seismology Committee of the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), and is SEAOC’s official liaison to the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He is appointed to committees writing seismic provisions by ACI, the U.S Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC), and the Federation International du Beton. Joe has been a lead investigator and author on research projects and design and policy guidelines for organizations such as the Applied Technology Council, the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, the Portland Cement Association, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Institute, SEAOC, and BSSC. He has also chaired and served on advisory panels for a number of structural engineering research projects.
Rafael Sabelli, S.E. Steel Plate Shear WallsRafael is a Principal and Director of Seismic Design at Walter P. Moore. He is the co-recipient of the 2008 AISC T.R. Higgins Lecture-ship, and was the 2000 NEHRP Professional Fellow in Earthquake Hazard Reduction. Rafael is a member of the AISC Task Committee on the Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, chair of the AISC Seismic Design Manual committee, a member of the ASCE 7 Seismic subcommittee, and a member of the BSSC Provisions Update Committee and Code Resource Support Committee. He is the coauthor (with Michel Bruneau) of AISC Design Guide 20: Steel Plate Shear Walls, as well as of numerous research papers on conventional and buckling restrained braced frames. He has served as Chair of the Seismology Committee of the Structural Engineers Association of California and as President of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California.
Douglas S. Thompson, S.E. Wood Light Frame Three Story StructureDoug received his BS from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo and is a partner at STB Structural Engineers, Inc. in Lake Forest. He is a regis-tered SE in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma and Washington. He has authored several articles and publications, including three design examples in the Structural/Seismic Design Manual, one design example in the Guide to the Design of Diaphragms, Chords and Collectors and Four-story Wood-frame Structure over Podium Slab and Five-story Wood-frame Structure over Podium Slab. Mr. Thompson is a past director of SEAOSC, is a past chair of the SEAOSC Code Committee, and has been involved with code changes to the UBC and IBC for over 20 years.
Alan Robinson, S.E. Masonry Shear WallsMr. Robinson has been a Principal with Tuan and Robinson, Structural Engineers, Inc. since 1999. He has designed a variety of new buildings and seismic rehabilitation systems for existing structures. He has extensive knowledge of the design of wood, steel, concrete and masonry structures. Mr. Robinson has also taught courses in masonry and wood design. He has worked as a structural plan check consultant to the San Francisco International Airport Building Inspection and Code Enforcement Office. He has been involved with the development of building codes, particularly as a member of the Structural Engineers Association of California Build-ing Code Committee and a member of two subcommittees of the Masonry Standards Joint Committee for the development of the Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures, TMS 402/ACI 530/ASCE 5. He is the author of the CMD09 computer program for the design of masonry elements for the Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada.
Kevin Moore, S.E. Steel Special Moment Frames with commentary on Concentric Braced Frames Kevin Moore is the President and CEO of Certus Consulting, Inc. Mr. Moore is the current Chair of the NCSEA Seismic Committee and the SEAOC Structural Standards Committee, and Past Chair of the SEAOC and SEAONC Seismology Committee. Kevin has authored two Steel Tips, a book chapter, three Seismic Design Manual examples and multiple Blue Book articles related to Steel Special Mo-ment Frame design and construction. Mr. Moore serves as Vice Chair of the AISC Connection Prequalification Review Panel and is currently serving as a special seismic committee member to evaluate proprietary SMF connections for ICC Evaluation Services.
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