UPCOMING DATES
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all ASCE face-to-face seminars are on hold. This website will be updated when scheduling resumes.
In the meantime, I am offering a series of webinars!
Design of Non-Building Structures
This seminar will provide tools for a practicing engineer to design efficient non-building structures, using the requirements of ASCE/SEI 7-16 as a base document for determining wind and seismic forces. Some of this efficiency comes with an ability to recognize the limitations of prescriptive code requirements and to produce a defensible design using time-tested principles of engineering mechanics. We will also study existing structures, which oftentimes require retrofit when non-building structures are added to them.
BENEFITS + LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Become familiar with ASCE 7-16 for non-building structures subjected to pertinent load cases
• Coordinate requirements of ASCE 7-16 with those of the 2015 International Building Code and material standards, such as ACI 318-14 (concrete), AISC 360-10 (steel), and others (copies of these documents will not be provided, nor are they needed to attend)
• Recognize non-building structures not addressed in ASCE 7-16
• Understand the importance of simplifying design procedures
• Assess the need to justify alternative design solutions for non-building structural systems
Structural Design of a 4-Story Building
This 2-day seminar will walk participants through a fully worked out structural design example of a 4-story building where the bottom level is concrete, the next level up is masonry, the next level up is structural steel, and the uppermost level is wood-frame. Design codes include the 2015 International Building Code, ASCE 7-10, NDS-2015, SDPWS-2015, AISC 360-10, AISC 341-10, ACI 530-13, and ACI 318-14. Some of the topics covered include the calculation and distribution of lateral forces; consideration of seismic irregularities; design of beams which also act as chords or drag struts; gravity-load design for girders, posts, and connections; horizontal diaphragms and vertical shear walls throughout; distribution of lateral forces based on the rigidities of resisting elements; collectors and chords; anchorage of elements; design of simple shallow and deep foundations.
BENEFITS + LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Explain how to design gravity load supporting members using all building materials
• Explain how to design lateral force resisting systems for all building materials
• Recognize how all the building materials connect and function together as a whole
• Explain the requirements for combining loads per ASCE 7-10
• List principles for code interpretation
• Apply knowledge of the background behind code issues to make practical design decisions