Early Bird Rate: Member $1,065 / Non-Member $1,295 - AFTER 8/28/15 Member $1,215 / Non-Member $1,445
This seminar offers special pricing as part of ASCE Week Las Vegas. Find out more about this annual event.
INSTRUCTOR:
Dave K. Adams, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE
Purpose and Background
This seminar will provide tools for a practicing engineer to design efficient non-building structures, using the requirements of ASCE/SEI 7-10 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.. Sometimes alternate designs that may not specifically comply with the letter of the code need to be investigated in such a way that the understood intent of the code will be met. Practical design examples will be used throughout the seminar to illustrate discussed principles.
Seminar Benefits and Learning Outcomes
- Become familiar with provisions of ASCE/SEI 7-10
- Coordinate requirements of ASCE/SEI 7-10 with those of other material standards
- Efficiently design non-building structures, components, and their anchorage
- Recognize non-building structures not specifically addressed in the code
- Discover exemptions for non-building component seismic design
- Assess alternative solutions to code prescriptions
- Review code provisions related to existing structures supporting new load
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Achievement of the learning outcomes by attendees will be assessed through seminar evaluations, periodic material summaries, multiple question and answer sessions, personal contact between sessions, and a review at the end of the seminar.
Who Should Attend?
Structural engineers, industrial engineers, civil engineers, equipment manufacturers, plant managers, and building officials will benefit from this seminar.
Summary Outline
Time: Day 1: 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. | Day 2: 8 a.m. 4 p.m.
DAY 1
- General requirements and coordination of relevant codes
- Wind loading and design considerations\Seismic loading and design considerations
- Other load considerations and combinations
- Non-building structures similar to buildings
- Design example: Steel pipe rack with undefined moment and braced frames
DAY 2
- Non-building structures not similar to buildings
- Understanding permanently-supported components (Chapter 13)
- Incorporation of OSHA structural requirements into the overall design solution
- Crane systems
- Anchorage to masonry, concrete, steel, and wood
- Existing structures - Determining load ratings
- Existing structures - Retrofit solutions for support of new non-building components or structures
- Design examples: Flat-bottom upright tank; evaluation/reinforcement of existing structural members with new equipment loads; load rating determination for existing jib crane
Discounted hotel rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. See discount deadline and rates below.
Important Details About Your Seminar
The Venetian Palazzo
3325 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109-8941
(866) 659-9659
ASCE Hotel Rate: $169 Single + $25 resort fee
Hotel Cut-Off: 8/28/2015