
| Past Events May 20, 2010, WPI Annual Steel Design Conference SFNE and AISC will co-sponsor the annual steel design conference at WPI. This year the conference will welcome SEAMass as a co-sponsor and SFNE will conduct its own series of seminars for fabricators. The steel design conference will feature workshops for engineers that will cover the design of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. May 4, 2010 "Practical Seismic Design" A Discussion of the Equivalent lateral Force Procedure, presented by Erik A Nelson, P.E. Erik will discuss the equivalent lateral force procedure using latest updates in IBC 2009 and ASCE 7-05. (see more > flyer) April 11-14, 2010: Building Officials School Eastern States Building Officials Federation 61st year of educational opportunities to code enforcement officials. This year's annual school will offer you the opportunity to enhance your career and affect the future of building safety, you'll also be able to enhance your code knowledge, learn about the latest building and construction products and services, meet with your peers, and make new contacts. We are pleased to say that this year's annual school will have many attendees from fire officials, architects, engineers and builders. (read more > flyer) March 24, 2010: SEAMASS presents "Steel Connections / AISC 13th Edition" Bill Thornton, Ph.D.,P.E., will present braced frame connections for seismic design and art and science of connections in the morning. In the afternoon, Erik Nelson will present "From the Green to the Black" and guide us through the AISC 2005 and introduce changes that led the new ASD and LRFD code (read more > flyer) March 9, 2010: "Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel" Bill Pascoli, P.E., American Institute of Steel Construction, will guide us through effective ways of selecting, specifying, and communicating through Architects for the best results with architecturally exposed structural steel. In addition, Chris Doppke, Capco Steel, will be present to answer questions regarding the shop process and fabrication of AESS. (read more > flyer) February 9, 2010 "Total Precast Structures" Join us for an informative, educational presentation "Total Precast Structures" by Rita Seraderian, P.E. of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast. 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Department of Administration Conference Room A, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908 (read more > flyer) January 20, 2010: SEAMASS presents "Direct Design Method" SEAMass will be hosting an upcoming seminar on the Direct Design Method being held on January 20, 2010 presented by Dr. Leroy Emkin to be held at the Marriott Boston-Newton. (read more > flyer) |


