April 9, 2015 SEC Full Day Seminar and Meeting
Lateral Load
Design Using IBC
and ASCE 7-10
This seminar will present lessons learned from recent major wind and seismic events followed by an overview of
the wind and seismic provisions in the IBC and ASCE 7-10. Recent trial designs of wind and seismic provisions
have shown that practicing engineers have great difficulty applying the lateral load provisions of ASCE 7, and
that they often get unconservative answers.
The seminar will begin with a presentation on lessons learned from recent events including Midwest wind storms,
and the Chilean and New Zealand earthquakes. A detailed presentation of wind and seismic requirements will
update attendees on these two complex loading protocols and explain the reasons and history of the development
of many of the provisions. The seminar will discuss how wind flows around a building and how the flow of wind
is taken into account by ASCE 7. In keeping with the local risks, wind design will be emphasized more than
seismic design, but both will be presented because engineers often work beyond their local area. Detailed
examples of lateral loads on an actual building will illustrate the use of the provisions. This material has been
developed by practicing structural engineers for practicing structural engineers. The seminar is intended for both
recent graduates and experienced practicing engineers.
Presented by:
Ed Huston, PE, SE
Ed Huston is a 1971 civil engineering graduate of the University of Washington
and he is a licensed civil and structural engineer in Washington and seven other
states. He is a principal in the firm of Smith & Huston, Inc., Consulting Engineers
in Seattle, Washington. Ed has over 40 years of experience in structural
design, evaluation, investigation and code and standards development. He
has been very active in the Structural Engineers Association of Washington,
(SEAW) holding positions as Seattle Chapter President and State Association
President. He is a member of both the SEAW Wind Engineering Committee
and the SEAW Earthquake Engineering Committee. Ed is Former President of
NCSEA. He is chair of the Code Advisory Committee – General Requirements Subcommittee.
Ed has served on the board of directors and as President of the Applied Technology Council, (ATC) a
national organization whose goal is the research into the effects of wind, earthquakes and other natural
forces and the dissemination of the results of that research. Ed was a member of the SAC Steel Project
Joint Venture Management Committee; was on the Project Review Panel of ATC 43 - Evaluation of
Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings; and was Lead Technical Consultant on ATC
45 - A Field Manual for Safety Evaluations of Buildings after Windstorms and Floods. He is a co-author
of the ATC Design Guide 2: Basic Wind Engineering of Low-Rise Buildings.
Ed is a co-author of the Wind Commentary to the Uniform Building Code - 1991 Edition & 1994 Editions,
ATC-60, SEAW Commentary on Wind Code Provisions, as well as the SEAW RSM-03, SEAW’s
Handbook of a Rapid Solution Methodology™ for Wind Design and The Masonry Designers' Guide to
the ACI/ASCE 530 Code, First through Sixth Editions. He has made over 160 seminar and technical
presentations.
Attendance to this seminar is worth 6.0 New York PDH Credits
DATE:
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
PLACE:
CROWNE PLAZA, CROMWELL CT
100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, Connecticut 06416
Exit 21, I-91
TIME:
7:30 – 8:15 am
8:15 am
10:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 – 12:45 pm
12:45pm
2:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:15 pm
COST:
SEC/CSCE/ACEC Members: $185.00 per person
Non-Members: $215.00 per person
Registration, Continental Breakfast
Seminar Begins
Coffee Break, 15 minutes
Question/Answer Session
Deli Sandwich Lunch Buffet
Seminar Resumes
Afternoon Snack Break, 15 minutes
Question/Answer Session
Conclusion of Program
RESERVATIONS: Reservations are required. Please reply by 4:00pm, Friday, April 3rd.
To register please complete the form on the next page and return with payment to:
ACEC/CT Structural Engineers Coalition
460 Smith St, Suite K
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone (860) 635-5522
Fax (866) 668-9858
www.ct-sec.org
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SEC-CT April 9th, 2015
Full Day Seminar at:
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100 Berlin Road,
Cromwell, Connecticut 06416
Lateral Load Design Using IBC and ASCE 7-10
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Directions
Follow I-91 north or south to Exit 21. At the end of the exit turn left onto Berlin Road (Rt 372) and
follow for 1/4 mile, hotel on the left.