ACI/PCA Simplified Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Moderate Size and Height

Free Publications   

As part of the seminar, you will receive FREE the following publication(s) a $120.00 value:

Seminar Topics   

This seminar will focus on design of concrete buildings of moderate size and height, in accordance with ACI 318-08, IBC 2009, and ASCE 7-05. The purpose of the seminar is to provide civil, architectural, and structural engineers with ways to simplify design procedures, thus reducing time required to analyze, proportion, and detail small to moderate size projects, while still complying with the ACI 318-08 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete. Various design considerations that need to be addressed in the structural design and detailing of reinforced concrete buildings will be discussed including fire resistance, economy, and forming techniques. Numerous design examples will be presented. The examples include wind load calculations, seismic force, analysis, simplified design of different slab systems, beams, columns, structural walls, and footings with emphasis on economy. Results obtained fro the simplified design methods are compared to those obtained from computer programs. The seminar is based on the book by PCA, Simplified Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Moderate Size and Height. In addition to detailed design examples, the PCA book includes numerous time saving design aids, graphs, and tables.

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Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. The seminar will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. Lunch will be from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Breakfast breads/pastries, lunch, coffee breaks, and publications are included in your registration fee.

Faculty   

Two of the following will be your instructors:

James R. Harris, PhD, PE, FACI, Principal, J. R. Harris & Company, Structural Engineers, Denver, CO. Harris received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois. His experience includes the design or evaluation of several hundred structures ranging from dwellings to high-rise buildings, including industrial facilities, long spans, buildings in the highest seismic zones, excavation bracing, pile and pier foundations, vibration issues, and historic building renovations. His research has focused on loading and response of structures, particularly earthquake and snow loadings, and on improving the formulation and use of engineering standards. He has written over 30 reports and journal articles on the results of his research and practice. His professional society affiliations are numerous. Harris is a member of ACI Committee 318, Structural Concrete Building Code and two subcommittees. He also serves on various technical committees of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Steel Construction, the Applied Technology Council, the Building Seismic Safety Council, the International Standards Organization, the Mid-America Earthquake Engineering Research Center, the Portland Cement Association, and the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. His contributions to the advancement of standards for structural engineering practice were recognized by election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005.

Mahmoud Kamara, PhD, Senior Structural Engineer, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, IL. Mahmoud Kamara is PCA’s senior structural engineer for engineered building. He is involved in developing technical publications and coordinating and conducting seminars. He is the coeditor and coauthor of numerous PCA publications and technical guides including; Notes on ACI 318-08 Building Code, Simplified Design of Reinforced Concrete buildings of Moderate Size and Heights and Blast Resistance Design Guide for Reinforced Concrete Structures (Scheduled for release in March 2009). He is an active member of the American Concrete Institute and the American Society of Civil Engineers and he chairs ACI/ASCE Joint Committee 421 Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs. Prior to joining PCA, Kamara held faculty positions at the University of Alexandria, Egypt and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His experience also includes structural engineering design and consulting, software developing and structural forensic investigations. He received the ACI Structural Research Award in 1992.

Dominic J. Kelly, MS, PE, SE, Consulting Structural Engineer, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc, Boston, MA. Kelly has 20 years experience in the design of new structures, the evaluation of existing structures, the repair of damaged structures, and the strengthening of deficient structures. He is called on frequently to perform structural adequacy and failure analyses. He is an active participant in the committee work of several professional associations. Kelly is currently a member of ACI 318, Structural Concrete Building Code and its subcommittees on Shear and Torsion and on Safety, Serviceability, and Analysis. He is a member of ASCE 7 Seismic Task Committee, which prepares seismic design provisions referenced by the model building codes.

Lawrence C. Novak, SE, SECB, LEED® AP,Director of Engineered Buildings, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, IL. Novak has more than 20 years of experience as a structural engineer on high-rise, mid-rise and special use structures throughout the world, including seismic regions. He is the Director of Engineered Buildings with the Portland Cement Association. Prior to joining the PCA, he was an Associate Partner with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill where he recently served as the lead structural engineer for the Burj Dubai Tower, the world’s tallest building. Novak serves on several technical structural committees and is an active member of the American Concrete Institute including ACI 318 Code Subcommittee E, ACI 445 on Shear and Torsion, ACI 445-A on Strut and Tie Modeling, ACI 209 on Creep and Shrinkage and ACI 130 on Sustainability of Concrete. He is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois and he has served on the Board of Directors of several engineering organizations including SEAOI, TCA and the Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame. He has co-authored numerous publications on structural engineering and is the recipient of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois’ Meritorious Publication Award for both 2001 and 2008, the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations’ Outstanding Structural Engineering Publication Award for 2001 and the United Kingdom’s Oscar Faber Award for 2002. In addition to being a Licensed Structural Engineer, Mr. Novak is a LEED® Accredited Professional and a Certified Structural Peer Reviewer.

Basile G. Rabbat, PhD, SE, Honorary Member of ACI, Manager, Structural Codes, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois. Rabbat received his MS and PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has published over fifty papers related to the behavior and design of structural concrete. He serves as Secretary of ACI 318, Structural Concrete Building Code; and is a member of ACI 215, Fatigue of Concrete. He is a Fellow of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and serves on the PCI Committee on Bridges, and the Research Committee. Rabbat’s other professional affiliations include the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Transportation Research Board. He is a licensed structural engineer in the State of Illinois.

Andrew W. Taylor, PhD, SE, FACI, Associate, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Seattle, WA. Taylor has 23 years experience in structural engineering research and practice, including seven years with the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Taylor received his BSCE and MSCE degrees in 1983 and 1985 from the University of Washington, and his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He has extensive research experience in experimental and theoretical investigations of the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structures. His specialties include performance-based seismic design of concrete structures, seismic base isolation, and seismic damping systems, particularly when applied to the design of critical facilities that require enhanced levels of seismic performance. Taylor is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, a member of ACI Committee 318 – Structural Building Code, and is Secretary of ACI Committee 374 – Performance-Based Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings. He has served as a member of technical and advisory committees of the Structural Engineers Association of Washington, the Building Seismic Safety Council, the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, The Portland Cement Association, and the National Research Council. He has served on reconnaissance teams following the 1994 Northridge, 1995 Kobe, and 2001 Nisqually earthquakes, and is a registered Structural Engineer in the State of Washington.

Amy Reineke Trygestad, P.E., is an independent consultant in the concrete industry, specializing in post-tensioned concrete design and construction. She was previously with the Portland Cement Association as a Regional Engineering Manager for the Central United States. She was also a structural engineer at Ericksen Roed & Associates, a major design firm in St. Paul, MN. Reineke Trygestad has a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota. She is an active member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Minnesota Concrete Council.

NOTE: ACI is not responsible for the statements or opinions expressed by the Faculty. If necessary to substitute an instructor an individual with similar qualifications will be used.