Upcoming Public Seminars
Designing Concrete Structures Reinforced with FRP Bars Using the New ACI CODE 440.11-22
Co-Sponsored by: NEx - An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials
- September 13, 2023 (Columbia, MD)
- October 9, 2023 (Orlando, FL)
Price: $299 ACI Member / $399 Non-member / $99 ACI Student Member
Continuing Education Credit: 7.5 PDH / 0.75 CEU
Registration opens soon
Who Should Attend: This is a great opportunity for engineers, owners, contractors, consultants, students, and manufacturers to get familiar with the technical and engineering aspects of the ACI 440.11 code and learn more about designing and detailing with GFRP reinforcement.
Description: The primary purpose of this seminar is to educate attendees on ACI CODE 440.11-22 and the application of GFRP reinforced concrete in the construction industry. ACI 440.11-22 “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars” is a newly developed design code for new concrete structures reinforced with GFRP bars. It is based on ACI 318 code requirements for steel-reinforced concrete but modifies ACI 318 code requirements for the specific use of GFRP reinforcing bars as an alternative to steel reinforcing bars. It addresses construction and material requirements, structural systems, members, and strength and serviceability requirements. Among the subjects covered are design and construction for strength, serviceability, and durability; load combinations, load factors, and strength reduction factors; structural analysis methods; deflection limits; development and splicing of reinforcement; construction document information; and field inspection and testing.
This seminar will provide a basic overview of FRP reinforcing bar properties, where they are commonly used, and how other specifications and standards from ACI and ASTM provide the basic foundation on which the new code has been developed. A discussion on where the code puts limits on the types of structures that can be reinforced with GFRP and where the code does and does not apply will be presented. The seminar will then provide detailed discussion on the engineering of GFRP reinforced concrete for various member types (including beams, columns, slabs, walls, and connections); determining flexural, shear, torsional, and axial strength of members reinforced with GFRP; and detailing GFRP bars for serviceability and durability. In all discussions, specific differences in designing with GFRP reinforcement versus steel reinforcement will be highlighted.
Presenters:
- Vicki L. Brown, PhD, P.E., FACI, Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Widener University
- William J. Gold, PE, Engineer, American Concrete Institute
ACI 318-19: Changes to the Concrete Design Standard
September 19, 2023 (ACI Resource Center, San Bernardino, CA)
Price: $495 ACI Member / $595 Non-member / $150 ACI Student Member
Continuing Education Credit: 7.5 PDH / 0.75 CEU
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Who Should Attend: Structural engineers, specifiers, building officials, contractors, architects, and inspectors interested in understanding how the Code has been reorganized, how to quickly find provisions of interest, and the major changes in the latest edition of the Code. Registrants will receive a FREE copy of ACI CODE-318-19
Description: In this seminar, two industry expert speakers will walk you through the major technical changes in the 2019 edition of ACI 318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-19) and Commentary. This is the first update since the reorganization of the code in the 2014 edition and includes over 100 additional pages of requirements.
All major changes in this edition of the code will be presented and discussed. This includes major changes centered around the topics of higher reinforcing steel yield strengths for many applications and the associated design provision changes; the addition of shotcrete provisions; deep foundation provisions; seismic requirements for deep foundations and other applications; vertical seismic motions; nonlinear analysis for seismic design; modification to development length equations; and updated shear design provisions and equations.
Presenters:
- Andy Taylor, PhD, SE, FACI, Associate, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Seattle, WA
- Gregory M Zeisler, PE, Senior Engineer, American Concrete Institute