D I M E N S I O N S Central California

A PUBLICATION OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF D I M E N S I O N S CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

A Message from the President Inside this Issue Happy New Year! I hope you were able to a new mobile-friendly platform. The President’s Message 1 to spend some time with your family and goal is to integrate meeting and event Calendar 2 friends during the holidays. invitation emails, the online membership database, calendar of events, forms, and Announcements 3 2018 turned out to be a very busy year history to one website. This will allow Committee Reports 4 for all engineers. Despite crazy sched- SEAOCC members to be more in control ules, we are excited about the work we of their membership database infor- In the News 7 are doing and we are looking forward to mation and dues status, as well as make new opportunities in 2019. SEAOCC is it easier to register for events. Our goal Membership 9 helping our members to be up to date on is to complete this transition within the In Memoriam 11 the latest and greatest, as well as rein- next six months. James R. Clark, S.E. forcing the technical foundation. Contin- uing education is key to individual ca- Todd Kemen, SEAOCC Past President, Job Forum 12 SEAOC Convention reers, as well as to the competitiveness of and Darron Huntingdale, double Past 13 firms in the long run. President, rallied firms and industry part- Call for Papers ners to provide a strong sponsorship to SEAOCC Scholarships 14 2018 was full of various topics presented SEAOCC. As a result, the Board in- by SEAOCC and 2019 is set to be a great creased the scholarship contribution to Board & Committees 16 one. You'll hear several code update $11,000 this year, supporting several col- seminars from the Continuing Education lege students. Gaurav Bali, Amy Hop- SEAOCC At-A-Glance Committee (Sonia Eliseo) and Dinner/ kins, and Jim Carlson are joining forces SEAOCC Membership Lunch Meeting topics from our Program to come up with a Student Night on Dinner Meeting Committee (John Weninger). 2019 will March 12, 2019 that will include not on- January 8 also include marketing and business de- ly the SEAOCC Scholarship Awards and SEAOCC Board Meeting velopment information at a meeting Student Competition but will also in- January 8 which is a topic that is frequently asked. clude a Career Fair for firms and students. I would like to ask to all our SEAOCC Membership The SEAOCC Board of Directors is members to help us to reach as many stu- Committee Meeting working on several projects to provide dents and professors as possible. Please January 9 value to the membership. Structural en- look for event details from Bali. The 2019 SEAOC Convention gineering and business environments are Board is working on building broader Committee Meeting evolving rapidly, therefore, our organiza- relationships between the universities in January 17 tion is continuously looking at ways to our region and SEAOCC - This event keep our members up to date. To bring will be a great step in that direction. these trends and changes to our members' *Mark Your Calendar* attention, seven new committees have As a free service to our members and SEAOCC Membership Meetings been formed this year: SE3 (Caleb industry, SEAOCC and OSHPD has de- Second Tuesday of the Month Dunne), Resiliency (Roy Lobo), Social veloped the Seismic Map Design Tool. September-June Media (Kaylee Efstathiu), Membership A couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Geolog- SEAOCC Seminar (Laura Rice), Bylaws (Darron Hunting- ical Survey discontinued their Seismic March 7, 2019 - CBC Code Update dale), Strategic Planning (Chris Tokas), Map Design Website, essentially, mak- SEAOCC Student Night and Snow Load (John Corless). If we ing our website one of the few available March 12, 2019 + Career Fair add the Convention Committee (Alban alternatives. Please check out our web- SEAOCC Golf Tournament Gjongecaj) to the mix, we have plenty of site at www.seismicmaps.org. June 6, 2019—Teal Bend new activity this year. 2019 SEAOC Convention Sincerely, August 28-30, 2019 Besides new committees, the Board has Ali Sumer, Ph.D., S.E., Resort at Squaw Creek decided to migrate the SEAOCC website 2018-2019 SEAOCC President (Lake Tahoe) Page 2 C A L E N D A R JANUARY 2019

01/04 SEAOCC Membership Meeting Early Registration Deadline

01/08 SEAOCC Board of Directors Meeting JANUARY 2019 3:30-5:30 p.m. C OSHPD, 2020 West El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, 95833 Contact Ali Sumer, SEAOCC President A Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 01/08 SEAOCC Membership Dinner Meeting L Joint Meeting with ACI E 1 2 3 4 5 5:30 p.m. Social, 6:30 p.m. Dinner, 7:30 p.m. Presentation N Iron Grill, 2422 13th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818 D 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 01/09 SEAOCC Membership Committee Meeting 5:30-6:30 p.m. A Barrish Pelham, 301 E Street, Sacramento, CA 91816 R 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Contact Laura Rice, Membership Committee Chair 01/10 2019 SEAOC Convention Technical Committee Meeting O 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Topic: Invited Speakers 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. F Lionakis—Beaumont Room 27 28 29 30 1920 20th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 Contact John Weninger, 2019 SEAOC Technical Committee Chair E 01/17 2019 SEAOC Convention Committee Meeting V 12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m. E OSHPD, 2020 West El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, 95833 N Contact Alban Gjongecaj, 2019 SEAOC Convention Chair T 01/18 YMF Snow Trip Sign Up Deadline S February 2019 Contact Matt Quan, YMF Chair 01/23 SEAOCC Newsletter Deadline Sun Mo Tue We Thu Fri Sat 01/25 Resilience Committee SEAOCC Interest Deadline Contact Roy Lobo 1 2 02/08 2019 SEAOC Convention—Abstracts Due Contact John Weninger, 2019 SEAOC Technical Committee Chair 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 02/12 SEAOCC Membership Dinner Meeting—Camp Fire Hussain Bhatia, Ph.D., S.E., OSHPD 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5:30 p.m. Social, 6:30 p.m. Dinner, 7:30 p.m. Presentation Iron Grill, 2422 13th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 02/12 SEAOCC Board of Directors Meeting 3:30-5:30 p.m. ENGINEERS WEEK OSHPD, 2020 West El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, 95833 Contact Ali Sumer, SEAOCC President 24 25 26 27 28 02/17-23 Engineers Week

02/20 SEAOCC Newsletter Deadline

SEAOCC Dimensions Please submit articles of information to the membership. Newsletter Deadlines February January 23, 2019 SEAOCC Newsletter Editor March February 20, 2019 Rachel Leung, [email protected] 916-920-2020 April March 20, 2019 May April 22, 2019 SEAOCC Executive Secretary June May 22, 2019 Lori Campbell, [email protected] 916-572-3177 Special Edition June 19, 2019

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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, NEW COMMITTEE?

Whether your goal is to shape the direction of the profession, learn more about the industry, improve yourself, or to learn what goes on behind the scenes of the organization, it’s time to get involved a committee.

In addition to the newly formed committees, the SEAOCC Standing and Technical Committees are always looking for interested members to get involved. Upcoming meetings are listed on the calendar, and you can always contact a Committee Chair for details of the next meeting or to find out more about the committee’s work.

A new Membership Committee, headed by Laura Rice, is having its first meeting this month. The committee will discuss topics such as membership onboarding, engagement, and retention.

Other Committee spotlights include: SE3: Focuses on examining and improving engagement and equity in our profession, contact Caleb Dunne Newsletter: Disperses news and information, from writing articles to gathering content, contact Rachel Leung Snow Load Maps: Creates a new mapping tool for snow load designs, contact John Corless Seismology: Develops, updates, and maintains the SEAOC Blue Book, reviews SEAOC Seismic Design Manuals, and provides code change review and proposals to the International Building Code, contact David Palmer

CALLING ALL NEWLY LICENSED P.E.s & S.E.s! If you or a coworker just earned your license, email Rachel as newly licensed engineers will be recognized in an upcoming newsletter.

DID YOU KNOW?

Steve Hiner, Chair of the SEAOCC Disaster Emergency Services (DES) Committee, updated the Board of Directors on Tuesday, Janu- ary 8, 2019 that the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Ser- vices (Cal OES) offers free Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Training.

The next session hosted by Cal OES will take place on Friday, Janu- ary 25, 2019, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Rocklin Event Center. If you are interested, register early as space is limited.

If you do complete this, or other SAP Training, please notify Steve Hiner with a copy of your completion certificate so that he can include you in the SEAOCC DES Callout List in the event of an acti- vation request.

For more about the Cal OES Safety Assessment Program, as well as the new online SAP Evaluator Refresher Training, please visit their website at https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/recovery/ disaster-mitigation-technical-support/technical-assistance/safety- assessment-program.

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RESILIENCY– A CALL FOR SEAOCC MEMBER PARTICIPATION By Roy Lobo, Ph.D., S.E., SEAOCC Board Member Are we adequately prepared for the next big disaster to • Informative Community Resilience Topics hit our most vulnerable cities and towns and how soon i. Community vs building recovery; life safety vs can a city recover? With the recent spate of natural dis- functional occupancy asters that are occurring around the world and here in ii. Graphic-friendly article in SEAOC newsletter; ex- California the new buzzword is resiliency. Resiliency panded 5-pager for engineering community; ex- occurs at the building and the community level. As pand to non-engineering community including leg- structural engineers, we are generally more narrow fo- islators, building owners, etc. cused on the building and re-occupancy. Community • FEMA P-58 Summary for the SEAOC Community resilience is about restoring essential functionality within • Public Opinion and Communicating Risk a reasonable time frame after a disruptive event. In Cali- i. SEAOC newsletter article fornia, our biggest threat to loss of function and recovery ii. A “how-to” communicate risk as structural engi- from a damaging event is earthquakes, but more recently, neers to public, legislators other natural disasters like floods, wind and wildfires iii. NIBS study, public expectation vs reality have taken the spotlight. Current model building codes • Disaster Case Studies emphasize life safety and do not explicitly consider re- i. Brief templates (outlines?) that give an overview of covering building function. When a disruptive event oc- an event, how communities were impacted, the re- curs, there is a loss in community function as shown in covery process and lessons learned. the resilience triangle figure below. The resiliency trian- • Rollout of FORWARD to NCSEA gle illustrates how a damaging event like an earthquake can inhibit community/building function for a considera- The committee is also interested in starting additional ble amount of time. Sometimes buildings and communi- local resilience committees at the other member organi- ties take a long time to recover or never at all. zations in addition to the local resiliency committee in SEAONC. If you are interested in starting a local com- In an effort to restore building and community resilience, mittee for SEAOCC please contact Anna Lang, an- it is important to reduce the resiliency triangle by increas- [email protected], Jonathan Buckalew, jbuck- ing the robustness or diminishing the time for full recov- [email protected], or Roy Lobo, [email protected]. ery. There is an old saying that a “Stitch in time saves If there is enough interest, a minimum of three members, nine”. The sooner we can strengthen are building stock I will arrange a local resiliency committee meeting in to be more robust, we build resilience, shorten disruption early February, where a Chair for the committee will be and restore recovery. selected and path forward can be charted based on some of the ideas proposed in this announcement. Looking If this topic is of interest to you, the SEAOC Resiliency forward to receiving your positive response no later than Committee is interested to create several sub-working January 25. You can also contact any of the three of us groups to develop papers or publish articles but not lim- for additional information if you are undecided. ited to the following topics:

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YMF SNOW TRIP By Matt Quan, Chair, SEAOCC YMF

Interested in meeting SEAONC YMF’ers and having a blast skiing/snowboarding in the mountains? Or perhaps hanging out by a fire and drinking hot cocoa (or your beverage of choice)? If so, we are pleased to announce our co- hosted YMF Ski/Snowboarding Trip with SEAOCC and the SEAONC YMF!

The event is slated for the weekend of March 9, 2019. This notice is to see how many SEAOCC Young Members are interested in attending so we can begin planning out the accom- modations and location specifics. We have tentatively selected Kirkwood Ski Resort as our ski location, and are thinking about leaving on Friday night and coming back Sunday afternoon of that weekend. Depending on the numbers, we can stay for shorter time, or adjust as needed.

If you are interested in attending, please fill out your name and email in the Google spreadsheet linked below. You do not need to fully commit to the event if you sign up now, I will follow up early next year with people who have put their name down to confirm their availability once we work out all the logistics. Please sign up by January 18 so we can have a decent headcount for planning purposes. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GXl3AqchmjNNi9CnJtWRHLTqFZnX4V78a1exf_zQ2A8/edit? usp=sharing

SEAOCC STUDENT NIGHT Student Scholarships, Student Competition, and Career Fair By Gaurav Bali, P.E., SEAOCC Board Member

For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, SEAOCC is starting an all-in-one student night. On March 12, 2019, SEAOCC will host a night dedicated to students.

Students will share their cumulative competition results and experience. During this competition, teams from the local Universities come together and are given a chance to apply their theoretical understanding of structural engineering to a practical form. The teams will be given four hours to design and build a small structure with limited materials and resources.

Annual SEAOCC Scholarships will be given to students from our local universities. Thanks to the support of members like you that we can encourage these future engineers and help support them in our profession!

In addition to this competition, SEAOCC will be hosting a student Career Fair. Students will have the opportunity to speak directly with hiring managers from our partnering design firms. If you or your design firm would like to be a part of this Career Fair or have any questions, please reach out to Gaurav Bali at [email protected]

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TIMBER INNOVATION ACT HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK By Jesse Major, Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES — Legislation that aims to accelerate the research and development of wood for use in construction projects is heading to the president’s desk after the farm bill, which includes the Timber Innovation Act, passed through the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

The Timber Innovation Act, which U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., reintroduced in the Senate this year and U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, helped introduce in the House, will help speed up research and development of wood products, such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), in large scale building projects and is expected to boost the state’s growing CLT production.

The $867 billion farm bill is intended to help those in the agricultural industry by expanding farm subsidies and includes language legalizing industrial hemp production, The Hill reported.

Read more at Daily Peninsula News (12/17).

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CAL FIRE DIRECTOR RETIRING WITH A MESSAGE: CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO REBUILD SMARTER By Courtney Krider, KRCR News

REDDING. Calif. — The state's top firefighter, Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott, retired Friday and is sharing some words of wisdom for people who want to build or rebuild in California.

He says communities and the state need to work together now more than ever in an effort to prevent another Camp Fire. Pimlott offered some strong parting words after recent California wildfires.

"You are responsible for these folks, we want these folks to be safe. These jobs are dangerous and the stories that will continue to come out about the heroism, the survival and the extent to which all of these individuals took to help save their community, the individual residents, regular people stepped up beyond what was imaginable to save each other to get people out," Pimlott said while looking back on the experiences of evacuees and firefighters during the Camp Fire.

After 30 years with Cal Fire, the last eight leading the state's largest fire agency through the most horrific fires in the state's history, the weight of saving lives sits on his shoulders.

The now, former Director, known as "Chief" in the fire community leaves behind a legacy but carries with him the memo- ries of communities like Paradise.

More than 18,000 buildings and homes were incinerated by the blaze and the death toll sits at 86 people.

Pimlott said after deadly and destructive wildfires, which seemingly are only getting worse, it is time to look at where Cal- ifornians are living.

"At the end of the day I recognize people are going to move to the wildland urban interface, that's part of being able to own land in California and have that. But the real advice going forward is, the Camp Fire has driven home that not only (Continued on page 8)

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(Continued from page 7) should we be focusing on fuels treatment and working on forest management to help reduce the intensity of fires, we need to work on the built environment," Pimlott said.

Building codes, updating older homes with things such as fire resistant roofing, double pane windows and possibly wider driveway space are things most homes in Paradise did not have and many other homes in the Northstate do not either. "We have hundreds of communities like Paradise that could easily burn," Pimlott said. He added there may be fire prone areas in Paradise and surrounding communities such as Magalia and Concow where people should not rebuild but that's a conversation for the local leaders and community to have.

"I think we need to look at that and I think now they have an opportunity to look at that because it's almost starting over from scratch," Pimlott said. "The difficult part of that is people own the property. You can't just come in and tell some- body well now you're not going to get to rebuild on a piece of property they've owned for decades."

Pimlott suggests with the new normal of extreme fire behavior, homeowners and local contractors should take extreme precaution, similar to what they do in other parts of the country when it comes to extreme weather.

"Those are all things ingrained in people where there’s a risk for tornadoes so a very similar thought process to a community so you know where to evacuate to if you cannot evacuate safely outside," Pimlott said having steady structures that are able to provide refuge would also provide a meeting place where firefighters know to respond.

Pimlott said he's had discussions with Paradise Mayor, Jody Jones. He, along with local leaders like Jones, knows these changes will take a lot of work but the Chief believes after this year's unimaginable loss, people are ready.

"This isn't the state coming into dictate. The state needs to be part of, being at the table doing this together. The locals know their community. They know and this really has to be driven at that level but it's going to require a village. I think they've been ready for it for a while. I think this fire has just put it right up front for everyone and we have to engage in the discussion now," Pimlott said.

Pimlott, during his time with the state, said what he is most proud of is the partnerships Cal Fire has developed with sister state agencies, federal agencies, local government, environmental groups and the community, who are all trying to find ways to tackle the challenges people are facing in California when it comes to fire.

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Thank you to everyone who attended the Holiday Party at Top Golf!! It was a blast.

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT SEAOCC Board of Directors, December 2018

APPROVED MEMBERS David Castro Crawford & Associates Affiliate Sej De Leon Stantec Associate Reza Gorji PORTIVA Member Amarinder Grewal Cal Pier Affiliate Dwayne Slavin Wood Rodgers Member SE Austin Young Caltrans Student

POSTED MEMBERS Darrell Chapman Chapman Engineering Member SE Yi Chen City of Sacramento Member Naman Parikh DLR Group Member

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The Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC) reserves the right to decline advertising not meeting SEAOCC’s professional standards or stated mission. Advertising published in the SEAOCC Newsletter does not imply an en- dorsement of the advertised product or service by SEAOCC.

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IN MEMORIAM JAMES RUSSELL CLARK, S.E. (1931-2018)

Jim Clark, 87, the founder and former President and Chairman of West Sacramento-based Clark Pacific, one of the nation’s leading suppliers of architectural and structural precast concrete solutions, died peacefully November 13, 2018, at his home in Davis, CA, with his family by his side.

A fourth-generation Californian, Jim was born August 7, 1931 in Lompoc, CA. His father was a blacksmith in the gold mines, and Jim grew up during the depression in Grass Valley and Manteca as the third of four children. Jim’s love for construction began as a child, and at the young age of 14, he converted a chicken coop into a home where the family lived for 30 years.

Jim attended UC Berkeley. Helped in part by a football scholarship, Jim paid his own way through college. Even while spending many hours practicing football, cleaning the stadium, working at the post office, and studying civil engineering, he was never too busy to see life as a fun adventure. During the summers he enjoyed exciting times working as a logger.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1953, Jim joined the US Marine Corps as a 1st Lieutenant for two years. Jim then embarked on his engineering and construction career in San Francisco with John D. Blume Engineering for seven years, earning both his civil and structural engineering licenses. San Francisco was where he met and married the love of his life, Sharron Kinch, a soon-to-be Stanford nursing graduate. (Jim and Sharron recently celebrated 61 years of marriage).

In 1961, Jim decided to pursue more hands-on opportunities in the engineering and construction field, finding a position with Continental Heller, a general contracting firm in Sacramento, CA, where he worked as an estimator and project manager. In 1965 he was transferred to the company’s small prefabrication subsidiary known as Tecon Pacific, located in West Sacramento. As General Manager, Jim applied his strong work ethic and engineering expertise to make the fledgling company a success. Jim played a pioneering role in the industry. With his own team and later with like-minded industry innovators across the country, Jim developed architectural finishes for the California market, intro- duced new systems, innovative steel forming techniques, connection concepts, and rigging and transportation concepts that are still used by the company and more widely by the industry today.

In 1978, Jim became a partner in the company and in 1991, together with his two sons, Bob and Don, purchased the remaining portion of the business and changed the name to Clark Pacific. What had started out as a small subsidiary on just a few acres has grown into one of the largest manufacturers of prefabricated building systems in the country with over 1300 employees, having delivered prefabricated concrete building systems on thousands of projects, including state office buildings, hospitals, parking structures, student housing projects and sports venues up and down the West Coast. Jim Clark’s entrepreneurial spirit, legendary work ethic and business acumen remain key elements of the driv- ing force behind Clark Pacific’s success and are part of his enduring legacy at the company and in the men and women who work there.

Jim was passionate about the business and the industry. He loved what he did and what the company he had helped build accomplished over the years. He had such great love and admiration for the people he worked with and the great things they accomplished together. He had a passion for engineering that was with him throughout his life, making sure things were done right: that work was planned and that plans were tested (mocked-up) before being finalized.

While business and his profession were important to Jim, his most fulfilling role in life was being a husband and a father. He and Sharron raised their five children along the Sacramento River. They renovated an old country home, where the family raised dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, goats, donkeys, horses, rabbits, even a pet crow and Bingo the monkey. Along with their country-living adventures, they all enjoyed camping, white water rafting, motor home trips, and boating together. While boating, Jim told the children, “You’d better be good swimmers because if this boat sinks, I’m saving your mother first.” Jim and Sharron loved adventure travel. Their adventures spanned the world from safaris in Africa to trekking the Atlas Mountains of Morocco; from boating on the Amazon to exploring the Galapagos Islands; from scuba diving in Fiji to swimming at the North Pole. (Yes, Jim jumped in the Arctic Ocean, much to Sharron’s consternation!)

Jim approached the onset of Parkinson’s Disease in the mid-1990s with the same determination that he brought to all other life challenges. He strategized with researchers, physicians, and his family to make a plan that allowed him to continue a vibrant life at each stage of the progres- sive illness which accompanied him for the next 22 years. He said at the time: “I may not be on top of my game for the next 20 years, but I will have the great satisfaction of knowing I gave it my best shot.” And he did. He stayed positive throughout, doing regular exercise (he could do a 5-minute plank even when he could barely walk), taking singing lessons, and repeatedly picking himself up after falls. Throughout this time, he always focused on others, tirelessly looking to understand their lives and genuinely encourage them in their pursuits. Jim’s winning smile, unending energy, great sense of humor, and love for his wife, family, company and community will be dearly missed and always remembered.

Jim Clark is survived by his wife of 61 years, Sharron Kinch Clark and their five children, Robin Bevier (Bill) of Gold River, CA, Maureen (Dennis) Guerrieri of Davis, CA, Don (Karen) Clark of Clarksburg, CA, Bob (Margot) Clark of Davis, CA, and Tracy (Chris) Ferragamo of Davis, CA, and their dearly beloved 19 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests any remembrances from Jim’s friends in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry be sent to the PCI Foundation (www.pci-foundation.org), to be used to support education and further the industry Jim loved.

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Resort at Squaw Creek

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts are requested for papers to be presented as part of the Technical, Business Practice, and Younger Member Programs of the 2019 SEAOC Convention. The 88th Annual SEAOC Convention will be held at the Resort at Squaw Creek near Lake Tahoe, California, August 28 through August 30, 2019.

The Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) is respected as an authoritative world leader in the practice of structural and earthquake engineering, as a nationally influential participant in structural code and standard development, and as a valuable resource to practicing Structural Engineers in California. To this end, the 2019 SEAOC Convention Technical Committee’s goals are as follows:  Create a program that supports the advancement of the structural engineering profession, including how we are creating leaders, new and innovative information with practical and technical applications, global and social impacts, bringing together project teams, and supporting SEAOC’s vision for the future of structural engineering.  Provide a balanced program to include a variety of different topics and new delivery formats that engage the audience and are more interactive. Encourage as many different speakers and topics as possible.  Celebrate structural engineering excellence in all areas of practice and discuss how the profession can accomplish it.  Provide an adequate time frame and formats for speakers to share information and allow for audience participation including questions and answers.  Create value‐added programs for attendees.  Seek to provide presentations that are lively, motivating, and interactive.

Important Dates Deadline for Abstracts: On or Before February 8, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: March 29, 2019 Deadline for Final Paper: July 8, 2019 Deadline for PowerPoint Presentations: August 19, 2019

Guide for Authors Interested presenters should submit the following: Presentation Title and Abstract of the Paper (300 words or less) Author(s), Presenter(s), Primary Contact E‐Mail Address, and Telephone Number Brief Bio of the Presenter (500 words or less) Photograph ‐ Headshot (.jpg format)

Please Note: All accepted presenters are required to register and attend the Convention. All papers presented at the 2019 SEAOC Convention will be published in the Convention Proceedings.

Submit Abstract to: 2019 SEAOC Convention Technical Program Committee Please include in the E‐Mail Subject “2019 SEAOC Convention Technical Abstract Submission” E‐Mail: [email protected] Mail: P.O. Box 2590, Fair Oaks, CA 95628

Questions: Technical Committee Chair: John J. Weninger, S.E., Fellow SEAOC, [email protected] Administrator: Lori Campbell, [email protected]

2019 SEAOC Convention P. O. Box 2590, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 | 916‐965‐1536 | E‐Mail [email protected] | Website https://convention.seaoc.org/ ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR JULY 2018 THROUGH JUNE 2019

ALI SUMER, Ph.D., S.E. BEN FAIRCLOTH, S.E. VACANT TIMOTHY PILAND, S.E. TODD KEMEN, S.E. PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER PAST PRESIDENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CENTRAL DISTRICT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION GAURAV BALI, P.E. RACHEL LEUNG, P.E. OF ROY LOBO, Ph.D., S.E. LOUAY SHAMROUKH, S.E. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA P. O. Box 2590, Fair Oaks, California 95628 EAST DISTRICT BRETT MC ELHANEY, S.E. (916) 572-3177 E-Mail: [email protected] LORI K. CAMPBELL NORTH DISTRICT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY JEREMY KELLOGG, S.E.

SOUTH DISTRICT DOUG MAYER, S.E. SEAOCC ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP

The Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC) is pleased to announce the availability of a $1,500 scholarship to support a student of structural engineering. The future of structural engineering and our organization will ultimately be determined by those individuals currently studying to obtain engineering degrees. It is in SEAOCC's best interest to invest in tomorrow's structural engineers. The scholarship is to be awarded to a qualified student currently enrolled in the University's Engineering program. Interested applicants must submit the following information:

 A personal profile/resume of the applicant including course work, GPA, student activities, job experience, and hobbies/interests. Membership in SEAOCC Student Chapter and participation in Student Chapter activities and competitions is highly valued. Be sure to include your mailing address and telephone (one to two pages maximum).

 A statement explaining why the applicant desires to become a Structural Engineer (50 words or less).

 A description of the applicant's favorite structure and why it is the applicant's favorite (one page maximum).

Deadline: The above information must be submitted to the Engineering Department no later than February 25, 2019.

The Engineering Department will forward the information for the three most qualified individuals to the SEAOCC Scholarship Committee. The Committee will determine which individual of the submitted applicants will receive the scholarship. The Scholarship Committee will notify the Engineering Department and the individual who has been selected to receive the scholarship. The scholarship will be presented to the selected individual at the annual SEAOCC Student Night Membership Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Sacramento.

ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR JULY 2018 THROUGH JUNE 2019

ALI SUMER, Ph.D., S.E. BEN FAIRCLOTH, S.E. VACANT TIMOTHY PILAND, S.E. TODD KEMEN, S.E. PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER PAST PRESIDENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SOUTH DISTRICT DOUG MAYER, S.E. SEAOCC ANNOUNCES GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

The Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC) is pleased to announce the availability of a $1,500 scholarship to support a graduate student of structural engineering. The future of structural engineering and our organization will ultimately be determined by those individuals currently studying to obtain engineering degrees. It is in SEAOCC's interest to invest in the advanced education of tomorrow's structural engineers because advanced degrees can be especially important in preparing students for the ever‐changing challenges that engineers face. This scholarship is to be awarded to a qualified student with financial need who is currently enrolled in a structural engineering graduate program at one of six Central California universities. Interested applicants must submit the following information:

 A statement of financial need (200 words or less).

 A statement explaining why the applicant desires to become a Structural Engineer (one page maximum).

 A description of the applicant's favorite structure and why it is the applicant's favorite (one page maximum).

Deadline: The above information must be submitted to the University’s Civil Engineering Department no later than February 25, 2019.

The Civil Engineering Department will forward the information for the single most qualified individual to the SEAOCC Scholarship Committee. The Committee will determine which individual of the submitted applicants will receive the scholarship. The Scholarship Committee will notify the Engineering Department and the individual who has been selected to receive the scholarship. The scholarship will be presented to the selected individual at the annual SEAOCC Student Night Membership Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Sacramento. 2018-2019 SEAOCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS You are encouraged to get involved! Members are invited to join a SEAOCC Committee. Contact the Chair for information on current projects and meeting dates, time, and location.

Name Telephone E-Mail PRESIDENT * Ali Sumer, Ph.D., S.E*. 916-440-8314 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Ben Faircloth, S.E. 916-920-2020 [email protected] SECRETARY Vacant TREASURER Tim Piland, S.E. 916-440-8407 [email protected] PAST PRESIDENT * Todd Kemen, S.E.* 530-200-4022 [email protected] * Director - SEAOC Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS CENTRAL DISTRICT Gaurav Bali, P.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] Roy Lobo, Ph.D., S.E. 916-440-8471 [email protected] Rachel Leung, P.E. 916-920-2020 [email protected] Louay Shamroukh, S.E. 209-944-1094 [email protected] EAST DISTRICT Brett McElhaney, S.E. 775-853-5525 [email protected] NORTH DISTRICT Jeremy Kellogg, S.E. 530-240-6146 [email protected] SOUTH DISTRICT Doug Mayer, S.E. 559-797-1887 [email protected]

BOARD-COMMITTEE LIAISON Nick Petrarca 916-443-0303 [email protected]

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Lori Campbell 916-965-1536 [email protected]

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION SEAOCC REPRESENTATIVES AND/OR LIAISONS Applied Technology Council (ATC) Chris Tokas, S.E. 916-654-8779 [email protected] BSSC Representative David Palmer, S.E. 916-418-8290 [email protected] NCSEA Norm Scheel, S.E. 916-536-9585 [email protected] Ryan Kersting, S.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] Darron Huntingdale, S.E. 916-558-1900 [email protected] SEAOC Foundation Danielle Smith, S.E. 916-558-1900 [email protected]

SEAOCC STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS + SEAOCC REPRESENTATIVES ON SEAOC STANDING OR AD HOC COMMITTEES (SEAOC) Audit Tim Piland, S.E. 916-440-8407 [email protected] Bylaws Darron Huntingdale, S.E.* 916-558-1900 [email protected] Business Forum Matt Melcher, S.E. 916-558-1900 [email protected] Career Fair Gaurav Bali, P.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] College of Fellows (SEAOC) Bill Staehlin, S.E. 916-216-1753 [email protected] Communications (SEAOC) James Langelier, P.E. 916-558-1900 [email protected] Kendall Johnson 916-558-1900 [email protected] Continuing Education Sonia Eliseo, S.E. 530-304-1117 [email protected] Disaster Emergency Services Steve Hiner, S.E. 530-245-7197 [email protected] Excellence in SE Awards Ben Faircloth, S.E. 916-920-2020 [email protected] Golf Tournament Jeff Marchant, S.E. 916-371-0305 [email protected] House Dave Hunn, P.E. 916-372-1434 [email protected] Legislative (SEAOC) Ryan Kersting, S.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] Membership Laura Rice, P.E. 916-418-9100 [email protected] Newsletter Rachel Leung, P.E. 916-920-2020 [email protected] Professional Licensing (SEAOC) Ken Luttrell, S.E. 916-920-2020 [email protected] Program John Weninger, S.E. 916-273-4670 [email protected] Public Relations Joyce Copelan, P.E. 916-227-6832 [email protected] SE Exam Interview Ed Nicholson, S.E. 916-966-5400 [email protected] SE3 Caleb Dunne, P.E. 916-373-1995 [email protected] Scholarship Jim Carlson, S.E. 916-699-5920 [email protected] Social Media Kaylee Efstathiu 916-558-1900 [email protected] Structural Standards (SEAOC) Chris Tokas, S.E. 916-654-8779 [email protected] General Engineering Doug Krug, S.E. 916-966-0762 [email protected] Seismology David Palmer, S.E. 916-418-8290 [email protected] Existing Buildings Eric Fuller, S.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] Sustainable Design Lisa Podesto, P.E. 530-520-7966 [email protected] Co-Chair Ryan Miller, S.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] Wind Ken Luttrell, S.E. 916-920-2020 [email protected] Ad Hoc-EPRS (SEAOC) Fred Turner, S.E. 916-263-0583 [email protected] Student Relations Amy Hopkins, P.E. 916-443-0303 [email protected] Young Member Forum Matt Quan, P.E. 916-558-1900 [email protected] Co-Chair Caleb Dunne, P.E. 916-373-1995 [email protected] Web Site Kaylee Efstathiu 916-558-1900 [email protected] 2019 SEAOC Convention Alban Gjongecaj, P.E. 530-672-1600 [email protected] SEAOCC Snow Load Mapping Project John Corless, S.E. 530-222-3300 [email protected]

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