Learn, Innovate, Excel
#88
March 2024
WELCOME to Learn, Innovate, Excel! Our goal with this newsletter is to provide useful information and tips that will help you save time, be more productive, and also reduce risk. This information complements our SEU program, by introducing you to tips on a wide variety of topics affecting structural engineers.
  
If you have any tips you would like to share as part of a future Learn, Innovate, Excel newsletter, please email Lisa Willard or Brian Quinn. 


IN THIS ISSUE...

  • Detailing for Diaphragm Chord Forces in Joist and Joist Girders
  • Resources for Lateral Load Resisting Steel Joists and Joist Girders
  • SEU Speaker Inspires Organizations: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large Scale Civil Engineering Research
  • States with Upcoming License Renewals
  • Coming Next to SEU
Detailing for Diaphragm Chord Forces in Joist and Joist Girders
by Jenny Schultz, PE

Joists and joist girders can efficiently transfer diaphragm chord forces to shear walls and lateral frames, but the specifying professional must give due consideration to the connection details. Transferring forces through the joists can induce eccentricities at the bearing seat which can lead to unintended moments on the bearing seat. Have you considered the most efficient way to detail the bearing seat connection when transferring chord forces?

In the November 2023 SEU session, Darrell Marchell, PE, from Vulcraft, and Tim Holtermann, PE, SE, from Canam Steel, on behalf of the Steel Joist Institute, presented Lateral Load Resisting Frames for Steel Joist and Joist Girders. Darrell and Tim identified how open web steel joists and joist girders can be used in different lateral load resisting systems. They explained how to effectively specify loads on the contract documents, shared commonly used connection details, and advised ways to reduce manufacturing and construction costs for different systems...
Resources for Lateral Load Resisting Steel Joists and Joist Girders
by Jenny Schultz, PE

Have you recently visited the Steel Joist Institute website to see their available technical resources? From technical guides to design tools, SJI offers extensive content to help specifying professionals using steel joists and joist girders avoid pitfalls and follow their best practice recommendations.

In the November 2023 SEU session, Darrell Marchell, PE, from Vulcraft, and Tim Holtermann, PE, SE, from Canam Steel, on behalf of the Steel Joist Institute, presented Lateral Load Resisting Frames for Steel Joist and Joist Girders. Darrell and Tim identified how open web steel joists and joist girders can be used in different lateral load resisting systems. They explained how to effectively specify loads on the contract documents, shared commonly used connection details, and advised ways to reduce manufacturing and construction costs for different systems.

Darrel noted that SJI recently published Technical Digest 11: Design of Lateral Load Resisting Frames Using Steel Joists and Joist Girders. This publication offers procedures to properly analyze, design and specify open web steel joist and Joist Girder moment frames to resist wind and seismic lateral loads...
SEU Speaker Inspires Organizations: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large Scale Civil Engineering Research
In September 2023, John Kennedy, SE, PE, from Structural Affiliates International, Inc., presented Rules of Thumb for Steel Design. He selected St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (stjude.org)) for the SEU Speaker Inspires donation of the month.

John shared, "I chose this organization because I support and believe in their mission to advance research, treatment, and prevention of pediatric catastrophic diseases. It’s headquartered in my home state of Tennessee, and I admire the help the organization brings to both children and families who may be in dire need of support."
In October 2023, Carol Drucker, SE, PE, from Drucker Zajdel Structural Engineers, Inc., presented Vertical Bracing. She selected Purdue University's Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research (Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research (purdue.edu)) for the SEU Speaker Inspires donation of the month.

This 66,000 square-foot facility provides the space and technical capability needed to investigate the behavior of large structural models and elements subjected to loads representing extreme events, such as earthquakes, blasts, and impact, so that future structures will be designed to better withstand these extreme events. The lab's "strong floor," clear ceiling height of 54 feet, loading apparatus, and advanced instrumentation set a new standard for materials and structures testing.

Thank you, John and Carol, for helping structural engineers with your SE University session, and for your designations of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Purdue University's Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research as our SEU Speaker Inspires Organization of the Month!
STATES WITH UPCOMING LICENSE RENEWALS

As we finish the first quarter of 2024, we'd like to remind you that upcoming SEU sessions can be used to help you meet your continuing education requirements - start earning hours now to avoid the last minute rush (of course, if you find yourself needing last minute hours, we can help with recorded sessions from our SEU Session Archives).

If additional hours are needed, please contact Lisa Willard to discuss how we can help you. 

States with license renewals for all engineers on April 30th:

Hawaii (No continuing education required) 
New Jersey

States with license renewals for some engineers by April 30th:

Kansas (April 30th)
Louisiana (March 31st)

In addition to the states listed above, there are other states that may require renewal based on your initial date of licensure or other rules for that state. Please check your license information to confirm your renewal dates.   
  
For more information about license renewal, please visit our Continuing Education Requirements by State page, where you can click on states in which you are licensed to see the license renewal date, as well as the continuing education requirements for that state. If you would like a complete summary of all 50 states, a PDF file is available for download below the map. This option can also be selected if you are viewing the page from a mobile device.
 
We hope that you find this information beneficial. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Willard.
COMING NEXT TO SEU

2024 ENGINEERING ETHICS SESSION

On April 10th, Matthew Rechtien, PE, Esq., from Walter P Moore, will present a session on 2024 Engineering Ethics. This session will be held from 12:30 - 1:30 pm EDT.

Registration emails for this session will be sent to SEU companies on Friday, April 5th.


SEU BIM FORUM: TIPS & TRICKS IN REVIT STRUCTURE

On April 24th, Betsy Werra, from E.L.Werra Consulting, will present our SEU BIM Forum: Tips & Tricks in Revit Structure. This session will be held from 12:30 - 1:30 pm EDT.

Registration emails for this session will be sent to SEU companies on Friday, April 19th.


To learn more about subscribing to SEU, please contact either Lisa Willard at (805) 482-8436 ([email protected]) or Brian Quinn at (616) 546-9420 ([email protected]).
Thank you for reading our Learn, Innovate, Excel Newsletter - we hope you found this information useful. If there are any questions we can answer, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or email. 

Additionally, if you would be willing to help other structural engineers by sharing tips that you have, please email your tip to [email protected]. If we choose your tip to publish, you will have your choice of a $50 Amazon gift card or a $50 donation sent to the Structural Engineering Association of your choice. 

Regards,
 
Your SEU Team