Ken O'Dell, SE
President
Well, with the rush of January behind us, I realized I missed the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year… so here’s to those belated wishes. I trust this finds you well and already kicking off the next decade with an abundance of enthusiasm. Whether the economy holds steady or begins a “correction”, 2020 promises to be exciting. One cannot help but “see 2020” as a year for visionary (yes…pun intended) endeavors. Before we head down the path and jump into new ideas, I thought it might be good to look back at our history and legacy as an Association.
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2020 SEAOC/SEAOSC EXCELLENCE IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AWARDS
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Disaster Emergency Services (DES) Committee Update
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One of the Disaster Emergency Services (DES) Committee tasks each year is to organize a Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator class for our SEAOSC members. This year the class will be offered sometime in April or May, date TBD. Please look for SEAOSC coming up emails with the date of our class.
By taking the SAP Evaluator class, our members become eligible to tag structures after a disaster. This is very important work that helps communities bounce back. By providing the class annually, we are hoping that most, if not all, of our SEAOSC members are trained and ready to be deployed when needed.
The class to become a SAP Evaluator is offered to everyone, but engineers must have a current PE license to be on the registry and be eligible to be deployed. The SAP Certification needs to be renewed every 5 years. You can either renew it by attending one of our all-day classes, or renew it online at caloes.ca.gov (search for Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Refresher Training).
In addition to organizing our classes, the DES Committee is constantly working on updating the SAP Evaluator database to make sure we have the accurate contact information for all evaluators. If you are registered as an evaluator and would like to update your contact information, please send us an email at our DES committee address.
If there are any questions about the SAP class or our DES committee please contact Laura Basualdo or Doug Litchfield at
des.seaosc@gmail.com.
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SEAOSC Foundation Awards Scholarships
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By Kevin O’Connell, S.E.,
SEAOSC Foundation Chairman
The SEAOSC Foundation is proud to be able to support structural engineering students throughout southern California with the awarding of our 2020 SEAOSC Foundation Scholarships on 5 February 2020 in Los Angeles California. It is through generous funding by engineering firms, industry supporters, and individuals, that the Foundation was able to award a record $25,000 in scholarships at the 2020 SEAOSC Student Night. Those who have generously contributed this year include: Computers and Structures, Inc., the David and Margaret Narver Family, Optimum Seismic, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Saiful-Bouquet Structural Engineers, DCI Engineers, John Labib Structural Engineers, Simpson Strong-Tie, and many others. The Foundation would like to thank Michael Daciolas-Semon, Cheng Song, Jessica Chen, Sikander Porter-Gill, and the entire SEAOSC Young Member’s Committee, for all of their efforts.
The SEAOSC Foundation would like to congratulate the 2020 awardees: Sophia Looney, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Matthew Jacobson, Cal Poly Pomona; Nicholas Slavin, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Nathanial Small, California Baptist University; Edgar Chavez, Cal State Los Angeles; Teresa Rebolledo, Cal State Long Beach; Matthew Cristi, Cal State Northridge; Manuel Perez, Loyola Marymount University; Omar Issa, University of California Los Angeles; Nadi Nader, University of California Irvine; Andres Zazueta, University of Southern California; Nicole O’Connor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Fatemeh Abaghi, Cal State Northridge.
As many of you know, the SEAOSC Foundation’s purpose is to advance the study of the scientific principles of structural engineering. We do this by sponsoring scientific research intended to aid in the advancement of structural engineering, providing tuition scholarships for students in engineering programs with a structural engineering specialization, and publishing the results of studies, papers, and other reports of special importance and significance to structural engineers.
The Foundation Board includes Ms. Michelle Kam-Biron, S.E., Mr. Jeff Crosier, S.E., Mr. Doug Thompson, S.E., and Mr. Ken O’Dell, S.E., with Kevin O’Connell, S.E. serving as Chairman of the Board. Dianne Ochoa is Foundation’s Executive Director.
The SEAOSC Foundation is supported financially by individuals and firms throughout the region. The Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. If you would like to support the Foundation, you can make a donation at any time by visiting our website at:
https://www.seaosc.org/Foundation.
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SEAOSC Younger Member
Committee Showcase Presentation/Office Tour & Happy Hour
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Monday, February 24
th @ 5:30pm
Holmes Structures
523 W 6th St #1122
Los Angeles, CA 90014
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Welcome New Members
Member SE
Vincent Chui, ICC-ES
Member
Alirio Puche, Gilsanz Murray Steficek, Inc.
Anita Dietz, AEI Structural
Emil von Roth, OSHPD FDD - South LA Region
Hossain Ghaffari, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
John Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles
Reggie Urbiztondo, Brandow & Johnston
Yassira Joseph, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Zizhao (Zee) He, MHP, Inc. Structural Engineers
Associate
Alejandro Contreras, Radco
Fernando Ardila, TI Radco
Kyle Wilson, SidePlate Systems, Inc.
Young Associate
Dovlet Akyniyazov, Walter P Moore
Enrique Orozco, Degenkolb Engineers
Zohair Zulfiqar, Structural Focus, Inc.
Industry Member
Pirooz Kashighandi, Group Delta
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Have you Renewed your 2019-2020 Membership?
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Thank you for your continued membership support!
SEAOSC has the professional distinction and influence it does today because of our past leaders, you and 1,100 of our colleagues. Your membership strengthens our organization and helps to position it as the premier professional organization to which local structural engineers belong. SEAOSC represents you in the noble profession of structural engineering by fostering and promoting the contributions of structural engineers to society.
To maximize your membership, we encourage you take advantage of the many of the member benefits intended for you and these are shown in our
Make an Impact
membership flyer. One of the benefits available to
SEAOSC
SE and PE members for a fee is the ability to participate in the online
SEAOSC
Member Search service
. This service is intended to help the public find Structural Engineers and Professional Engineers specializing in a particular area of structural engineering.
Your membership and participation helps increase the visibility of our profession and its value as well as increasing our influence and impact to make a greater positive difference together than we could individually.
Renewals are now due on the anniversary of your join date so you will receive the full one-year benefit of your membership.
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SEAOSC Annual Career Fair & Student Scholarship Night Recap
The 2020 SEAOSC Student Night was an absolute success! Thank you to all the students who showed up for the career fair and congratulations to this year’s SEAOSC Foundation Scholarship winners! The Foundation handed out a record amount $25,000 in scholarships to 13 outstanding students: Andres Zazueta, Edgar Chavez, Fatemeh Peymaneh Abaghi, Manuel Perez, Matthew Cristi, Matthew Jacobson, Nadi Nader, Nathaniel Small, Nick Slavin, Nicole O’Connor, Omar Issa, Sophia Looney, and Teresa Rebolledo. Thank you to all the scholarship sponsors and those who attended the annual SEAOSC Golf Tournament and Holiday Party events for your generous support. Also, thank you to this year’s Student Night speaker Matthew Picardal for his presentation “Structural Engineering Career Guide for the New Decade.” Matthew was able to share with the students some invaluable advice for their first steps into our profession including leveraging social media to share knowledge and achievements. Lastly, thank you to the Younger Member Committee for their continued effort in organizing this annual event. Undoubtedly, they are already thinking about the next year. If you are interested in helping organize the event or assisting with scholarship fundraising and outreach, please contact the Younger Member Committee!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
MARCH 4, 2020
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SEAOSC CELEBRATES NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK
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While the nation celebrates President's Day commemorating our founding and sustaining fathers; the Engineering community celebrates National Engineer's Week to acknowledge the contributions to society that engineers make.
Started in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Engineer's Week is tied to the week in February which encompasses George Washington's actual birthday. This is in recognition of Washington being considered by many as the nation's first engineer, notably for his survey work.
With this in mind, it seems appropriate, that on this, the birthday of the nation's first engineer, we take a moment to celebrate all that we do in advancing the profession of Structural Engineering by ensuring the safety of the built environment.
The Structural Engineers Association of Southern California wishes to thank our members for their individual and collective impact on the communities within which they work and live.
Congratulations and Happy Engineer's Week!!
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Save-the-Date: SEAOC Maui Convention 2020!
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Join us during the week of Labor Day for five glorious days of continuing education and entertainment at the southern tip of Kaanapali on the western shore of the Maui. Our convention will offer:
- Three days of three-track technical sessions featuring the latest in structural engineering research, structural engineering practice, and business development
- A trade show featuring exhibitors of companies from all over the world that produce important products and services for our industry
- The presentation of our annual Excellence in Engineering Awards winners Our Annual Business Lunch where we will hear from our outgoing President on the state of our Association and install our incoming SEAOC President and the latest inductees to the SEAOC College of Fellows....
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MEMBER REFERRAL PROGRAM:
SEAOSC Members can opt-in to the Referral Program for $100 annually. You may opt-in anytime by contacting the SEAOSC office at
seaosc@seaosc.org
. A listing will appear on seaosc.org/Member-Services-Search which includes your name, license number, business address and your selected categories.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
While California not does have mandatory continuing education for your license renewal, SEAOSC created this voluntary program to recognize and record members’ seminar attendance. You can enroll for $50 annually during dues renewals. Credit is issued for your attendance at qualifying dinner meetings, seminars and educational events based on 1 credit for each contact hour of continuing education.
Click Here
to learn more.
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2019-2020 Board of Directors
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Kenneth O'Dell, S.E.
MHP, Inc. Structural Engineers
President
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Matt Barnard, S.E.
Degenkolb Engineers
President Elect
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Kelsey Anne Parolini, S.E.
SSG Structural Engineers
Treasurer
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Mehran Pourzanjani, S.E.
Saiful Bouquet
Immediate Past President
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Bryan Seamer, S.E.
LPA Inc.
Director
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Garrett Mills, S.E.
Taylor & Syfan
Consulting Engineers
Director
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Henry Burton, Ph.D., S.E.
University of California,
Los Angeles
Director
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Kim Caravalho, S.E.
Brandow & Johnston
Director
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Tim Kaucher, P.E.
Simpson Strong-Tie
Director
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Tom Harris, S.E.
California Code Check
Director
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Victor Cuevas P.E.
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety
Director
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Wayne Chang, S.E.
Structural Focus
Director
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DIRECTORY / CLASSIFIEDS / ADS
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SEAOSC Office
437 S. Cataract Avenue, #4B
San Dimas, CA 91773
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