Ken O'Dell, SE
President
A month ago, we were facing the scary thought of Halloween, which highlights the barreling speed at which the end of the year is approaching. With the last-minute rush of deadlines to submit before the New Year and, especially pertinent this year, the change of the code cycle to the new 2019 CBC, I hope that you see still a great holiday season before you. I sincerely hope you will begin the December season with your SEAOSC colleagues at our Annual Holiday Gathering and Dinner on the 4
th at Morton’s Steak House in Downtown LA.
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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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Welcome New Members
Member SE
Amie Nulman, Arup
Mark Crittenden, Structural Engineer
Tim Graf, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Member
Mark Taylor
, HDR
William Murphy, Murphy Structural Engineers
Associate
Aaron Freidenberg
, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates
Kayvon Shakerin
, KSP Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Young Associate
Evelyn Li, Degenkolb Engineers
Poorya Mirkhosravi, Englekirk Structural Engineers
Industry Member
Daniel Fowler, American Institute of Steel Construction
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Past Dinner Event Highlight - New SEAOC Blue Book
SEAOSC is happy to have hosted Ben Mohr, project manager for the 2019 SEAOC Blue Book, to present an overview of the new Blue Book. With his reoccurring plea for us to, “Please use the book,” Ben ensured that the Blue Book is here to focus on improving the engineering practice. While historically being a document providing code provisions, the new Blue Book is now the opinion, recommendation, and knowledge of us! Us being the practitioners of structural seismic design who work daily through the ins and outs of the numerous design and building code standards we adhere to as design professionals. It is Ben’s hope and the hope of the SEAOC Seismology Committee that the Blue Book continue as a living document with regular updates through supplementary articles and regular printings with input from members of the structural engineering community. The 2019 SEAOC Blue Book is available in PDF and hardcopy to all SEAOC/SEAOSC members.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
DECEMBER 4, 2019
DECEMBER 11, 2019
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SEAOC 2019 Convention Proceedings
The proceedings from the SEAOC 2019 Convention in are now available for members to download for FREE from the SEAOC Bookstore.
This document contains the unedited papers presented by the authors at the 2019 SEAOC Convention on August 28-31, 2019 at Squaw Creek, CA.
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December 3rd is Giving Tuesday!
Please support the SEAOSC Foundation
#GivingTuesday is a global giving movement with local impact. Your donation to the SEAOSC Foundation supports the Mission to provide tuition scholarships for students intending to enroll or are currently enrolled in engineering programs with a structural engineering specialization leading to a degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
More information on the Foundation and Scholarships can be found
here
.
This year
on December 3rd
, Facebook will match up to $7 million in donations made on Facebook to US nonprofits on a first-come, first-served basis. Please use the below link to participate:
Your Support is Greatly Appreciated!
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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
Structural Focus
Director
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SEAOSC Office
437 S. Cataract Avenue, #4B
San Dimas, CA 91773
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