SEAOSC NEWS
NOVEMBER 2020
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Matthew Barnard, S.E.
President
Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It is hard to believe that it is already that time of year. But in many ways, the timing could not be better. After a challenging 2020, it is good to take a moment and think about all that we are thankful for. Personally, I am thankful to be part of a community filled with passion and talent - our members that inspire us all.
We are making a difference together and that is worth being thankful for.
I wish I had the space here to highlight everything amazing that is going on within this Association. For today though, we will touch on two areas where together we are making significant progress: our Policy Initiative and our Student Chapters.
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SEAOSC 2020 ANNUAL REPORT |
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This year the Board of Directors determined that a yearly report should be initiated to provide our members a review of the year’s activities, accomplishments and items remaining “On the Boards”, yet to be completed.
From a strategic perspective, this year was spent discussing ways to ensure the association
had the capacity to fulfill its mission. These discussions were informed by a Strategic Framework which enabled the Board and the Committees, in conjunction with the Association’s Management, to develop a collaborative structure between the different parts of the organization.
We encourage you to review the Annual Report and hope you will recognize the good work that has been done, but also the important tasks yet before us.
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Please take a few moments to help ensure we are serving you as you serve your clients and communities. Visit our Survey Page.
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Welcome New Members
Member
Lynsey Willadsen LaScola, J.S. Held
Robert Adams, ASCE
Affiliate
Sean Dowsing, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester
Young Associate
Andrew McHale, Degenkolb Engineers
David Hsu, DCI Engineers
Kimberly Dung, The Austin Company
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Reminder to Renew your SEAOSC 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 1,200 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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Concrete Committee Update |
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The Concrete Committee our fist newly formed committee meeting in May 29 2020. Since then we established roles (chair, co-chair, board contact person, communication contact person) and tasks within our small growing group.
Every meeting we find 1 topic, presented by a volunteer and we have either presentation type meeting with Q&A at the end or an open discussion when all of us participate and learn.
We also try to get in touch with different leaders in the industry inviting them to our meetings to speak and we’ve been successfully so far having all our future meetings taken until February 2021. We also plan in the future to target local universities or local agencies such as LADBS, to conduct seminars on concrete best practices.
Below is a summary of our past meetings and what topics we have discussed so far.
Behnaz Zaribaf (BASF) – member – June 26th 2020 – Concrete Mix Design
- What is it and why is important
- Concrete Ingredients
- Chemical admixtures
- Fibers
- Concrete Curing and Methods
- Summary
Nils Fox (SIKA) - member – July 31st 2020 – ACI RAP (Repair Application Procedures) Guides to Repair Structures
- Common Problems
- Various solutions for repair of spalling
- ACI RAP (Repair Application Procedure) Guides
- Case Study / Application
Pete Collura (HILTI) – guest speaker – August 28th 2020 – Concrete Sensors / Maturity Meters
- What are they and why do we use them
- Comparison with testing lab cylinders
- Selection, Installation and best practice
- Data collection / Reports (Temperature/Strength/Relative Humidity
- Customer Case Story
Margaux Burkholder (W.P.Moore) – member – and Patrick Matsche (NRMCA) September 25th 2020
Conversation on ways how our two committee (SEAOSC Concrete Committee & ACI Southern California Programs Committee) can collaborate in the form of webinars/seminars, cross promotion of events and how we can educate and learn from each other on different topics.
- Embodied Carbon
- NRMCA (resources and manpower + seminars and sponsors events)
- Carbon Leadership Forum
- SE 2050 Program (mission to support our professional community in the goal of net zero carbon structural systems by 2050). The challenge was issued in 2019.
Omar Garza (Nous Engineering) – member – October 29th 2020 – City of LA Non-Ductile Concrete Retrofit Program
- What is it and why is important
- Overall Process
- Current Guidance
- Non-Ductile Concrete –
- Guidance Opportunities
- Detailed Case Study
- Summary
Diane Love (Structural Technologies) - guest speaker – November 19th 2020 – PT Concrete
- How PT works
- PT repairs/modifications
- PT investigation
- PT distressing
- PT safety
- PT strengthening with external tendons
- Case Study
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Join Us for events on the upcoming topics:
- Mid-December: Concrete
- Mid-January: Structural Assessments in the Beirut Blast
- February 24-25, 2021 - 2021 Empowerment by Design - SEAOSC Virtual Leadership Symposium curated by WiSE
Details coming soon!
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The 2020 SEAOC Convention - December 2-4, 2020 |
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The dates for the virtual 2020 SEAOC Convention have been finalized. We look forward to you joining us online December 2, 3, and 4. Thank you for your patience and understanding as the convention committee plans the first ever virtual SEAOC Convention. Registration information will be coming soon! |
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Learn About The Resilience Advantage
The first program in The Resilience Advantage webinar series will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Register Here. Watch our short video about the webinar here.
Join U.S. Resiliency Council Executive Director Evan Reis, SE, and Optimum Seismic Co-Founder Ali Sahabi, GEC, MRED, as they introduce this new educational program being launched to help make businesses and communities better prepared to withstand California’s greatest natural hazard – earthquakes.
Interviews during a 20 minute video prepared especially for this program will include: Ron Mayes, SGH Engineering, San Francisco, & Co-Founder of US Resiliency Council; Jim Malley, Senior Principal, Degenkolb Engineers; Patrick Otellini, Project Manager, Swinerton Builders; Michelle Jones, Senior Principal, RIM Architects; and Sharyl Rabinovici, PhD, Director of Strategic Communications, US Resiliency Council.
There is no charge for participating in these complimentary webinars.
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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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DIRECTORIES / CLASSIFIEDS / ADS |
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2020-2021 Board of Directors |
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President
Matt Barnard, S.E.
Degenkolb Engineers
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President- Elect
Kelsey Anne Parolini, S.E.
SSG Structural Engineers, LLP
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Treasurer
Patricia Harburg-Petrich, S.E.
BuroHappold Engineering
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Immediate Past President
Ken O'Dell, S.E.
MHP, Inc. Structural Engineers
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Director
Bernard Cruz, P.E.
Hilti North America
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Director
Brett Beekman, S.E.
OSHPD
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Director
Henry Burton, S.E.
University of California, Los Angeles
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Director
Jesse Karns, S.E
MiTek USA, Inc.
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Director
Kim Caravalho, S.E.
Brandow & Johnston
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Director
Susan Dowty, S.E.
ICC
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Director
Tom Harris, S.E.
California Code Check
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Director
Victor Cuevas, P.E.
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety
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Membership Committee
Chairs: Kerry Regan / Christian Cody
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Women in SE Committee
Chairs: Michelle Kam-Biron
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Younger Members Committee
Chair/s: Jessica Chen / Sikandar Porter-Gill
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Education Committee
Chair: Siddharth Awasthi
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Codes & Standards Committee
Chairs: Colin Kumabe / Michael Ciortea
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Steel Committee
Chair: Ashwani Dhalwala
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Wood Committee
Chair: Zizhao (Zee) He
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Specialty Materials Committee
Forming - Contact President if Interested
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Seismology & Hazards Committee
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Existing Buildings Committee
Chairs: Daniel Zepeda / Garrett Hagen
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Concrete Committee
Chair: Dragos Ursu / Nils Fox
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CMU Committee
Forming - Contact President if Interested
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Sustainability / Resilience Committee
Chair: Timothy Saenz
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Disaster Emergency Services Committee
Chairs: Laura Basualdo / Doug Litchfield
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Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Chair: Lorena Arce
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Safer Cities Initiative Committee
Organized through Codes & Standards
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Legislative and Professional Practices Committee
Chair: Daniel Wang
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SEAOSC Office
437 S. Cataract Avenue, #4B
San Dimas, CA 91773
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