Another Summit in the Books The Structural Engineering Summit broke records once again in 2019. This year’s event hosted more than 800 total attendees, beating last year’s record by almost 200. The Summit has been steadily growing over the last four years as NCSEA has been able to offer more educational and networking opportunities to more and more attendees and exhibitors. The 2019 event featured over 45 education sessions for the practicing structural engineer, several networking & awards events (including NCSEA’s newly revamped Awards Celebration) , and a trade show with 70 exhibitors. This year’s expert-led education sessions were met with high ratings from attendees. Only the highest-quality abstracts were selected to offer top-notch education that is for practicing structural engineers by structural engineers, this included the five keynote addresses that were presented throughout the week. Wednesday started off with Stacy Bartoletti, Degenkolb Engineers, who spoke on the future of the profession and what it may look like in coming years. Melissa Marshall, Present Your Science, spoke second on Wednesday, motivating attendees on the importance communication has to the success and advancement of technical work. Avery Bang, the President and CEO of Bridges to Prosperity, started off day two of the Summit, speaking on the positive effects of connecting rural populations. Lucy Jones, Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, spoke on what needs to be done to protect the economy during inevitable future earthquakes. The final keynote of the week was Ashraf Habibullah, Computers & Structures, Inc., who emphasized the importance of developing interpersonal skills that will help engineers to inspire themselves and each other.  Click here to read more! Thank you to all that joined us in Disneyland! We'll see you in Las Vegas on November 3–6, 2020!

Quick Links: ·   NCSEA Homepage ·  Member Portal ·   Education Portal ·   Career Center ·   Structure Magazine Upcoming Events December 3, 2019 SEAoAL Winter Seminar on Shear Wall Design Irondale, AL December 3, 2019 December 2019 Dinner Meeting Chicago, IL December 5, 2019 SEAoAR 12th Annual Conference Little Rock, AR December 10, 2019 Fire & Blast Chicago, IL

2019 NCSEA Grants Awarded The NCSEA Grant Program was developed to assist Member Organizations (SEAs) in growing their Association and promoting the structural engineering field, in accordance with the NCSEA Mission Statement. The 2019 Grant Recipients are: Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC) to enhance SEAOCC’s new Structural Engineering, Engagement, and Equity (SE3) Committee Structural Engineers Association of San Diego (SEAOSD) to support the EERI San Diego-Tijuana Regional Earthquake Scenario Study and a Special Wind Region Study Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) to host a Young Professionals Workshop Structural Engineers Association of Kansas/Missouri (SEAKM) to launch a SEAKM SE3 Committee Panel Discussion & Networking Event, and to assist with STEM classes for local elementary school students Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts (SEAMass) to launch a SEAMASS SE3 Committee - Interactive Seminar Series Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) for a screening of the documentary Leaning Out with panel Structural Engineers Association of Ohio (SEAoO) for a Young Members’ Track at SEAoO’s Annual Conference Oklahoma Structural Engineers Association (OSEA) to assist OSEA’s efforts in the Engineering Fair E-week 2020 Bridge Competition Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT) to support a local SE3 Speed Mentoring event Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) to assist with a Joint Oregon & Washington Special Regions Wind Study Congratulations to this year's recipients!

Guide to the Design of Building Systems for Serviceability in Accordance with the 2012 IBC and ASCE/SEI 7-10 The guide provides detailed explanations and examples of application of code provisions and standards for a broad scope or materials, building systems, and building components and includes information and examples covering the vast majority of limit states encountered in the structural design of buildings. The discussion and examples are based in the buildings code provisions and include commentary as well as code referenced standards, and publications. Learn more and purchase online here.

NCSEA Engineering Structural Glass Design Guide The intent of this Guide is to collate relevant design references, requirements, and analysis methods into a single source for easy reference. It is intended to assist in determining the capacity of glass elements, augmented or reduced by the various relevant factors, and assumes industry standard levels of quality with regard to fabrication and installation. Learn more and purchase online here.

Welcome NCSEA's Newest Corporate Members: Learn more about corporate memberships here.

Upcoming Webinars All NCSEA live webinars, listed below, offer 1.5 hours of continuing education credits. Most NCSEA webinars are Diamond Reviewed and accepted for SE continuing education in all 50 states. Please review the webinar description to check the Diamond Review Status. To view other upcoming webinars, click here. December 5, 2019 ASCE 7-16 Determining Component and Cladding Wind Pressures for Roofs William L. Coulbourne, PE, SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE December 10, 2019 Mass Timber Structural Floor & Roof Design Dr. Scott Breneman January 30, 2020 Efficient Design of Long-Span Composite Steel Deck-Slabs Vitaliy Degtyarev, PhD, P.E., S.E. February 20, 2020 Basics of Strut and Tie Modeling Royce Floyd, Ph.D., S.E.

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