Structural Design Loads under the ASCE 7-16 Standard
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 5:00 pm
Understanding Structural Loads
Types of structural loads
General structural integrity
Classifying buildings and structures
Modifying and expanding existing structures
Dead Loads, Soil Loads and Hydrostatic Pressure
Weight of materials and structure
Soil loads and hydrostatic pressure
Live Loads
Uniformly-distributed loads
Concentrated loads
Required live loads
Impact loads
Flood Loads
Design loads
Loads on breakaway walls
Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads
Wave loads
Rain, Ice and Snow Loads
Calculating rain, ice and snow loads on roofs
Design coefficients
Unbalanced, drifting and sliding loads
Wind Loads
Wind speed, importance factor, exposure, enclosure classifications
Allowed procedures (methods 1, 2 and 3)
Basic definitions and requirements
Main wind force resisting system vs. components and cladding
Earthquake Loads
Scope and applicability
Seismic ground motion values/geologic hazards and
geotechnical investigation
Importance factor and occupancy category
Seismic design category
Simplified structural design criteria for bearing walls and building
frame systems
Design requirements for non-structural components
Credits
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Building)
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers a professional enrichment opportunity to Arizona architects and engineers. It offers 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 7.0 PDHs for professional engineers in most states with continuing education requirements.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Code Council has aproved this event for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.
This program offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing board for mandatory continuing education credit.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
David Troxell, Caruso Turley Scott Structural Engineers
Caruso Turley Scott Structural Engineers in Tempe
Mr. Troxell is a project manager with 20 years of experience. He leads structural engineering teams through successful project completion, for one of the largest structural engineering firms in the southwest. Mr. Troxell has extensive experience with multiple project management where he oversees all aspects to insure on-time and on-budget completion. He has proven technical expertise, innovative designs and critical coordination skills. Mr. Troxell holds professional registration in three states; Arizona, California, and Pennsylvania, and he is registered as a Model Law Structural Engineer with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). He received his B.S. degree in Engineering in 1998 from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The professional associations Mr. Troxell belongs to are the following: SEAoA (Structural Engineers Association of Arizona), where he is a Structural Engineer Emergency Response (SEER) Committee Chair; NCSEA (National Council of Structural Engineers Association), where he is a Structural Engineer Emergency Response (SEER) Committee Regional Representative; ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) where he is a member; and SEI (Structural Engineering Institute) where he is a charter member.