Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Ethical Issues
Competency
“Standard” of care
Duty to inform
Engineered design
Responsible charge/direct supervision
Ethics of continuous load path
Guardrails
Misclassification of building exposure category
Misclassification of snow exposure factor
Rational analysis
Repairs
Rebuilding problems
Record retention
Gravity Forces
Components of a continuous load path
Flush vs. “dropped” headers
Tall walls – slenderness, eccentricity
Hinges in exterior walls – lack of details or direction
Roof recover or replacements
Ponding vs. pooling
Roof live load
Corridor framing
Lateral Forces
General
Components of a continuous load path
Special design provisions for wind and seismic
Flexible diaphragms
Open front structures
Cantilever diaphragms
Diaphragm continuity
Bracing
Collectors – drag struts, diaphragm chords, collectors
Shear walls -shear walls with openings – perforated
Shear walls with openings – FTAO
Moment frames
Hinges in exterior walls – lack of details or direction
Trusses
Wind
Drift and shrinkage effects
Parapet loading (wind, MWFRS)
Parapet loading (wind, C&C)
Seismic
Drift and shrinkage effects
Parapet loading (seismic)
Connections
Shear wall – lateral force transfer in shear wall floor to floor connections
Bracing
Floor diaphragm to vertical lateral force resisting system
Embedded threaded rod to concrete, ACI 318-D
Load transfer through concrete
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 HSW PDHs (1.0 Ethics)
Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs (1.0 Ethics)
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW PDHs, including 1.0 ethics hour, to professional engineers and architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Minnesota.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Leaning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
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. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education provider in New York.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education purposes.
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.