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

General

   Basic requirements

   General structural integrity

   Classification of buildings and other structures

   Additions and alterations to existing structures

   Load types/cases

Combinations of Loads

   Ultimate strength design versus working stress design

   Load combinations

Dead Loads, Soil Loads, and Hydrostatic Pressure

   Weights of materials and constructions

   Soil loads and hydrostatic pressure

Live Loads

   Uniformly distributed loads

   Required live loads

   Provision for partitions

   Concentrated loads

   Loads on handrails, guardrail systems, grab bar systems,
     vehicle barrier systems, and fixed ladders

   Impact loads

   Live load reduction

Flood Loads

   Design loads

   Loads on breakaway walls

   Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads

   Wave loads

Wind Loads

   Allowed procedures (methods 1, 2, 3)

   Basic definitions and requirements

   Main wind force resisting system versus components and cladding

   Wind speed, importance factor, exposure, enclosure classifications

   Method 1—simplified procedure

   Method 2—analytical procedure

Snow Loads

   Ground and roof snow loads

   Design coefficients

   Unbalanced and snow drift loads

Rain Loads
Seismic Design Criteria

   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
     simple bearing wall or building frame systems

   Seismic design requirements for nonstructural components

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     6.5 Contact Hours/PDHs

Building Performance Institute
     1.86 CEUs

International Code Council
     6.5 Contact Hours

Contractors
     Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35) and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700). HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects and engineers in Florida and is an approved engineer continuing education provider in Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects.

The Building Performance Institute has awarded 1.86 CEUs for the completion of this seminar.

The International Code Council has approved this event for 6.5 contact hours (.65 CEUs) in the specialty area of building.

This event offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but it has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for contractors.

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

Patrick Conlon, PE

Founder and Managing Principal of Conlon Engineering, LLC

Mr. Conlon is a licensed professional engineer with 25 years of high-profile structural engineering experience. He has lent his expertise and creativity to large, challenging new high-profile construction projects including the iconic Yankee Stadium, the 75-story tall One57 in Manhattan, and the new 22,000 sf steel-framed column-free Blessed Kateri Church in Lagrangeville, New York, as well as numerous other projects of various scales. The owners, architects, contractors, and property managers with whom he collaborates seek him out as a project partner because of his work ethic and focused client service. As founder and managing principal of Conlon Engineering, LLC, Brookfield, Connecticut, Mr. Conlon has created a culture that is highly client-focused and disciplined, making it easy for colleagues to recommend him. He takes great pride in their ability to address structural challenges for diverse clients in the firm’s areas of new construction, renovation and structural rehabilitation of existing structures in a variety of categories including commercial, residential, industrial, office, school, religious, historic and recreational buildings; adaptive reuse projects; LEED accredited projects; peer reviews of other engineers’ work, and feasibility studies.