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/case

 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

Professional Engineers
     6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours

Architects
     6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

International Code Council
     .65 CEUs (Building)

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

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

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35).

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects.

The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES. Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects. The International Code Council has approved this event for .65 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.

This event offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. 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.