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February 9, 2022
SGH Staff to Participate in SEI Structures Congress 2022
Several Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) professionals will participate in Structures Congress 2022, hosted by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The conference will take place 20-23 April 2022, in Atlanta, GA.
At the event, SGH employees will present their expertise on topics involving structures, building enclosures, and advanced analysis, including resiliency, historic masonry, building information modeling (BIM), earthquake engineering, code updates and advancements, and embodied carbon.
| Date and Time | Session Title | SGH Presenters, Authors, and Panelists |
| Thursday, 21 April 2022 9:30–10:30 |
ASCE/SEI 7-22: General Overview & Seismic: Learn from the Experts (2009) | Ronald Hamburger |
| Thursday, 21 April 2022 11:00–12:30 |
Business of BIM: Common Pain Points in a Digital Design Revolution (2004) | Mike Bolduc Zachary Otten |
| Thursday, 21 April 2022 11:00–12:30 |
Forensic Investigation Topics: An Update from The Committee on Forensic Investigation (2012) | Nathaniel Smith |
| Thursday, 21 April 2022 11:00–12:30 |
The New Disproportionate Collapse Mitigation Standard (2008) | Michael Mudlock |
| Thursday, 21 April 2022 1:30–3:00 |
A Sustainability Awakening – Changing Trajectories of the Building Sector (2019) | Mark Webster |
| Friday, 22 April 2022 9:30–10:30 |
New Standard for LRFD Design of Pultruded FRP Structures (4164) | Mehdi Zarghamee |
| Friday, 22 April 2022 9:30–10:30 |
Historic Masonry Facade Salvation (Part of Existing Masonry: Past Use, Evaluation, and Stabilization (4079)) | Peter Babaian |
| Friday, 22 April 2022 9:30–10:30 |
Resilience, Functional Recovery, Sustainability – What are they? (2013) | Kevin Moore |
| Friday, 22 April 2022 1:30–3:00 |
Flood Hazards – a Structural Engineer’s Guide to Design Considerations (Part of ND1 Natural Hazards and the Building Code) | Cory Brett Matthew Gilbertson |
| Friday, 22 April 2022 1:30–3:00 |
An Alternative Normal of Earthquake Engineering for Buildings and Bridges (4063) | Mohammad T. Nikoukalam Mofakham |
| Friday, 22 April 2022 3:30–5:00 |
SP4 Embodied Carbon and the Coming Revolution in Structural Engineering Practice: What You Need to Know | Mark Webster |
In addition, SGH alumni Glenn Bell and Don Dusenberry will participate in the following sessions.
- Thursday, 21 April 2022, 11:00–12:30, “The New Disproportionate Collapse Mitigation Standard” (2008), Moderator: Donald Dusenberry
- Thursday, 21 April 2022, 9:30–10:30, “Embodied Carbon Roundtable -The Most Important Metric of Efficiency” (4152), Panelist: Glenn Bell
- Thursday 21 April 2022, 3:30–5:00, “Important Lessons Learned from CROSS-US (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures)” (SP5), Moderator: Glenn Bell
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