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	2012 ASCE Week Field Trip		ASCE Week • Orlando, Florida • November 4-8, 2013 ASCE Week highlights our most popular face-to-face seminars in one location and offers two special field trips for you to choose from. Register by October 11 for two seminars and save up to $800! Learn more about the benefits of ASCE Week: Discounted Registration Fees - Save up to $800 on seminar fees. Schedule & Seminars - Earn up to 36 PDHs.  Exclusive Field Trips - Network and explore with engineers.  Hotel Information & Attractions - Bring the family and vacation.  Seminar Descriptions & Instructors - Learn from leading experts.

ASCE Week Schedule & Seminar Titles

Below is the list of seminar titles featured at ASCE Week that you can register for. Click on the title to read more about each course and register.

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Seminar Descriptions & Instructors

Construction Administration for Engineers (80062014)

Monday, November 4 - Tuesday, November 5 
Instructor - Wayne Reynolds, P.E., M.ASCE
This two-day seminar will offer practical skills and strategies for engineers, resident project representatives, project managers, contract administrators, architects, and owners, as well as supervisory and field-management personnel. The discussion will focus on the resident project representative, his/her interaction with all these parties, and the problems they encounter and must resolve. The seminar will analyze the construction process to include project delivery systems; documentation, responsibilities, authorities, and specifications; preconstruction operations; scheduling construction operations; risk allocation; and information technology. Attendees will learn procedures and contract specification languages that help minimize disputes and avoid claims.Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount.  Full course details.

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Design of Anchors, Embedments, and Foundations to Resist Horizontal and Vertical Forces – NEW (80162014)

Monday, November 4 - Tuesday, November 5
Instructor - Alexander Newman, P.E., F.ASCE
The seminar explores the complexities of designing anchors, embedments, and foundations in accordance with the latest building codes and standards. The first section of this seminar will address the design of anchor bolts, which used to be uncomplicated, but today is a complex methodology. The presentation will provide an in-depth coverage of the new design methodologies and explains how they affect the traditional practices of designing and placing anchor bolts. The second section of the seminar will discuss the design of foundations to resist horizontal and vertical forces. Such foundations are needed for metal building systems and other rigid-frame structures that exert horizontal reactions on their supports. The instructor will guide the attendees through step-by-step design examples for foundation systems, such as tie rods, hairpins, slabs with edge haunches and moment-resisting foundations. Other types of foundations that are subjected to horizontal and vertical forces include those used for equipment support. Accordingly, the next topic covers an introduction to the design of equipment foundations. The final topic covers strengthening existing anchors, embedments and foundations to resist horizontal and vertical forces. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount.  

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High Wind and Flood Design for New and Existing Buildings Using ASCE 24 and ASCE 7-10 - Newly Updated (80482014) 

Monday, November 4 - Tuesday, November 5 
Instructors - Tom Smith, P.E., M.ASCE and William Coulbourne, AIA, RRC, CSI
There is significant interest in the impact natural disasters have on our built environment with Hurricane Sandy striking the East Coast in 2013; deadly tornadoes striking in Tuscaloosa, AL and Joplin, MO in 2011; Hurricane Ike hitting the Texas coast and severe midwest flooding in 2008; Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and the multiple hurricanes that devastated Florida in 2004. Engineers and architects located in areas potentially impacted by these devastating storms need to know the latest information to understand the regulations and the best practices to improve upon future designs for both new and existing buildings. The lessons learned are being incorporated into our engineering standards, ASCE 24 and ASCE 7, and practitioners need to learn the importance of the standards provisions in the designs required to improve building performance from high wind and flood events. Learn about the latest in these high wind and flood best practices from two of the nation’s experts in the practice of natural hazard design concepts. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Instrumentation and Monitoring Bootcamp: Planning, Execution and Measurement Uncertainty for Structural and Geotechnical Construction Projects (80492014)

Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8
Instructor - Magued Iskander, PH.D., P.E., F.ASCE
The demands and uncertainties involved in modern infrastructure-renewal projects point to the need to use instrumentation on many current projects. This seminar will provide a comprehensive introduction to instrumentation and monitoring of civil engineering projects including: planning; design of instrumentation programs; performance of commonly used sensors; data acquisition; signal conditioning; error analysis; information management; and case histories. A key goal in the course development is to produce material that is suitable for typical civil engineers who are not well versed in electrical and mechanical systems, without diluting the content. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Leadership Development for the Engineer (80532014)

 
Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8 
Instructor - Charles Calhoun, Jr., P.E., D.NE, F.ASCE
As we advance into the 21st century, the engineering manager must not only be technically competent, but must also possess the leadership skills to move an organization forward and advance in his/her career. This seminar will help participants develop and expand their leadership skills. They will learn how to: successfully lead an organization or a department; understand themselves and their staff including generational differences; apply a leadership style which is appropriate to the situation; apply systematic decision-making processes while considering the critical role of intuition; lead change while maintaining motivation; apply the ”art” of leadership or the ”discipline” of management; effectively communicate and provide feedback, considering the differences in the way men and women communicate; and form and lead effective teams. The seminar will include one hour of ethics training. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers (80702014)

Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8 
Instructor - David Hanna, P.E., M.ASCE
This seminar will present the basics of pumping system design and specification for civil engineers. It will emphasize the application of pumping systems in municipal water and wastewater systems. Topics to be covered include: pump and system hydraulics; centrifugal pump selection; interpretation of manufacturer’s pump head-capacity curves; types of pumping stations; series and parallel operation; variable speed systems; friction losses in sludge pumping; wet well design; specifying of pumps; shop drawing review considerations; and some common pump-operating problems. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Structural Design of Industrial Facilities (80932014)

Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8 
Instructor - C. Raj Sundararajan, PH.D., M.ASCE
Efficient structural design of industrial facilities requires engineers to have the integrated knowledge of theories and practices, in addition to all aspects that have impact on their stability, safety, and serviceability. This seminar will present structural design of industrial facilities in a systematic manner including loads and the load combinations, different types of structural systems, and framing concepts, including crane runways and elevated floors. The intricacies of various structural elements associated with industrial plants will be reviewed. Connections and anchorage required for assembling a safe and serviceable structure will be enumerated. Deep and shallow foundation designs required for industrial facilities, including the equipment foundations, will be investigated. The seminar will also cover the analysis of industrial floor slabs subjected to moving loads (traffic), and will establish structural design procedures by illustrating them with numerical examples similar to those usually encountered in design offices. To ensure a complete understanding, the seminar will conclude with a design workshop that integrates the concepts and procedures learned. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Testifying and Forensic Report Writing Skills for Civil Engineers (81062014)

Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8  
Instructor - Steven Babitsky, J.D.
Civil engineers are constantly being called upon to serve as expert witnesses. In order to excel as a civil engineering expert witness, you need to understand what the attorneys on both sides of the case are looking for, the law governing the litigation process, and how to clearly and effectively present your sworn testimony. This seminar provides comprehensive training for both the novice and the experienced civil engineering expert witnesses. This practical, hands-on program emphasizes your participation in trial and deposition testimony demonstrations. You will have the opportunity to have your actual CV or forensic report critiqued by the faculty and to be cross-examined on it. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Water Hammer in Transmission and Distribution Systems (81072014)

Thursday, November 7 - Friday, November 8  
Instructors - E. Benjamin Wylie, PH.D., P.E., F. ASCE and Jim C.P. Liou, PH.D., P.E., M.ASCE
This seminar will address liquid transient flow problems with a particular emphasis on wave propagation. Care will be given to concepts that distinguish normal unsteady flow events from more rapid undesirable events. Numerical modeling techniques will be developed and demonstrated by solving practical problems encountered in water supply, sewerage and storm-water transmission, power, and oil industries. Lectures, real-life examples, demonstrations, and problem solving will comprise the format of the course. Check out the special ASCE Week pricing and use the promo code to receive a discount. Full course details.

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Special Field Trips - Bring the Family

2012 ASCE Week Field TriP

Space is Limited! To attend a special field trip, you must purchase a separate registration no later than October 21, 2013. To register for multiple seminars and  a field trip, you must add each seminar or field trip to your cart separately, and pay for your registration(s) in 1 transaction.

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Special ASCE Week Reduced Discounted Registration Fees

Register by October 11 for two seminars and save up to $800!

Hotelo register for multiple seminars and/or a field trip, you must add each seminar or field trip to your cart separately, and pay for your registration(s) in 1 transaction. Use the applicable promo code to receive the discount. A seminar registration does not include the cost of the field trip.  ASCE Week offers multiple ways you can save.Seminar registrations do not include a field trip registration.

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Hotel Information

Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort
1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
(407) 828-4444 or (888) 317-0201
ASCE Hotel Rate: $109 Single/Double*
Hotel Website

*Please mention ASCE and make your reservations by 10/3/2013 to receive the special rate.

Local Attractions

Walt Disney World® Theme Parks
Universal Studios®
SeaWorld® Orlando
Downtown Disney Market Place (across the street from resort) 

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