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Concurrent Sessions:
Friday, May 30
Concurrent Technical Sessions - Period 6
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Track: Advanced Technologies. Materials and Methods

Special Seismic Systems in the Seattle Area

Moderator:
    Andrew Taylor
    KPFF Consulting Engineers

Presentations:

    Base Isolated Buildings in the Seattle Area
    Andrew Taylor
    KPFF Consulting Engineers

    Fluid Viscous Dampers at the Amgen Central Utility Plant
    Andrew Taylor
    KPFF Consulting Engineers
    Paul Diedrich
    KPFF Consulting Engineers
    Jeff Creagan
    KPFF Consulting Engineers

    Issues In the Design of a Seattle-Area Special Truss Moment Frame Building
    Sue Selmer
    Magnusson Klemencic Associates
    Michael Valley
    Magnusson Klemencic Associates
    John Hooper
    Magnusson Klemencic Associates

    Structural Upgrade of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Factory at Everett, Washington
    Charles Vail
    The Austin Company
    Jeffrey Hubbell
    Casper, Phillips & Associates

Track: Design, Analysis, Repair, and Rehabilitation

Wind Effects on Low Buildings
Sponsoring Committee: Wind Effects Committee of SEI and the Aerodynamics Committee of the Aerospace Division of ASCE

Moderator:
    Ted Stahopoulos

Presentations:

    The 2002 Australian and New Zealand Wind Load Code - A First Step in an International Harmonization Process for Wind Load Codes?
    Chris W Letchford
    Texas Tech University
    John D Holmes
    JDH Consulting
    W. H Melbourne

    The NIST Aerodynamic Database for Wind Loads on Low Buildings: An Expert System to Expand the Database
    Gregory A Kopp
    University of Western Ontario
    Y. Chen
    University of Western Ontario
    D. Surry
    University of Western Ontario

    Wind Load Provisions for Low Rise Buildings in the ASCE 7 - 2002 Load Standard
    Lawrence G Griffis
    Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc.
    James M Delahay
    LBYD, Inc., Civil & Structural Engineers

    Wind Load Provisions for Low-Rise Buildings in the National Building Code of Canada: Influence on and Differences from the ASCE 7 Standard
    Ted Stathopoulos
    Concordia University

Track: General Structural Issues

Latest Developments in the Design of Communications Facilities

Moderator:
    Mark Fantozzi

Presentations:

    LRFD of Latticed Communications Structures
    Dr. John Wahba
    Radian Communication Services
    D. G Marshall
    Radian Communication Services

    Latest Developments in Wind & Ice Loading for Communication Structures
    David G Brinker
    ROHN Industries, Inc.

    Latest Developments in the Design of Communications Facilities: Analysis Methods
    Mark Malouf
    Malouf Engineering Int'l

    Latest Developments in the Design of Communications Facilities: Foundations
    John R Erichsen
    Valmont Communications

    Latest Developments in the Design of Communications Facilities: Seismic Loading
    Mark Fantozzi
    TCI/Dielectric

Track: Performance Based Design

New Developments in LRFD Codes

Moderator:
    Andrzej Nowak

Presentations:

    ASCE Standard 7 General Design and Load Combination Requirements for Buildings and Other Structures
    Bruce Ellingwood
    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Future Direction of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
    Cynthia Lanz
    AISC, Inc.

    New Developments in the Bridge Design Code, AASHTO LRFD
    Dennis Mertz
    University of Delaware

    New Resistance Factors for Concrete Structures (ACI 318)
    Andrzej Nowak
    University of Michigan
    Maria Szerszen
    University of Michigan

Track: Professional Practice

Raising Expectations for Inspection and Testing

Moderator:
    Michael J Mayes

Presentations:

    Raising Expectations for Inspection and Testing
    Michael J Mayes
    Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc.
    Jay Ponce
    Oregon Building Officials Association Special Inspection Advisory Board
    Stuart Carter
    Mayes Testing Engineers, Inc.

Track: Transportation Structures

Bridge Design and Research Issues

Moderator:
    Rafik Itani

Presentations:

    A Comparison of Bridge Safety Indicators: Load Rating Versus Reliability Index
    Allen Estes
    U.S. Military Academy
    Dan Frangopol
    University of Colorado

    FHWAs Vision for a Research and Technology Delivery
    Steven Chase
    TFHRC, FHWA

    National Guidelines for Bridge Column Testing
    Jia-Dzwan Shen
    TFHRC, LENDIS/FHWA
    Phillip Yen
    Office of Infrastructure, R&D, FHWA
    John O'Fallon
    Office of Infrastructure, R&D, FHWA

    New Developments in the Bridge Design Code, AASHTO LRFD
    Andrzej Nowak
    University of Delaware
    Dennis Mertz
    University of Delaware
 
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