Performance Based Wind Design Subcommittee
Purpose:
To advance design for wind for buildings and other structures and to enable the performance-based design
MEET THE CHAIR
Jon K. Galsworthy, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng, M.ASCE
Dr. Jon Galsworthy is a recognized expert for wind effects on tall buildings. He has 30 years of experience in all technical aspects of wind tunnel modelling studies. Jon has directed the wind engineering studies of many of the most complex and ambitious designs over the last 10 years. Internationally these include the Jeddah Tower, Merdeka PNB 118 and Ping An International Finance Center. In North America, notable projects include the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, Vista Tower in Chicago, and in New York, the Steinway Building and all the buildings at Hudson Yards in New York. Jon’s has been involved in the development of building codes in North America, and has been a member of ASCE 7 wind loading subcommittee, and is the current chair of the National Building Code of Canada Task Group on Climatic Loads.
Membership
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Jon K. Galsworthy,
Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng, M.ASCE
Chair -
Jason Garber,
M.ASCE
Member
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Russell Larsen,
M.ASCE
Member