Schedule

Tue
Nov 08
8:00-10:00 am Registration

Morning General Session

8:25-8:30 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Chairman Paul Thompson, SE, PE

8:30-9:30 am Structural Engineering Considerations for Additive Construction (Construction 3D Printing)

Eric Kreiger, Research Civil Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC-CERL, Champaign, IL

9:30-10:30 am FIU Bridge Collapse - Lessons Learned

Jeff Coleman

10:30-10:45 am Break

10:45-11:45 am Engineering Ethics

David Martini P.E., F.NSPE, Principal Engineer, Bolton & Menk, Inc., Chaska, MN

Lunch

Presiding: Paul Thompson

11:45-1:00 pm Infrastructure Law Update

Sherry Kuntz, Special Assistant for Senator Charles E. Grassley

Concurrent Sessions – Building Session

Presiding: Mike Shimkus

1:00-1:45 pm Introduction to Facade Engineering

Peter Babaian, Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

1:45-2:30 pm Wooden Skyscrapers

Archie Landreman, Mass Timber Specialist, Sterling Structural,

2:30-3:15 pm Meow Wolf Denver Case Study

Peter Kelly, Project Manager, and Michael Olsen, Detailing Manager, KL&A Engineers & Builders, Golden and Loveland, Colorado

Concurrent Sessions – Bridges Session

Presiding: Mike LaViolette

1:00-1:45 pm Optimized UHPC Bridge Applications

Maher Tadros, Founding Principal, e.construct.USA, LLC, Omaha, NE

1:45-2:30 pm Post-Tensioning Tendon Repairs of Two Segmental Concrete Bridges

Ying Tan, Senior Bridge Engineer, HDR, Raleigh, NC

2:30-3:15 pm Cross-frame Designs for Steel Bridges

Brandon Chavel, Ph.D., PE, Great Lakes Regional Technical Manager – Bridge, Michael Baker International, Cleveland, OH

3:15-3:30 pm Break

Afternoon General Session

Presiding: Fouad Fanous

3:30-4:15 pm Red Rock Hydroelectric Project - The Structural Design of the Temporary and Permanent Project Features

Nathaniel Grossmann, Associate Structural Engineer, and Darren Milanowicz, Principal Engineer, Stantec, Chicago IL

4:15-5:15pm Building Mackinac Bridge

Paul Giroux, Sr. Manager, KIEWIT, Vancouver, WA

Wed
Nov 09
Workshop – Please note all of the topics will be geared towards both building and bridge engineers

9:00-10:30 am Seismic Considerations for Bridge Design in Iowa

Sri Sritharan, Assistant Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, Iowa State University

10:30-10:45 am Break

10:45-11:15 am Seismic Considerations for Bridge Design in Iowa

Sri Sritharan, Assistant Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, Iowa State University

11:15-12:00 pm FEMA P-749 - Earthquake-Resistant Design Concepts, An Introduction to the Seismic Provisions for New Buildings

Michael J. Griffin, Principal at CCS Group, Inc., Chesterfield, MO

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm FEMA P-749 - Earthquake-Resistant Design Concepts, An Introduction to the Seismic Provisions for New Buildings

Michael J. Griffin, Principal at CCS Group, Inc., Chesterfield, MO