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2019 ANNUALSTATE

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The 2019 Conference will be held in San Antonio at the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel September 5 – 6, 2019 hosted by the SEAoT San Antonio Chapter. The Annual Structural Engineers Association of Texas Conference continues to be one of the leading events in the state for practicing and professional engineers. This premier technical conference is a must attend for SEAoT members as well as other professional Structural Engineers practicing in Texas. The Conference provides an unparalleled opportunity to learn about new technology, materials and applications from an impressive line up of speakers. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet with leading vendors and network with other professionals. This year’s attendees can expect to earn up to ten Professional Development Hours of continued education credits during the Conference.

The Conference will begin at 12:30 pm on Thursday, September 5. The evening Reception will begin at 4:45pm in the Texas Ballroom. Attendees are strongly encouraged to attend this event, which offers an excellent opportunity to network with vendors and colleagues. Friday will include a full day of technical presentations, awards and a lunch keynote address. The Conference will conclude late Friday afternoon.

HOTEL

Experience the best of the San Antonio area! The hotel is within steps of countless restaurants, shops, and bars that line the river as it snakes through the city. This year’s venue, the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk, is offering a very attractive rate of $118 per night through August 5, 2019 or until all allocated rooms are filled.

EXHIBITORS

The Wyndham's Texas Ballroom is specially selected to accommodate exhibitors in a more spacious environment, providing better traffic flow and better interaction between vendors and attendees. Ample time is built into the Conference schedule to allow attendees to spend more time with exhibitors. The Thursday evening reception will be held in the Texas Ballroom . We encourage Exhibitors to use gamification such as hosting raffles, providing door prizes and other rewards for more interaction with attendees! Limited booths are available! For more details visit https://seaot.org/exhibit/

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GOLF TOURNAMENT - SOLD OUTThis year’s golf tournament will be held on Thursday, September 5 at 7:00pm:

Topgolf San Antonio5539 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249

Top Golf San Antonio is a premier entertainment and event venue with climate controlled hitting bays, terrific views, and fun point-scoring golf games that are both challenging and enjoyable. Whether you’re an aspiring golf pro or picking up a club for the first time, Topgolf is everyone’s game. We’ll have great food, full-service bar, upscale amenities and competitive fun everyone can enjoy!

The cost is $80.00 per person for SEAoT members, and $85.00 per person for non-members. The tournament will be 7:00 -9:00 pm. Dinner and drink tickets are included. There will be awards for first, second, and third places.

Sponsor Opportunities

Your company can be an exclusive sponsor for any of our networking events including TopGolf. For a list of benefits, see the SEAoT Sponsor Guide.

TOPGOLF SPONSOR (EXCLUSIVE) $2,500Sign up online at https://www.seaot.org/sponsors

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Companions' Program Riverwalk

Cocktail Cruise

Early bird rates increase on August 10, 2019

EARLY REGISTRATION through August 9, 2019

RIVERWALK COCKTAIL CRUISEJoins us for a unique experience and discover the sights and sounds of San Antonio! Enjoy great food and drinks on the barge as you cruise along the iconic Riverwalk, one of San Antonio’s most popular attractions! Light Hors D’oeuvres and 2 drink tickets per person are included with registration. This is an exclusive networking event limited to the first 50 registrants. Registration is $35 per person.

Sponsor OpportunitiesYour company can be an exclusive sponsor for any of our networking events including Cocktail Cruise on the San Antonio Riverwalk. For a list of benefits, see the SEAoT Sponsor Guide.

COCKTAIL CRUISE SPONSOR (EXCLUSIVE) $2,000 Sign up online at https://www.seaot.org/sponsors

SPONSORSHIPS

Please support the Conference and the Association with your generous sponsorship.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 20198:00 AM

11:00 AM

Exhibit Set Up

Conference Registration Opens

Technical Program

12:30 PM

1:45 PM

2:35 PM

3.00 PM

3:55 PM

4:45 PM

7:00 PM

Welcome, Opening Remarks and General Meeting (1 pdh)

Structural Stability - Letting the Fundamentals Guide Your Judgement(1 pdh) Ronald D. Ziemian, Ph.D., P.E.

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

Durability of Brick Masonry Veneer - Code Requirements and Failure Case Studies(1 pdh)David H. Nicastro, P.E., F.ASTM & Robert M. Chamra, P.E.

Evaluating the Vulnerability of Coastal Bridges to Hurricane Damage(1 pdh) Arturo Montoya, Ph.D.

Reception Social with Sponsors and Exhibitors in the Texas Ballroom

Top Golf San Antonio - Shuttles pick up at Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel at 6:15pm

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

7:00 AM

7:15 AM

9:00 AM

Technical Program

8:20 AM

9:10 AM

9:40 AM

1 :0 35 AM

11:25AM

12:00 PM

1:35 PM

2:05 PM

3:00 PM

3:50 PM

5:30 PM

Exhibitor Hall Opens

Registration Opens - Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors in Ballroom

Companions' Program Meets for Breakfast at Wyndham's One Eleven Grill

Structural Aspects of Damage Limiting Construction – Designing for Rapid Energy Releases to Accommodate Industrial Hazards (1 pdh)Kirk A. Marchand, P.E.

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

How Safe is our Lighting Pole Infrastructure? (1 pdh)Wesley J. Oliphant, P.E., AWS-CWI, F.SEI, F.ASCE

Geotechnical Engineering and Pressuremeter Testing for the Frost Tower Project (1 pdh) Arindam Barkataki, P.E.

Visit with Exhibitors

Lunch, Awards and Keynote Address - Preserving the Alamo: The Relationship Between Archaeology and Engineering (1 pdh)Steve Tomka, Ph.D. & Rhiana Ward

Visit with Exhibitors

Recent Research on High Strength Reinforcing Bars in Concrete Construction(1 pdh) Wassim Ghannoum, Ph.D., P.E.

True Timber Joinery (1 pdh)Robert L. Raffle, P.E., S.E., M.E., AIA, NCARB

Closing Remarks

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

Cocktail Cruise on the San Antonio Riverwalk

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EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATES END AUGUST 9, 2019

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DURABILITY OF BRICK MASONRY VENEER - CODE REQUIREMENTS AND FAILURE CASE STUDIESDavid H. Nicastro, P.E., F.ASTM & Robert M. Chamra, P.E. Construction defects related to corrugated sheet-metal anchors (brick ties) frequently result in construction litigation, but the design may be to blame. The International Code Council (ICC) and associated technical organizations provide requirements for both the design and construction of masonry veneer with brick ties, but a content gap exists within these documents. Design assumptions made by the designer are not conveyed to the contractor in the Specification for Masonry Structures. This presentation will explain the requirements that the designer must specify to supplement those conveyed in the code to construct a compliant masonry veneer. A practical understanding of durability will be synthesized based on theoretical behavior, observations from failure case studies, and results from The Durability Lab, a research center at The University of Texas at Austin.

About the SpeakersDavid H. Nicastro, P.E., F.ASTM, is a licensed professional engineer specializing in durability and failure causation theory. He analyzes existing buildings and designs remedies. He is the founder of Building Diagnostics and Engineering Diagnostics, which grew to be an Inc. 500 firm by 2000. He also founded The Durability Lab, a research center housed at The University of Texas at Austin to study the durability of building materials and systems, identifying factors causing premature failure. Mr. Nicastro is the past chairman of ASTM Committee C24 on Building Seals and Sealants, and has published over 50 articles and books on durability and failure of building materials.

Robert M. Chamra, P.E., is a Senior Engineer with Building Diagnostics, Inc., specializing in the investigation of problems with existing buildings, designing remedies for those problems, and monitoring the construction of the remedies. He is an active member of ASTM Committees C12 on Mortars and Grouts for Unit Masonry and C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units. He is also an active member The Masonry Society, including the TMS 402/602 subcommittees on Reinforcement and Connectors and Veneer and Glass Block for the 2022 code cycle. He participates in the research being performed at The Durability Lab.

EVALUATING THE VULNERABILITY OF COASTAL BRIDGES TO HURRICANE DAMAGEArturo Montoya, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio This work presents the results of a numerical study evaluating the response of coastal bridges due to hurricane-induced waves. The analyses were conducted using the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) approach, available on the commercial finite element software Abaqus, which allows modeling the interaction between water and the bridge. The work concentrated on (1) establishing a approach for defining boundary conditions in the model that generate the desired wave characteristics (i.e., wave height, and frequency) in the simulation, (2) conducting simulations using actual bridge dimensions of historically damaged bridges, (3) analyzing a range of foundation flexibilities to determine its effect on the horizontal and vertical forces acting on the superstructure condition, and (4) comparing results simulations to AASHTO equations that estimate wave forces on coastal bridges. The foundation variations were conducted on models developed for two major highway bridges damaged along the U.S Gulf Coast during hurricane Katrina in 2005, (a) the U.S 90 highway bridge over Biloxi Bay and (b) the US. 90 St. Louis-Bay Bridge. The storm surge elevation was defined at the bottom of the superstructure as post-Katrina investigations revealed that this was a common characteristic for damaged bridges. The analysis revealed the importance of (a) strengthening the connection between the superstructure and substructure in order to prevent unseating of the superstructure, (b) defining a critical deck elevation to minimize the probability of bridge failure, (c) considering different types of wave conditions in the analysis and (d) comparing the output results with other approaches in order to establish confidence on the results.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM

THURSDAY AFTERNOON

The technical program will begin at 12:30pm on Thursday September 5, and will conclude at 4:25pm on Friday, September 6. There will be ten technical presentations total, and a lunch presentation on September 6. Attendees can expect to earn up to ten Professional Development Hours during the Conference.

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Kaitlyn Vaclavik, PE, SEAoT State President and Conference Chair Scott Lefton, PE, SECB, San Antonio Chapter PresidentGeneral Meeting SE Licensure

STRUCTURAL STABILITY - LETTING THE FUNDAMENTALS GUIDE YOUR JUDGEMENTDr. Ronald Ziemian, Ph.D., P.E.

One of the great things about working with structural steel is that most design provisions are based on first principles and fairly predictable experimental test results. This is especially true when assessing structural stability. The primary objective of this lecture is to show how most stability problems can be understood by focusing on the big picture rather than on the details of the seemingly complex mathematics. The presentation will begin by identifying those factors that primarily impact the buckling strength of a system, member, or cross section. Drawing on several example applications, the proper use of today’s computational analysis tools will be demonstrated as a means for enhancing engineering judgement. A case will be made for how a fundamental understanding of structural stability is often sufficient for today’s steel designers, whether applying the direct analysis method to assess system strength or a column curve to evaluate the strength of a compression member. The lecture will also include an overview of the author’s paper “Formulation and Validation of Minimum Brace Stiffness for Systems of Compression Members.”

About the SpeakerRonald D. Ziemian is a professor at Bucknell University. He received his BSCE, MENG, and PhD degrees from Cornell University. In addition to authoring papers on the design and analysis of steel and aluminum structures, Ron is co‐author of the textbook Matrix Structural Analysis (Wiley, 2000), the developer of the educational analysis software MASTAN2, and the editor for the 6th edition of the Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures (Wiley, 2010). He is the Co-Editor in Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Ron is a member of AISC’s Committee on Specifications, chairs AISC’s TC3 - Loads, Analysis and Stability, and previously chaired AISC's TG on Inelastic Analysis and Design. He also serves on the AISI and Aluminum Association Specification Committees, is active with the Steel Joist Institute, and the former chair of the Structural Stability Research Council. Ron was awarded the ASCE Norman Medal (1994), the AISC Special Achievement Award (2006), and the ASCE Shortridge Hardesty Award (2013) for his contributions to the profession related to the stability analysis and design of metal structures.

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About the speaker

Kirk A. Marchand was a Founding Senior Principal and former Managing Principal at Protection Engineering Consultants (PEC) and has more than thirty (36) years of blast and impact, ballistic and progressive collapse research and design experience. Kirk’s chief areas of expertise are in large and small scale blast and impact tests, counter-terrorism research and design, and organizational and project management. Kirk started his career as an active duty US Army Corps of Engineers combat engineer battalion company grade and battalion grade officer and as a research project manager at the US ARMY Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC, then US Army Waterways Experiment Station). Kirk spent time at LTV Aerospace and Defense in Grand Prairie, Texas developing warheads and performing warhead effects research. Kirk worked and managed research projects in the Protective Structures and Engineering Dynamics group and Division at Southwest Research Institute for 15 years. At SwRI, Mr. Marchand led programs concerning the vulnerability analysis of protective structures and critical civilian facilities. This work involved the design, analysis, and testing of structures, components, and barriers subjected to blast, shock and impact effects, vehicle impact, and cased munitions. He also managed and monitored programs dealing with the safety of roadside appurtenances, and understands crash testing and crash test data acquisition used to support these tests. At Applied Research Associates (ARA) Kirk managed the South Texas Division and performed and managed terrorist vulnerability assessments, blast loaded glass research, human injury research related to terrorist attacks, laser threat and hazard research, laser application development for explosive ordnance and improvised explosive device disposal, and expeditionary structure vulnerability and counter-mobility barrier research. At Walter P. Moore and Associates, Kirk was Principal and Director of Secure Design Services, where he directed and performed project work supporting man-made hazard protection for the built environment.

About the speakerDr. Arturo Montoya, is an Associate Professor within the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He obtained all his degrees in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University: B.S. '07, M.S. '08, and Ph.D. '12. In addition, Dr. Montoya has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from St. Lawrence University. Dr. Montoya’s research interests are in the areas of aging infrastructure, computational modeling in civil engineering applications, and deterioration of materials under corrosive environments. Dr. Montoya has directed or co-directed projects sponsored by agencies such as the Department of Defense, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Texas Department of Transportation, Department of Energy/Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, San Antonio CPS Energy, and Transportation Consortium of South Central States.

RECEPTION SOCIAL - TEXAS BALLROOM

TOP GOLF SAN ANTONIO - Pre Registered Only

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

FRIDAY MORNING

STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF DAMAGE LIMITING CONSTRUCTION – DESIGNING FOR RAPID ENERGY RELEASES TO ACCOMMODATE INDUSTRIAL HAZARDSKirk A. Marchand, P.E. Protection Engineering Consultants,San AntonioChemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage processing and laboratory and general industrial facilities have requirements for storage of chemicals, gases, fuels, lubricants and other hazardous materials used in everyday operations. When stored properly and not subject to puncture, spillage and exposure to flame or other ignition sources, these materials are benign and safe. However, accidents and events can combine to cause unintentional release of these materials and their exposure to flame, electrical arc or other ignition sources. Similarly, today’s server farms are supported by electrical switchgear installations that, under normal operations, provide the significant power required for operation and cooling of servers. Occasionally, switchgear safeguards can normally or abnormally trip or fault, creating high voltage arcs that are converted into air shocks. In both cases, the abnormal release of large amounts of energy over short periods of time can compromise a structural system if these loads are not accounted for in design, or if venting or “load-shedding” measures that can mitigate and reduce these loads are not in place. In this presentation, Kirk Marchand will discuss the prescriptive “triggers” that mandate explosion control consideration and will present performance based approaches allowed by codes (ICC/IFC/NFPA) and made available to design professionals. He will discuss explosion containment, operational explosion control and deflagration venting approaches including vent design parameters. He will discuss the value of engaging a design professional with competent knowledge of energy release calculation approaches and tools. He will discuss the importance of balanced enclosure design and the benefit of dynamic inelastic but damage-limiting analysis and design. Finally, case overviews for gas and dust explosions and electrical arc faults will be presented.

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THE HOTELExperience the best of the San Antonio area! The hotel is within steps of countless restaurants, shops, and bars that line the river as it snakes through the city. This year’s venue, the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk, is offering a very attractive rate of $118 a night through August 5, 2019 or until all allocated rooms are filled. To book your room(s), you can call Central Reservation Number at 1-866-764-8536 and ask for the Structural Engineers Association of Texas, or reserve online at https://seaot.org/hotel/

EARLY REGISTRATIONRegister now for the Conference and take advantage of the early registration discount rate of just $275 for SEAoT members and $325 for non members. Registration rates will increase on August 10, 2019. Go to: https://www.seaot.org

HOW SAFE IS OUR LIGHTING POLE INFRASTRUCTURE?Wesley J. Oliphant, P.E., AWS-CWI, F.SEI, F.ASCEPrincipal, Chief Technical Officer, ExoWe walk and drive past hundreds, if not thousands of these seemingly innocuous structures every day. They light our roadways, our parking lots, our sports and athletic facilities. The illumination systems these structures support provide recreation, safety and security to all of us on dark nights. We take them for granted. So how safe are these common infrastructure assets? Surprisingly, many of these lighting pole assets are not safe at all. Limited existing standards for design, manufacturing, and installation, coupled with the deteriorating effects of corrosion, fatigue, and mechanical damage of one form or another, take its toll on this little discussed segment of our public infrastructure. Exo’s extensive work nationwide inspecting/evaluating hundreds of thousands of these lighting structures, has found that roughly 5 in every 100 lighting poles inspected is found to be in serious structural distress and should be addressed immediately (likely replacement). Another roughly 15 of every 100 lighting poles inspected are close to becoming seriously deficient and will likely become so within another 12-18 months without timely remediation or replacement.Approximately 40 in every 100 require some form of actionablemaintenance to keep them from becoming structurally unsafe ina 2-3 years’ time. This only leaves the remaining approximately40% of our lighting pole infrastructure in a condition thatrequires little to no attention at the point in time they wereinspected. Exo has also investigated and/or provided expertopinion regarding dozens of catastrophic failures of theseseemingly harmless structures. In many instances, significantproperty damage has resulted. Unfortunately, severe personalinjury, including death to innocent bystanders has also beendocumented. This presentation will provide an in-depth look atthe direct results of poor specification, design, manufacturing,and installation, as well as inadequate on-going maintenanceand/or frequent comprehensive inspections by qualifiedprofessionals.

About the SpeakersMr. Wesley J. Oliphant is a 1974 Graduate from Texas A&M University. He began his professional career as a Civil Engineering Officer in the United States Air Force and has since accumulated more than 40 years of professional experience and expertise related to the structural design, manufacturing, installation, and inspection of most all types of poles and towers supporting a variety of critical utility, communications, or lighting infrastructure. Mr. Oliphant has authored and presented numerous technical papers relating to the structural design, manufacturing, installation and on-going maintenance of various types of pole and tower structures. He also has significant experience in the forensic failure analysis of these type structures or their components. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas, a Charter Member and Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute, and a Life Member and Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND PRESSUREMETER TESTING FOR THE FROST TOWER PROJECTArindam Barkataki, P.E. National Account Manager, TerraconFrost Tower which is the first high rise building in San Antonio in over 30 years is a jewel in downtown SA. The building is a 23-story tall office building. Design column loads were in excess of 5000 kips. Terracon utilized pressuremeter testing in the bore holes to provide higher end bearing and skin friction values for foundation design. The use of the higher capacities resulted in cost saving of the foundation.

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About the SpeakerArindam Barkataki is a National Manager for Terracon Consultants, Inc. and is a licensed Civil Engineer specializing in Geotechnical Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India and his Master of Engineering in Geotechnical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station. He has been with Terracon for over 13 years and has practiced in places like Orlando, New Orleans and currently in San Antonio. He has lived and worked in San Antonio since 2011 and has experience with a multitude of project types, including: high rise buildings, warehouses, schools, hospitals, commercial developments, oil and gas facilities, highways/infrastructure projects, transmission lines, cell towers and solar farms. Arindam is married and is blessed with a six-month old baby girl.

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FRIDAY LUNCH AND AWARDS

KEYNOTE: PRESERVING THE ALAMO: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ENGINEERINGSteve Tomka, Ph.D. & Rhiana WardThe two original structures that today represent the Alamo are the Alamo Chapel and the Long Barrack. The structures are some 250 years old and only a handful of other buildings in Texas are older and still standing. Many of them are found in San Antonio, and are associated with the City’s Spanish Colonial past. As expected of any architectural feature that has served its purpose for a hundred generations, the buildings are showing their age. A combination of factors is exacting their toll on the buildings and slowly chipping away at the walls and ceiling. To define these factors, determine their combined effect, and respond in an adequate manner that will contribute to the long-term preservation of these buildings, many things have to be learned about the conditions that affect them. In addition, just as many things have to be learned about the structural features of these buildings so that whatever preservation measures are considered in the future, they are appropriate to historical conditions and meet the structural requirements of the buildings. This presentation summarizes the conditions that precipitate the preservation efforts, the role of archaeology in gathering the appropriate data, and the structural conditions that have helped keep the buildings standing for some 250 years.

About the SpeakersDr. Tomka is the Cultural Resources Program Director at Raba Kistner and received his Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been conducting archaeological work at the World Heritage-listed San Antonio Missions since 1996. His research interests include the impact of the Spanish Crown and Catholic Church of the 17th and 18th centuries on the lives of the hundreds of indigenous tribes that lived in South Texas. Most recently, he has been heading a team of RK archaeologists involved in obtaining information on the state of the mission buildings to inform the appropriate architectural preservation measures that will be implemented at the Mission San Antonio de Valero, most commonly known as the Alamo.

Rhiana D. Ward is a Principal Investigator and Senior Archaeologists at Raba Kistner. She received her Masters of Arts in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology/Cultural Resources Management from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Mrs. Ward has ten years of archaeological experience in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Belize, and has worked in the City of San Antonio for over six years. As part of performing archaeological investigations, she is responsible for conducting field research, Ground Penetrating Radar survey and analysis, Phase II eligibility testing, and Phase III data recovery documentation. Mrs. Ward specializes in regulatory review under federal, state, and local compliance, including the Texas Antiquities Code and the Historic Preservation and Design Section of the City of San Antonio’ Unified Development Code (Unified Development Code).

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RECENT RESEARCH ON HIGH STRENGTH REINFORCING BARS IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION AND UPCOMING CODE CHANGESWassim Ghannoum, Ph.D., P.E. UTSAIn an effort to meet the increasing challenges of structural designs, high-strength reinforcing steel bars (HSRB) are becoming increasingly necessary. Higher strength reinforcing bars allow for measurable reductions in the amount of steel required in design, thus providing benefits in constructability, as well as economic and environmental benefits derived from reduced material quantities. Code provisions as laid out in ACI 318-14, set the reinforcement strength limit for longitudinal reinforcement in gravity systems at 80ksi, but for seismic applications, the maximum reinforcement strength is limited to 60ksi. This limitation is in part due to well-known changes in the mechanical behavior of steel as its strength increases, namely, higher strength steel has a greater strain at yield and a lower strain at fracture. Additionally, uncertainties about the toughness and low-cycle fatigue performance of newly developed HSRB have also contributed to maintaining the status quo in the ACI 318 design Standard. A large national effort supported by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the Charles Pankow Foundation was undertaken to facilitate the implementation of HSRB in the ACI 318 Standard. The effort was successful in introducing landmark provisions, pushing changes to the 2019 version of the Standard that permit the use of grade 80 reinforcement in almost all applications, while grade 100 bars are now permitted in many applications prohibited previously. Adjustments to long-lived provisions, such as development lengths provisions, were also implemented for HSRB. An overview of prominent Code changes and the research that delivered those changes is presented.

About the Speaker

Dr. Wassim Ghannoum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, Texas. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. His research interests include life-span extension of concrete structures, seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing infrastructure, new materials in concrete construction and repair, and extreme loading on structures. Dr. Ghannoum is Chair of ACI committee 369, Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation. He is member of ACI 318-0R, High Strength Reinforcement, and ACI 318-1N, Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis. Dr. Ghannoum is a voting member of the ASCE/SEI 41 Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings Standards Committee, in which he chairs the concrete sub-committee. Dr. Ghannoum is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Structural Engineering Institute (SEI). He received the American Concrete Institute’s Henry L. Kennedy Award “for dedicated service to the development of a national standard for seismic rehabilitation of existing reinforced concrete buildings and outstanding contributions as chair of ACI committee 369” and the Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award “for outstanding leadership of committee 369, Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation”.

TRUE TIMBER JOINERYRobert L. Raffle, PE, SE, ME, AIA, NCARBTraditional timber joinery was developed over centuries by trial and error while combining art and science. Modern architectural designs and an intrinsic need to validate traditional timber joinery designs has led to an engineering scrutiny of materials and methods not prescribed in codes and standards. Proprietary fasteners and steel hardware have become commonplace for engineered timber joints. True timber joinery does not employ these materials as primary mechanisms. On-wood, in-wood, to-wood, with-wood connections are the essence of true timber joinery. True Timber Joinery will begin with a brief overview of timber framing, standards for design of timber frame structures, effects of checks and moisture content, and general rules of timber joinery. The presentation will focus on wood peg joinery, keyed-through tenon joints and a brief discussion on moment connections. Structural design examples of wood peg and keyed-through joints will be presented.

About the Speaker

Robert L. Raffle, PE, SE, ME, AIA, NCARB is a Timber Framing Consultant for the Timber Framers Guild (TFG) and Timber Framers Engineering Council (TFEC). He is a Registered Architect, Structural Engineer, and Mechanical Engineer in Texas and West Virginia. He has over 40 years of diversified experience in architecture, engineering and project management for major higher education, commercial, government and industrial projects throughout the United States and China. He also has over 25 years of timber frame architecture and engineering design of residential, religious congregation and resort facilities.

CLOSING REMARKSKaitlyn Vaclavik, PE, SEAoT State President and Conference Chair

REFRESHMENT BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS

COCKTAIL CRUISE ON THE SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK Pre Registered Only

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE AT A GLANCE

Thursday, September 5

8:00 a.m. - Exhibitor Set up11:00 a.m. - Registration Opens

12:30 p.m. - Technical Session Begins

4:45 p.m. - Reception Social in Ballroom

7:00 p.m. - Top Golf San Antonio

Friday, September 67:15 a.m. - Registration Opens

8:20 a.m.- 4:25pm - Technical Sessions (9:00 a.m. - Companions’ program) 12:00 p.m. - Lunch and Awards

- Keynote Speaker Presentation

4:25 p.m. - Conference Wrap Up5:30 p.m. - Riverwalk Cocktail Cruise

Times are tentative and subject to change

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COMPANIONS' PROGRAM

The Companions’ Program has been designed to showcase the very best of the San Antonio area! The day will begin with breakfast at the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk's One Eleven Grill. Attendees will then take a guided tour of Mission San Jose, and historic King William District by SA Detours. The group will have lunch at Iron Cactus, Mexican Grill and Margarita Bar on the Riverwalk before heading to the Shops at Rivercenter Mall for shopping local boutiques.

Everyone will head back to the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel for a Pop-Up Wine Tasting hosted by Wine Shop at Home in the Governor's Suite. The program will end around 5:00pm. A shuttle will be provided to drive the group during the day.

Cost of the Companions’ program is $125.00

Space is limited so please book early.

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION - Book early to lock in your exhibit space before booths sell out!

Exhibit Space Details

Exhibit space will be in the Texas Ballroom on the second floor of the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel. Breakfast and refreshment breaks will take place in the Exhibit Hall during the conference. Exhibitor booth sizes are approximately 10-foot by 8-foot deep.

Exhibitor Booths Include:• Each 8' x 10' booth will be set with 8' high blue and gray back drape, 3' high black side dividers, one 6' x 30"

white skirted table, two Limerick chairs, one wastebasket, and a 7" x 44" identification sign.

• Exhibit area is carpeted.• *Electricity is NOT included unless otherwise specified on registration form.

Exhibitor Benefits:• Two conference passes per booth – exhibitors are welcome to attend any of the technical sessions as well as

the luncheon on Friday.• Company description, website link and logo on the SEAoT website from the time of your commitment

through the end of the Conference.• Recognition in conference printed and digital materials, including signage at the conference.• Electricity and Conference WiFi will be available. Please indicate on your registration if you require electricity.• A list of attendees and their contact information in digital format will be sent to exhibitors before the

conference.

For detailed Exhibitor Set Up, Tear Down, and Shipping Information visit https://seaot.org.exhibit

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EXHIBITORS

ADSC South Central Chapter

Alpine TrusSteel

American Institute of Steel Construction

APA - The Engineered Wood Association

Applied Software

Cast Connex

COMMAND Center

CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation

DeWALT

EPIC Metals

Euclid Chemical

Fox Blocks

Fyfe Co

Gate Precast

Helical Concepts, Inc.

HILTI

International Code Council

Kryton International, Inc.

Milliken Infrastructure Solutions

MiTek

Nucor-Vulcraft

Pieresearch

Register at https://www.seaot.org

SEAoT ANNUAL CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 1 - 2, 2018

Booths are approx. 10-foot wide by 8-foot deep.

Poly-America

Protection Engineering Consultants

PSC Heavy Civil

Radarview/Universal Construction Testing

Ram Jack Foundation Repair

Reliable Void Forms

Restek, Inc.

S&W Foundation Contractors, Inc.

Side Plate Systems, Inc.

Sika Corporation

Simpson Strong-Tie

Simpson Strong-Tie

Stego Industries

Structural Concrete Systems

Structural Concrete Systems

Structural Technologies

Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation

Tella Firma Foundations

Trimble

Uretek ICR

USG Structural Solutions

VoidForm Products, Inc.

VoidForm Products, Inc.

Conference Sponsors highlighted in blue.

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PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Registration for SEAoT State Conference

Name: ___________________________________________________

SEAoT Member Chapter:____________________________________

Attendance Category:

Professional Attendee Student Presenter

Sponsor Companion

Company _____________________________________________________________________________________

Street Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

City __________________________________________________State________Zip____________________

Day Phone _____________________________________ Email__________________________________________

COMPANIONS' PROGRAM

Complete if you are bringing a spouse or companion who wishes to participate in the Friday Companion program (cost is $125)

Name (First/Last)____________________________________________________________________________________

SPONSORS (Conference and Reception includes two passes, Lunch, Breakfast and Exhibitor sponsors include one full pass)

Exhibitor Ballroom ($1,500)Conference ($5,000) Reception ($5,000) Lunch ($3,500) Breakfast ($3,000)

� Exclusive Top Golf Sponsor - $2,500

PAYMENT REQUIRED TO HOLD YOUR RESERVATION

If you wish to pay by credit card, please pay online through the web site at http://www.seaot.org

SEAoT State Conferencec/o Stansfeld LLC56 AUTUMN OAKS DRIVEAUSTIN TX 78737

ONLINE REGISTRATION

The fastest and easiest way to register is online atwww.SEAOT.org

EARLY REGISTRATION (By Aug. 9)

$275.00

$325.00

$125.00

$125.00

$35.00

SEAoT members

Non members

Students (full time with ID)

Companions’ Program

Riverwalk Cocktail Cruise

(Registration rates increase on August 10, 2019)

GOLF SPONSORS:

Advanced Program - Subject to changeRegister through the web site at https://www.seaot.org

SEAoT ANNUAL CONFERENCE - SEPTEMBER 5 - 6, 2019

Cocktail Cruise Exclusive Sponsor ($2,000) COCKTAIL CRUISE SPONSORS: �