EQUILIBRIUM
Newsletter of the Seattle Chapter
Structural Engineers Association of Washington
May 2013
President:
Cale Ash
Risk Management for Beginners
Vice President:
Peter Somers
SEAW Professional Practices Committee
Dinner Presentation
rials, and complexities in multiple markets in the
private and public sectors. His creative solutions
On the average, a practicing structural engineer and dedication to high quality design have been
will be sued on a major claim at least once. Can successfully instilled throughout the culture of
it be avoided? Probably not, but you can reduce Coughlin Porter Lundeen.
the chance and definitely reduce the severity of Mike Bramhall, with 23 years of professional exa claim by practicing good risk management.
perience, is Senior Forensic Engineer at CASE
Risk management is the subject of the presenta- Forensics Corporation, where he specializes in
tion by your SEAW Professional Practice Comanalysis and repair of damaged building strucmittee. The presentation will discuss the source tural systems. Mike is currently the Secretary for
of claims against structural engineers. Is it the
the SEAW Seattle Chapter.
contractor, the client, or a third party who is the Jon Siu is the Principal Engineer and Building
primary source? Are claims mostly for economic
Official for the City of Seattle DPD, a position he
losses? At the beginning of a project, are there
has held for the last 12 of the 29 years he has
ways to adjust for project risk? Should you acworked for DPD. A past Seattle Chapter Director,
cept an assignment? What are the factors? Does Jon is currently the First Vice President for the
your scope of services and responsibilities to the Washington Association of Building Officials
public affect you exposure to claims? These and (WABO), and a member of the WABO/SEAW
other questions will be addressed, in addition to Liaison and WABO Technical Code Development
a brief look into the typical quality of the engiCommittees.
neer’s documents.
Treasurer:
Theodore E. Smith
Secretary:
Michael Bramhall
Past President:
Howard Burton
Directors 2010-2013:
Brian Pavlovec
Michael Wright
Directors 2011-2014:
Tom Corcoran
Steve Dill
Directors 2012-2015:
Karen Damianick
Steven Pfeiffer
YMF President:
Jennifer Ahlport
Executive Director:
M. Lynnell Brunswig
VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
www.seaw.org
John Tawresey, Adam Ludwig, Mark D’Amato,
Jim Coughlin, Jon Siu, and Mike Bramhall will
make the presentations.
In this issue
From the Board
2
June Awards Event
2
Meeting Recap
3
Committee News
Meet Your New Board
3
4
YMF Corner
In Memoriam
4
5
SEFW
6
Meetings, Seminars
Committee Corner
7
8
Opportunities
9
Mark Your Calendar!
Seattle Chapter Social and
Awards Event
Tuesday, June 11
see page 2 for details
John Tawresey has over 40 years experience as
a structural engineer with concentration on the
design of reinforced hollow brick masonry structures and building curtainwalls. He is the past
Chief Financial Officer at KPFF Consulting Engineers. He is a past president of The Masonry
Society, the Structural Engineers Risk Management Council, and the Structural Engineering
Institute of ASCE, and currently serves on the
Main Committees of ASCE 7 and MSJC.
Adam Ludwig has 22 years of experience in
structural design covering a broad range of project types and market sectors. He specializes in
retail design and urban redevelopment mixeduse projects, combining residential, retail, parking, and public spaces. Adam began his private
practice, Ludwig Structural Consulting, in 2012.
Mark D’Amato, co-founder of DCI Engineers,
designs and manages projects for clients in the
commercial, medical, residential, and industrial
sectors. He has over 35 years design experience
and his expertise includes post-tensioned concrete and steel-framed high-rise structures.
Jim’s Coughlin’s 34 years of work encompasses
structures of all sizes, shapes, construction mate-
Meeting Information:
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Place: Hotel Monaco Seattle
1101 Fourth Avenue, Seattle
Note:
Valet parking for SEAW meeting attendees is
$12.00 while space is available.
Time:
5:00—6:00 PM
6:00—6:45 PM
6:45—7:00 PM
7:00—8:15 PM
Registration/Networking
Dinner
Welcome/Introductions
Program
Menu: Halibut with buerre blanc sauce
~ or ~
Roasted Draper Valley chicken breast with
tomatoes, olives, and rosemary
Price: SEAW Members
$40.00
Non-members
$50.00
Students/Unemployed
$15.00
Registration after 5/16, add
$5.00
* Unemployed current members may register
at the student rate.
Registration Required
Prepayment Appreciated
Register online at www.seaw.org
Registration deadline is 5pm Thursday, May 16
Credit cards accepted online only; not at the
door. No-shows and cancellations after the
deadline will be subject to full charge.
From the Board
-by Michael Wright
It’s hard to believe it is May,
2013 already and my three-year
term on the SEAW Seattle
Board of Directors is coming to
an end. It does not seem that
long ago that ago that I was
writing my first article for the
newsletter talking about going
to a hip hop concert with my
18 year-old son, Tracy. Tracy
will turn 21 this summer and is
happily settled into life at Willamette University, though I
keep reminding him that it will
soon be over and he will need
to take his History/Chinese degree and find a job and place to
live (hopefully not at home with
mom and dad).
That original article talked
about how it was good to expose yourself to something
new like Seattle hip hop and
that we all gain a lot from working with young engineers. I’m
happy to say that my time on
the board has reinforced that
concept, and during that time,
it appears Seattle hip hop has
exploded nationally, I heard
Macklemore on the local radio
station while traveling in South
Carolina recently. Amazing.
My time on the board has focused on continuing education
and licensing issues. After several false starts, the education
committee has been reestablished. Under the enthusiastic leadership of Ardel Jala
and Adam Theiss, the committee is working hard to both
determine the education needs
of SEAW and support the two
main seminars scheduled for
the next year (Spring Seismic
Seminar and Fall Wind Semi-
nar). Like all committees at
SEAW, all comers are welcome,
and as they are just starting out
again it might be a great time to
join.
One of the Board’s goals in reestablishing the education committee was to get back in the
business of putting on seminars.
SEAW has an incredible wealth
of talented individuals, many of
whom are leaders in developing
the national codes that we use
on a daily basis. Based on research by the Education Committee, SEAW seminars are one
of the best values out there as
far as training.
The other area the Education
Committee is looking into is
how SEAW can assist in developing our younger engineers
into productive designers. The
goal is to pass on the “tricks of
the trade” our mentors taught
us.
The question to me is not
whether mandatory continuing education is right or not (I
think we are all aware of the
pluses and minuses) but how
SEAW can be a leader in that
discussion. Currently SEAW
supports AELC and is working
hard to help shape the discussion of what qualifies as professional development hours. At
first it may seem that the legislature is attempting to force us
all sit in endless webinars (not
that they are not worthwhile),
but the reality is the work our
members do attending dinner
meetings, working on committees, developing the national
licensing exam, and developing and attending company
internal training should all
count. It is important that
SEAW make its voice heard in
the determination of what con-
Continuing education for all
engineers is a topic that is getting more discussion as of late.
This is most likely due to the
attempts in the legislature to
formally require a fixed number
of approved professional development hours for all professional engineers in order to
maintain licensure, similar to
requirements in other states.
The Architects and Engineers
Legislative Council (AELC), of
which SEAW is active participant and financial supporter, is
a leader in this effort. I realize
that some in SEAW are opposed
to this as they believe the current system is not broken.
I think all of us can agree it takes
a commitment to constant
learning to stay on top of the
continuous changes in the
building and material codes we
deal with every day, not to mention business practices and risk
management. When I look back
over the 30 years of my career I
am amazed that most of what I
do on a daily basis was not even
discussed while I was in graduate school at Purdue. I doubt
the pace of change is going to
slow down anytime soon, therefore I can see why many believe
we need mandatory continuing
education.
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stitutes continuing education.
I continue to be amazed by our
membership, old and young,
and have truly enjoyed my
time on the board. I highly
recommend that others give it
a try as it is worth the effort,
and you will meet great people. I’ll continue to be involved
with SEAW on a committee
level and complain about how
expensive everything has gotten to be; after all I’m now one
of those older engineers, and I
love it!
Michael Wright is a Principal of
Lund Wright Opsahl Structural
Engineers and has been a
member of SEAW since 1990.
In addition to his service on the
chapter board of directors,
Mike has been active on the
Earthquake Engineering, Exam,
and Continuing Education
committees.
Mark Your Calendar
Seattle Chapter’s Annual
June Social and Awards Event
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013—5:00 pm
Lake Union Café
3119 EASTLAKE AVENUE EAST, SEATTLE
5:30 pm: Social Hour with No-Host Bar
6:30 pm: Buffet Dinner
Program:
HELEN THAYER,
Noted New Zealand-born Adventurer, Author, Photographer,
Speaking on Inspiration and Accomplishment
Awards:
Engineer of the Year
Young Engineer of the Year
SEAW Scholarships
President’s Awards
Life Member Presentations
Installation of 2013-14 Chapter Board
Please mark your calendar and plan to join us!
Online Registration will open May 20
Watch for details via email or on the website
May 2013
Meeting Recap
-by Peter Somers
April’s dinner meeting featured a presentation on the
history and future of the City
of Seattle’s proposed ordinance covering seismic retrofit of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Seattle City Council Member
Richard Conlin opened the
program with a policymaker’s perspective on
earthquake risk and emergency preparedness. After
seeing the damage in the
relatively moderate 2001
Nisqually earthquake and
then the substantial damage
in the more recent Christchurch and Chile events, CM
Conlin has been a strong
proponent for the development of first an inventory of
the city’s URMs and then the
formation of a technical and
policy committee within Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development
(DPD) to develop an ordinance for mandatory retrofit
provisions for URMs. The
goal is to have a clear policy
direction by 2014, including
an enacted ordinance and
other policy components to
assist URM owners in implementation of the ordinance.
Steve Pfeiffer, the Engineering and Technical Codes
Manager for DPD, then provided a detailed history of
URM construction in the city.
Common use of this construction type began soon
after the Seattle fire of 1889
as means of preventing future fires from spreading to
adjacent buildings. Most of
the current inventory of
URMs was constructed from
the late 1800s through the
1930s. The preservation
movement that arose in the
1960s and a stronger consideration of earthquake risk in
the 1970s led to a URM retrofit ordinance that was
briefly in effect in the mid1970s. The scope was gen-
erally URM parapets and
wall anchorage, but after
concerns over the cost to
implement, it was repealed
after a few years. That ordinance did serve as the origin
for DPD’s current
“Substantial Alteration”
clause which triggers seismic
retrofit for buildings undergoing major renovation
work. While that trigger has
been successful in reducing
the risk for many buildings, a
high percentage of URM
buildings are still at great risk
to earthquake-induced damage. The risks are not only
to the buildings themselves,
but as Mr. Pfeiffer pointed
out, there is potential for loss
of business operation, loss of
use of sidewalks, streets, and
transit in areas of significant
damage, and this could impact the entire community
as has been the experience
in Christchurch.
A summary of URM buildings, their behavior, standards for evaluation and
retrofit, and the technical
provisions of the proposed
ordinance was presented by
Bryan Zagers, Associate Principal at CPL and chair of the
SEAW Existing Building
Committee (EBC). The ordi-
nance is based loosely on
similar provisions that have
been in effect in San Francisco since the early 1990s.
There are two main compliance options: a “full”
compliance using one of
the technical standards
referenced in the Seattle
Building Code for triggered retrofits (for example
ASCE 31) and a reduced
“bolts-plus” compliance for
buildings deemed to be
less hazardous. Some of
the limitations on the boltsplus method include buildings without a weak story
condition, with at least two
lines of lateral resistance in
each direction, with a minimum amount of solid wall
piers, and with certain
positive diaphragm attributes. The specific technical
aspects of these limitations
were based on extensive
parametric studies performed by members of the
EBC. The bolts-plus compliance will typically involve
wall anchorage, out-ofplane wall bracing, and
parapet strengthening.
The presentation concluded with Steve Moddemeyer, a Principal at CollinsWoerman, who cov-
Committee News
SEAW Disaster Response Committee to the Rescue
On April 24, authorities from the town of West, Texas
requested assistance from Paul Brallier (Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee) to obtain ATC 20
placards for posting on the hundreds of buildings
damaged by the recent fertilizer plant explosion. Within 90 minutes the cities of Seattle, Bellevue
and Tacoma, and CalEMA responded with sample
building placards in Adobe, MSWord and jpg formats.
Paul also sent them links to other ATC 20 documents
and inspections forms, and Jim Barnes (CalEMA) sent a
list of nearby ATC 20 course instructors.
The SEAW Disaster Response Committee meets
monthly and welcomes new members. See the committee page in this newsletter or visit the SEAW website for meeting information.
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ered the policy aspects of
the ordinance. The main
policy features include: a
threshold for applicability,
timelines for compliance,
incentives, and enforcement. The inventory of
URMs will be divided into
three categories: critical
risk (essential facilities,
schools, etc.), high risk
(large buildings, high occupancies, poor site soil conditions), and medium risk
(all others). The timeline
for compliance is seven
years, 10 years, and 13
years, respectively and reflects historic averages for
typical economic cycles,
which should enable owners to time the upgrades
with positive economic
conditions. The timeline
also includes various milestones to help owners
identify their risk, apply for
permits, and have retrofit
projects ready to go when
economic or other conditions are favorable. Each
of the timeline milestones
also carries financial penalties that can get quite severe when deadlines are
missed.
Seattle’s URM buildings are
an important part of the
community, history, and
culture. Preserving them is
important not just for protecting life safety, but also
for protecting that historic
value. As the four speakers
showed, the city has embarked on a process which
has attempted to be reasonable and appropriate
for this goal and has included substantial input
from all stakeholders.
Peter Somers is a Principal
with Magnusson Klemencic Associates and is 20122013 SEAW Seattle Chapter Vice President. He can
be reached at
[email protected]
May 2013
Meet Your New Board Members
We’re pleased to introduce incoming President Peter Somers,
Vice President Tom Corcoran,
and Directors Karen Damianick,
Jason Black, and Ignasius Seilie,
who will join continuing board
members Steve Dill, Steve Pfeiffer, Treasurer Ted Smith, and
Past President Cale Ash.
Peter Somers
is a Principal
at Magnusson Klemencic Associates
(MKA), where
he leads the
Existing Building Specialist
group. He
received his BS and MS degree
in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and is a licensed
Structural Engineer in Washington and Professional Engineer
in California. Peter has almost
20 years of professional experience and has been active in
SEAW since joining in 2001,
serving on the Earthquake Engineering Committee since 2000,
chairing the Existing Building
Committee from 2008 to 2012,
and serving as 2007-2008 Seattle Chapter Director.
Tom Corcoran is a Principal-incharge of
structural
engineering
at Integrus
Architecture.
He has been
with the firm
for 15 years
and an Integrus owner for nine of those
years. Tom received his engineering degree from South
Dakota School of Mines and
Technology and post graduate
studies from Purdue University.
Tom is licensed in 16 states and
his career has spanned over 29
years. A member of SEAW since
1993, Tom serves on the Committee Liaison Task Group as
well as on the Seattle Chapter
board.
YMF Corner
-by Jennifer Ahlport, President, ([email protected])
Every month I share with you
my perspective on YMF and
what I've gotten out of it. This
month I've decided to do something different—to share with
you the perspectives of the
other people making all the
YMF events possible.
Tyler Kurz: Vice-President,
([email protected]):
“Being involved with the YMF
board is a great way to become more active within the
structural engineering professional community. The time
commitment is small compared
to the benefits of being involved. It is a great way to network with engineers from
other firms, and also to gain
greater exposure to the board
of the Seattle chapter of the
SEAW. As Vice President of
the YMF, I had the opportunity
to plan and participate in various volunteer events such as
the Puget Sound Engineering
Council engineering fair and
Habitat for Humanity
build. Volunteering in events
such as these is a great way to
be involved in community service with other young engineering professionals.”
April Shen: Outreach Chair,
([email protected]):
“Being a part of the YMF board
as an Outreach Chair was very
fulfilling for me, personally.
Apart from the usual benefits,
such as networking, job opportunities, and leadership growth,
I was able to gain a lot from my
experiences as a member. I felt
that I received a generous
amount of support from all the
members, whether it is for
school or work. I was appreciated and recognized, which
made the experience all that
much better. I was granted a
scholarship through the group
which showed just how much
they valued me as a member
and most importantly, a person.
Throughout my membership, I
was able to attend various technical events where I had
the privilege of keeping up to
date with new technologies
and current projects that were
happening all around the
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Karen Damianick is the owner
of KLD Engineering in Seattle. She is a
licensed Structural Engineer
in Washington,
having received a BSCE
from Purdue
University in 1997 and a MSCE
from the University of Washington in 2000. Karen has been
a member of SEAW since 2003
and is active on the Newsletter
Committee and a new member
of the Education Committee.
She is also active on the ASCE 7
Seismic Subcommittee updating the nonstructural component chapter.
Jason Black
is a Principal
within the
Seattle office
of KPFF Consulting Engineers. Jason
joined KPFF
in 2000 after
spending the first five years of
his career as a geotechnical
engineer. Shortly after in 2001,
he was introduced to SEAW
and has been an active mem-
world.
Overall, YMF is a very welcoming group of people that show
care for every member,
whether you are a part of the
board or a regular member.
They are very friendly and provide tremendous support in any
person's future endeavors.”
Krzysztof Zaleski: Social Chair,
([email protected]):
“Organizing happy hours is a
tough job... but somebody's
gotta do it! As the Social Representative for 2012-2013, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and
keeping in touch with
SEAW YMF members at the
monthly happy hours and the
summer picnic. It was interesting to hear some great stories
from "older" SEAW board members who occasionally dropped
in, and rewarding to provide
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ber since. Receiving BSCE and
MSCE degrees from the University of Washington, Jason
is a licensed Structural Engineer in Washington and
holds licenses in several other
states.
Ignasius Seilie is a Principal
and Partner
with Integrated Design Engineers (idE) in
Seattle,
which he
cofounded in
2005. He is a
licensed
Structural Engineer and Professional Engineer in Washington, California, Oregon,
Nevada, Hawaii, British Columbia, and Alberta. Ignasius
received his BSC in Civil Engineering from University of
Indonesia, and MSC in Civil
Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
Ignasius has been member of
SEAW since 1995. He was
active in the BSSC TS6 task
committee for the code development for the steel plate
shear wall.
some insight into the working world to UW and Seattle
U students eager to find out
what awaits them beyond
graduation. It has been a
great year, and I look forward
to passing the torch to the
Social Representative for next
year—I wouldn't want to keep
all the fun to myself!”
I hope engineers 35 and under will consider running for
these positions for next year’s
board, or in future years. As
you can see, being a member
of YMF provides ample opportunities both for personal
fulfillment and to give back to
the structural engineering
community. If you have any
questions about these positions, please feel free to talk
to either the person currently
holding the title or myself.
Upcoming YMF Events
May 14
Happy Hour, 5:00-7:00 PM
Alibi Room, 85 Pike St., Seattle
May 15 Eastside Happy Hour, 5:00-7:00 PM
Chantanee Thai, 601 108th NE, #100A, Bellevue
May 2013
In Memoriam
Oscar Velikin
Life Member 2012
d. April 2013
Born and educated in the
USSR (MS in Structural Engineering, Polytechnic University, Minsk 1941, graduated
with honors), Oscar Velikin
worked there for forty years
before his life took "a sharp
turn" when he and his family
moved to the US in 1974.
James E. Anderegg
July 17, 1940–
March 11, 2013
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, James Ernest Anderegg earned the BSCE from
Auburn University in 1962.
His early career focused on
aviation engineering: with
Huntsville’s Brown Engineering, he worked on
NASA’s Apollo Project, and
later with Chrysler Corpora-
In the USSR, Oscar worked
for a number of design companies, "gathering experience and taking on more
and more responsibilities" as
Chief Engineer of a large
company devoted to design
of heavy industry structures
for ore processing and metal
manufacturing, located
throughout the European
USSR, Siberia, and Kazakhstan. As an example, he
worked on the Costamus
Iron Ore Plant, located at the
Finnish border, designed
with complicated underground structures and heavy
steel frames for 450-ton
bridge cranes as well as long
and wide conveyors. He also
worked on the Cherepovetsky Metallurgical Plant, designed as multiple buildings
and structures with hefty
steel and concrete frames
under big loads and operating in an atmosphere of extremely high temperatures.
Oscar noted that "The design
philosopy in the USSR of this
period was to use concrete,
particularly precast concrete,
for buildings and structures,
instead of steel—steel was
needed in the USSR for building tanks and other weaponry."
tion he worked on the
Apollo launch sites at Cape
Canaveral. In 1966 he
moved to Marietta, Georgia
to work on the C5A with
Lockheed Martin, then in
1967 to the northwest to
work on the 747 project
with Boeing.
A member of SEAW 19761993, Jim played an influential role in the brick and concrete masonry industries, improving manufacturing processes for materials made by
his own company and also
advocating for improved design development for masonry and hardscape prod-
In 1972 he received the
MSCE from the University
of Washington, and for the
next ten years worked as a
structural engineer, with a
one-year break to work for
Opel car company in Russelsheim, Germany.
He further noted that "The
Jackson-Vanik Amendment
to the Trade Act of 1974
helped me to leave Russia
and to come to the United
States with my family: my
wife, my son, and my daughter. Since the Law of Gravity
and basic Mechanics of Engineering are the same any-
Oscar worked in Seattle with
KPFF 1981-92, with GHC
Consulting 1993-95, with
Skilling Ward Magnusson
Barkshire 1996-98, and with
INCA 1999-2011. His early
projects included the design
of shoring systems involving
soldier piles with tiebacks -such as his first shoring, 80
feet deep, for the multi-story
First Interstate Bank and later
the 55-story Washington
Mutual Tower, both in Seattle. A member of SEAW since
1984, Oscar was awarded
Life Member Status in 2012.
ucts. He served in a variety
of association roles, influencing building codes nationwide—-as recognized in
2012 by the Lifetime
Achievement Award presented to Jim Anderegg by
the National Concrete Masonry Association.
SEAW Hall of Fame
In 1982, he joined Mutual
Materials in Bellevue,
where he served in a variety of positions and guided
the company’s growth
throughout the northwest
via acquisitions and greenfielding manufacturing
facilities. He eventually became a partner and president of the firm.
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where, I could start working
almost immediately. ... I
passed the Civil Engineering
exam and then the Structural
Engineering exam as soon as
the rules allowed."
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The SEAW Hall of Fame was instituted in 2011 to elevate the profiles of individuals who have had a role in
serving the organization and advancing the profession of structural engineering as recognized by SEAW
awards. Currently residing at www.sites.google.com/
site/sehalloffame the Hall of Fame will eventually
move to a permanent home on the SEAW website.
Biographical contributions, including resumes, professional references and personal testimonials to mentors
and inspiring colleagues recognized by SEAW are welcomed, as well as stories of historical achievements.
Please direct submissions to Marga Rose Hancock,
[email protected].
May 2013
Structural Engineers Foundation of Washington
Spokane Forum May 28
The Structural Engineers
Foundation of Washington is excited to take its
Forum series to Eastern
Washington in May. Join
us Tuesday, May 28th, at
the Davenport Hotel in
downtown Spokane,
where Jon Magnusson,
P.E., S.E., Hon AIA, will
present “Behind-theScenes Stories of Washington State’s Latest Generation of Unusual Buildings.”
Magnusson, Senior Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle,
gave a similar presentation
at SEFW’s inaugural Fall
Forum in Seattle in October 2011. The presenta-
tion will provide fun and
entertaining highlights of
the history, politics, architecture, engineering, and
construction of many of
Washington State’s most
unusual buildings, including CenturyLink Field,
Safeco Field, Experience
Music Project, and more.
The forum will not be an
“engineering” lecture;
rather, it is intended for
owners, contractors, architects, engineers, and all
people with a broad
range of interest in the
built environment. It is the
perfect opportunity for
SEAW members to invite
clients along for an informative and engaging evening.
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A hosted pre-function reception will begin at 5 PM,
and the lecture will begin
at 6 PM. The event is free
and open to the public,
but pre-registration is required. Please visit
www.sefw.org to register.
Questions can be directed
to the Event Chair Dave
Peden of Coffman at 509328-2994 or the SEFW
Administrator Angela Gottula at 425-741-1763.
Sponsorship opportunities
at the Bronze ($250), Silver
($500), and Gold ($1000)
levels exist for firms. Please
contact either Dave or Angela to become an SEFW
Partner for the 2013 Spokane Forum.
We look forward to seeing
you on May 28th in Spokane!
SEFW Leadership
PO Box 4397 • Everett, WA 98204
Ph. 425/741-1763 • [email protected]
Chair:
Directors:
Howard Burton
J. Mark D’Amato
Edwin T. Huston
Jon D. Magnusson
Theodore E. Smith
John G. Tawresey
Vice Chairs:
Arnold B. Carson
David Peden
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May 2013
Meetings, Seminars and Announcements
The SEAW Earthquake Engineering and Educations Committees Present:
Coming in Fall of 2013!
Seismic Design Using the 2012
IBC and ASCE 7-10
Recent trial designs of wind and
seismic provisions have shown
that practicing engineers have
great difficulty applying the
wind provisions of ASCE 7 and
that they often get unconservative answers. The SEAOC, SEAO,
and SEAW Wind Committees, in
cooperation with NCSEA, have
developed a much faster, simpler
method for wind design of typical buildings, which has been
published in the IBC.
Trial designs of this method indicate that it improves accuracy
and greatly reduces the time it
takes to calculate the wind
forces. This seminar will present
the history of wind storms in
Western Washington followed
by an overview of the wind provisions in ASCE 7-10 and the
2012 IBC, including the new
“Alternate Method of AllHeights” provisions. Detailed
example problems for both the
main wind force resisting system
and for components and cladding will be shown. The seminar
will end with a presentation on
recent observed high-wind damage from Midwest storms, and is
intended for both recent graduates and experienced practicing
engineers.
Seattle, Spokane, and Tri-Cities
May 11, 23, 24
The 2012 International Building
Code, along with the 2010 edition of ASCE 7 Minimum Design
Loads for Buildings and Other
Structures will be adopted in
Washington State in July
2013. This seminar will address
the revised seismic provisions of
the 2012 IBC and ASCE 710. Topics to be covered will
include system and analysis requirements; seismic design criteria; seismic hazards and the revised seismic maps; geotechnical
engineering requirements; requirements for inspection, testing, and observation; design and
anchorage requirements for
nonstructural components; and
revised structural design requirements for structural systems,
including concrete design, anchorage to concrete, steel design, masonry design, and wood
and cold-formed steel design.
Seattle:
Saturday, May 11
UW Kane Hall, Room 110
Registration 7:30 AM
Seminar 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Spokane:
Thursday, May 23
Red Lion Inn at the Park
Registration 8:00 AM
Seminar 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Tri-Cities:
Friday, May 24
TRAC Center, Room 2
Registration 8:00 AMSeminar
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Seminar Cost:
$240 SEAW members
$340 Non-Members
$ 50 Students
Registration will include refreshments at breaks, a box lunch,
and a notebook containing a
printed copy of all seminar
notes. A late fee of $25 will be
charged for registrations made
less than one week prior to the
seminar date. Cancellations will
be subject to a $25 administrative fee.
Online registration is open at
www.seaw.org
Wind Design Using the 2012 IBC
and ASCE 7-10
Tenth U.S. National Conference
on Earthquake Engineering
Call for Papers and Special
Sessions
The Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, on the 50th Anniversary of
the Great Alaska Earthquake
and Tsunami, will provide an
opportunity for researchers and
practitioners to share the latest
knowledge and techniques to
mitigate the damaging effects of
earthquakes and tsunamis.
Call for Papers
Prospective authors are invited
to submit abstracts of no more
than 500 words for the Tenth
National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. The abstract
submission deadline is June 15,
2013. Abstracts can be submitted online at
http//:submissions.miracd.com/1
0NCEE/login.aspx .
.
SEAW Seattle Chapter Equilibrium
Special Sessions
The conference will include a
number of Special Sessions.
Those interested in organizing
and chairing a Special Session
should contact either of the
Technical Program committee co
-chairs, Scott Ashford
([email protected])
or Greg Deierlein
([email protected]), by April 15,
2013.
NEES Researchers
NEES researchers will have the
opportunity to mark their papers
as "related to a NEES project"
during the submission process.
Additionally, proposals for NEES
Special Sessions are encouraged.
Proposals should be sent to Julio
Ramirez at [email protected]
by April 15, 2013. Feel free to
contact Julio Ramirez
([email protected] ) or Thalia
Anagnos
([email protected] ) if you
have any questions.
More Information
For more information view the
First Announcement and Call for
Papers at:
http://10ncee.org/wp-content/
uploads/2012/12/10NCEE_Call-forPapers.pdf
or visit the conference website:
http://www.10ncee.org.
rotate between mentors and
tables to get a broad overview
of answers to their questions.
If you are interested in participating, please sign up online at
http://2013bcmentornight.eve
ntbrite.com/
Thank you for your support.
Marine Foundations Seminar
The Marine Foundations Committee of the Deep Foundations
Institute (DFI) will host its specialty seminar, Current Topics in
Marine Foundations, Thursday,
August 1 and Friday, August 2,
2013, in Seattle, Washington.
The seminar venue will be announced soon.
This two-day event will highlight recent and future projects,
including challenging marine
foundations. Perspectives of
owners as well as contractors
and engineers will present new
or recent techniques, designs
and case histories. These presentations will highlight technical and economic advantages
as well as long term performance. Abstracts are now being
accepted covering the following topics:
 Coastal and overwater roadways: remedial and new
projects
BCC Mentor Night Help Needed
 Flood protection projects
Bellevue Community College
Wednesday, May 22nd, 6:00 to
8:00 pm at BCC Student Union
Bldg. Rm. C-130
If you are interested in being a
mentor for a night for college
students, the Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC) needs
your help! The purpose of the
mentor night activity has been to
bring as many practicing engineers together with as many
students as possible. We are trying to inspire the students toward a career in engineering.
The mentor night allows engineers to relay their experience in
the profession and answer questions posed by students. A typical
agenda for the evening will include a welcoming and introduction, potentially a brief panel
discussion by young engineering
professionals, then break-out
sessions where both young and
experienced engineers discuss
their engineering experiences
with the students. Students will
 Renewable energy in the
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USA
 Modern caisson construction
of large foundations
 Modern uses and trends for
submerged tunnels
 Noise mitigation and measurement of marine pile driving
In addition, the Ben C. Gerwick
Award for Innovation in Design
and Construction of Marine
Foundations will be presented
in recognition of a professional
whose innovative body of work
has impacted the industry in a
great way. All dinner sponsorships and a portion of attendee
registration fees will be donated to the DFI Educational
Trust.
Visit www.dfi.org for updates.
For more information, contact
Lauren Nance, Event Coordinator, at DFI at [email protected].
May 2013
SEAW Committee Corner (Visit www.seaw.org for updates)
The SEAW Committee Corner is dedicated to promoting greater communication between the membership and committees, and to
encourage all SEAW members to become active participants in the committee(s) of their choice. Many committees are now using GoToMeeting web-conferencing software to facilitate remote attendance at meetings. Ask the committee chair for details.
Committee Name
Meeting Information
Topic(s)
Contact Information
Building Engineering
No information available.
Scott Beard, 253.591.5019
[email protected]
Disaster Preparedness &
Response
Meets every third Tuesday. Next
SEAW database for Post-disaster
meeting 5/21, 12:00-1:00 (bring
volunteer assistance to WABO
your lunch) Quantum Consulting
Engrs., 1511 3rd Ave, #323, Seattle
Joyce Lem, 425.450.6345
[email protected]
for remote access via GoToMeeting contact John Riley at
[email protected]
Earthquake Engineering
Watch for announcement of meet- Invited speaker will present steel
ing in late May or early June.
fiber reinforced concrete and stud
rails for slab punching shear resistance.
Tom Xia, 206.332.1900
[email protected]
Andy Taylor, 206.622.5822
[email protected]
Education
Thursday, June 6, 12—1:00pm at
Seattle Municipal Tower, Rm 2170
Phone conferencing available.
Ardel Jala, 206.684.0573
[email protected]
Adam Theiss, 206.292.1200
[email protected]
Existing Buildings
Watch website for schedule
Bryan Zagers, 206.343.0460
[email protected]
Legislative
No meeting in May
Tim Nordstrom, 206.330.8055
[email protected]
Professional Practices
Friday, May 10, 3:00PM at the Seattle Harbor Club.
John Tawresey, 206.622.5822
[email protected]
Public Information
On or about Wed, May 15 (subject
to results of Doodle Poll) 5:00-6:00
pm via GoToMeeting only
Seattle Users of BIM
Structural (SUBS)
To be announced
Snow Load
No scheduled meetings.
Continuing education planning
SEAW eReports and Press Releases
Darrell Staaleson, 253.520.0388
[email protected]
Irina Wong, chair
206.262.9240
[email protected]
Stay tuned!
John Tate, 509.972.3079
[email protected]
Wednesday, May 22, 12:00—1:00
PM at KPFF, 1601 5th Ave Ste
1600, Seattle
Carbon sequestration of wood.
Visit the committee blog at
Technology
To be scheduled.
Work is progressing on database
side of SEAW website. Meetings
will be scheduled for design.
Steve Dill/Lynnell Brunswig
206.622.5822/206.682.6026
[email protected]
[email protected]
Wind Engineering
No information available.
Chair needed!
OPEN
WABO/SEAW Liaison
Thursday, May 9, (to be confirmed) Guardrail design white paper and
11:30 AM at Bellevue City Hall
other topics.
Sustainability
SEAW Seattle Chapter Equilibrium
Adam Slivers, 206.622.5822
[email protected]
http://seawsustainability.blogspot.com/
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Charlie Griffes, 206.285.4512
[email protected]
May 2013
Employment Opportunities
Senior Structural Engineer
Lund Wright Opsahl provides a
balance of innovative structural
design with tried and true engineering that gives clients the
constructible, cost-effective
structural solutions to meet or
exceed their needs. We have
assembled a team of professionals with a shared commitment
to excellence in structural engineering and client satisfaction,
and are currently looking for a
new addition to the team.
We are looking for a Senior
Structural Engineer. The ideal
candidate will be an SE, will
have ten to fifteen years of engineering experience and will
have a demonstrated ability to
manage project and staff. Excellent communication skills are
a must; you will be providing
guidance to staff engineers, as
well interacting with clients.
Salary DOE. This is a permanent, full-time position.
Please send your resume, salary
requirements, and references
to: Lund Wright Opsahl LLC,
1201 1st Avenue South, Suite
310, Seattle, WA 98134 or
email to:
[email protected].
Structural Engineer
Fisher & Sons, Inc. is a design/
build construction firm with
offices in Burlington, WA and
Seattle, WA, specializing in industrial and commercial projects in the food industry. In
addition to construction project
managers and project architects, Fisher also employees a
team of mechanical engineers,
with the goal of providing food
clients with a comprehensive
group of professionals and their
services. Fisher intends to bring
its structural engineering services in-house, and is seeking a
qualified individual to spearhead that effort. The successful
candidate will have the opportunity to build his/her own
team, along with an opportunity for achieving elevation to
shareholder.
The ideal candidate will have a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Engineering, and at least five
years of experience with advanced knowledge in structural
engineering, obtainable usually
through a combination of experience and continuing education. Licensure as a Structural
Engineer in the State of Washington is preferred; however,
Fisher works in Oregon and
California as well. Salary is DOE.
This is a full-time permanent
position.
Please send your resume either
via e-mail: [email protected],
via fax at 360-757-3159, or via
regular mail to Stephanie Wood,
HR Manager, Fisher & Sons, Inc.
625 Fisher Lane, Burlington, WA
98233. Phone: 360-757-4094.
Senior Structural Engineer
Brown and Caldwell (BC) has
been providing municipalities,
private businesses and government agencies with sustainable
environmental solutions for
more than 60 years.
Currently our Seattle office has
an exciting opportunity for a
Senior Structural Engineer to
join our Structural Design
Group. Project work will be
focused on wastewater treatment plant design in British Columbia and Washington. Work
on projects in British Columbia
will primarily be performed out
of the Seattle office, with some
field coordination and construction support in British Columbia.
Position Requirements:
 Comprehensive knowledge of
concrete, steel and masonry
structural design per IBC and
referenced codes; experience
using the National Building
Code of Canada (NBCC) preferred.
 Experience using ACI 350
Environmental Structures
Code.
 Minimum of 10 years experience in structural engineering
design.
 Structural design experience
with wastewater treatment
plants; industrial or commercial design experience a plus.
 Extensive seismic design experience.
SEAW Seattle Chapter Equilibrium
 B.S. and M.S. degree
(preferred) in Civil Engineering (structural course work
emphasis).
 Washington SE license or
British Columbia Struct.Eng.
license required; if WA SE
only, then willingness to obtain British Columbia
 Struct.Eng. license is required.
This position is subject to a preemployment background check
and a pre-employment drug
test.
We offer a competitive salary
and benefits package. Please
visit our website at http://
ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH09/ats/
careers/requisition.jsp?
org=BROWNCALDWELL&cws=
1&rid=1219 to apply
online. We value workforce
diversity. EOE/AA
Civil/Structural Engineer
Casper, Phillips, and Associates
(CP&A), a Tacoma WA, multidiscipline engineering firm has
an opening for a MS or PhD in
civil or structural engineering.
CP&A specializes in industrial
buildings and international machinery design such as container cranes and construction
equipment. Most of our industrial building seismic design
utilizes performance based nonlinear-time-history procedures.
Machinery design requires consideration of weight, cost, and
durability under numerous applications of actual loads. The
successful candidate should be
familiar with IBC, ASCE, ACI,
and AISC structural engineering
standards. Good communication skills are important, especially listening as well as speaking and writing. International
travel is required for many of
our projects. Salary is competitive and benefits include professional dues reimbursement,
continuing education reimbursement, and medical insurance. Please provide college
transcripts, employment history,
work product examples, cover
letter, and any questions you
may have to Jeff Hubbell at
[email protected].
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Structural Engineer
Engineers Northwest, Inc. has
an opening for an experienced structural engineer.
Candidates should have seven
to ten years experience in
commercial and residential
building design of all material
types. This position will also
involve international work,
and fluency in the Chinese
Mandarin language is a specific qualification. Other qualifications include an earned
bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, familiarity with
common structural engineering programs and strong verbal and written communication skills. A Washington SE
license is highly preferred.
Engineers Northwest (ENW) is
a structural engineering firm
located in the Seattle Northgate area. We have been
offering services for projects
throughout the U.S., Canada,
and Mexico for 40 years and
most recently in East Asia. We
take a team-effort approach
that encourages a friendly
and supportive work environment while also providing
opportunities for motivated
individuals to advance. ENW
offers a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k),
profit sharing, paid vacation,
holiday, sick leave, dental, life
and full family medical insurance along with other perks.
If you are interested please
send your resume to Willy
Chen at Engineers Northwest,
Inc., P.S., 9725 Third Ave. N.E.,
Suite #207, Seattle, WA
98115, phone: 206-525-7560,
email:
[email protected]
May 2013
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
of WASHINGTON • Seattle Chapter
PO Box 44 • Olympia WA 98507 •206/682-6026 • www.seaw.org
Seattle Chapter Committees & Chairs
Statewide Committees & Chairs
House/Program
Peter Somers
Refresher Course
Mark Moorleghen
Newsletter
Lynnell Brunswig
Presentations/Awards
Cale Ash
Engineer of the Year
Ed Huston
Governance
Howard Burton
Committee Liaison
Tom Corcoran
YMF
Jennifer Ahlport
Seattle Users of BIM Structural Irina Wong
Code Advisory
Earthquake Engineering
Building Engineering
Existing Buildings
Professional Practices
Wind Engineering
Scholarship
Legislation
John Hooper
Tom Xia
Scott Beard
Bryan Zagers
John Tawresey
Open
Bill Mooseker
Tim Nordstrom
Membership
Membership Postings
MAY, 2013
In accordance with SEAW bylaws, membership
applications are vetted by the Executive
Director, granted probationary status by the
chapter board, and posted for membership
comment. Membership is considered accepted
30 days after posting if current year dues are paid
and no member objections have been received.
Saturday 11th SEAW Seismic Design seminar
UW Kane Hall, Seattle
Tuesday
14th YMF Happy Hour, 5:00-7:00 PM
Alibi Room, 85 Pike St., Seattle
Wed
15th YMF Eastside Happy Hour, 5:00-7:00 PM
Chanatee Thai, 601 108th NE, Bellevue
Tuesday
21st Seattle Chapter Board meeting
Seattle Chapter Dinner meeting
Hotel Monaco
Topic: Professional Practices, Risk Issues
Friday
31st State Board Meeting
New and old boards meet
Year-end reports by President and
Committee Chairs
Chapter funds to State due
Chapter Report
Serena Baxter
MLA Engineering PLLC
BSCE 2002, University of
Alaska – Fairbanks
MSCE 2005, University of
Texas – Austin
Licensed SE, Washington
Class: Member SE
Clarke D. Hinkle
Washington State University
Class: Student
31st State Newsletter Deadline
Chapter Report: Cale Ash
Nabil Kausal-Hayes
Group Mackenzie
BSCE 2005, University of
Washington
Licensed PE, Washington
Class: Member PE
JUNE, 2013
Tuesday
11th SEAW Spring Social and Awards Event
Lake Union Café, Seattle
Tuesday 25th Seattle Chapter Board Meeting
Noon meeting
Don Nguyen
Buckland & Taylor
BSCE 2011, MSCE, 2012,
University of Washington
EIT, Washington
Class: Associate
JULY, 2013
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Ardel Jala
Ted Smith
Joyce Lem
Darrell Staaleson
Adam Slivers
John Tate
Don Northey
For Committee contact information, visit www.seaw.org and click the Committee page
SEAW Calendar
Friday
Education
Finance & Auditing
Disaster Prep/Response
Public Information
Sustainability
Snow Load
SEAW Historian
OPEN nominations for Lifetime Service
Award, deadline November 1
Jeff Perrotti
Magnusson Klemencic
Associates
BS 2007, MSCE 2008,
University of Washington
Licensed PE, Washington
Class: Member PE
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Andrea Sauter
AHBL
BSCE 2003, University of
Washington
Licensed PE, Washington
Class: Member PE
Peter Tassani
Puget Sound Energy
BSCE 2012, University of
Washington
EIT, Washington
Class: Associate
Abby Van Harpen
Magnusson Klemencic
Associates
BSCE, 2008, Michigan
Technological University
MSSE, 2013, Stanford
University
Class: Associate
Kyle Witt
Wiss, Janney, Elstner
Associates, Inc
BSCE 2008, MSCE 2009,
University of Washington
EIT, Washington
Class: Associate
May 2013