New England Professional Development Seminars / Events

Mark Your Calendar for May 22nd
The Annual WPI Steel Design Conference will be held on May 22nd.  The event is sponsored by AISC and SFNE.  We want to know what our members and colleagues in the steel industry want to learn at the conference. Can you take a few minutes to complete this quick survey.  It will help us plan a worthwhile program for you.

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Mark Your Calendar for May 28nd

SEAVT will be hosting a seminar on Green Structures on May 28th at 9:00, at the Old Dorm Lounge on Vermont Technical College's campus in Randolph, Vermont.

This will be a 1/2 day seminar beginning at 9:00 AM, preceeded by registration and a Continental Breakfast.  We will be working with AIA-VT to have this seminar "certified" for AIA HSW credits.  Please see the attached announcement and registration form for additional information.

Green Structures for the Green Mountain State

Sustainable design is not a new idea, just a new name. In the 1970s environmentally responsible and energy efficient building technology was a new idea. Exciting technologies such as solar energy emerged and there was active experimentation in alternative building technologies. This movement was not embraced by the mainstream building professions at the time, but was generally dismissed as a hippie movement (sort of like ending the war or eating healthy food).

Through the next two decades, environmentally responsible behavior became politically incorrect. Environmental activists were branded “tree huggers” and environmental consultants limited their activities to assisting clients in dealing with regulatory agencies. There were some advancements in energy conservation motivated by building owners’ desire to save operating expenses, but these efforts were tempered by low energy prices. Throughout this dark period a handful of Architects and Engineers continued to carry the torch of environmentally responsible building.

As the 21^st century dawned, Architects and Builders rediscovered the idea of environmentally responsible design and christened it with the name “Sustainable” or sometimes “Green.” Many still think this is just a fad and if we wait long enough, like kidney stones, it will pass and we can get back to doing things the way they have always been done. But sustainable design is an idea that has come of age and like rock and roll, it is here to stay.

While Architects, MEP Engineers and Landscape Designers have enthusiastically embraced green building, most structural engineers have remained on the sidelines convinced that there is no role for them to play. But green building is a team sport that, to be successful, requires active participation of the entire design team.

This half-day seminar will cover the basic principals of sustainable design and green building with an emphasis on building structural systems and the role of the structural engineer.

Jim DeStefano, P.E., AIA is a Structural Engineer with DeStefano & Chamberlain Inc. located in Fairfield, Connecticut. Jim is a member of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Sustainability Committee.

New AISC Seminar - Intelligent Design! Low-Rise and Mid-Rise Buildings

You already know how to design steel buildings - this new AISC seminar will help you to design them SMARTER. The seminar focuses on the soft aspects of the structural design of commercial and institutional Low-Rise and Mid-Rise Buildings with the goal of providing you with ideas, information, and methodologies to help you and your design and construction team complete successful building projects. You won't want to miss this unique opportunity to attend a one-day presentation with an emphasis on process, not procedure; on options, not prescriptions; on efficiency, serviceability, constructability, and details, not just strength.

Date / Location

Manchester, NH - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Hotel information will be available 30 days prior to the seminar.  Go to www.aisc.org/seminars for updated information.

Time: 8am - 5pm (sign-in starts at 7:30am).  Breakfast refreshments, lunch, and afternoon refreshments provided.

Speaker:  W. Samuel Easterling, PhD., P.E., Professor and Assistant Department Head, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

Handouts: You will receive a copy of the course notes and design examples, as well as a CD containing extensive lecture notes and numerous resource documents including the AISC Specifications and Codes, the AISC Design Guides relevant to the seminar, and several practical technical papers.  These are handouts that you will refer to over and over again!  If you "Bring a Buddy" to the seminar, they will receive all of the handout materials.

If you are a member of SEA, CASE, SEI, or AIA you may register at the AISC member price.  Just fill in your member number or organization name in the AISC Member Number space provided on the registration form.

Go to: www.aisc.org/seminars for city locations, pricing, and registration information regarding this and other AISC Seminars.

Go to: www.aisc.org/2008seminars to register quickly online.

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