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SEAWI Spring Updates

Posted by mscanlan on Mar. 30, 2018  /   0

Spring LogoHappy Spring!

Lately SEAWI has received a lot of communication from other organizations of information and events that will benefit you as a structural engineer. Please see below for more infomation:

  • First off, if you haven't heard, Wisconsin will be changing to IBC 2015 on May 1, 2018
    • For more information, click here and here

  • MNSEA Special Structures Conference
    • Seminar & Trade Show on May 8, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN
    • Sessions include Fabric Structures, Grid Shell Structures, and Wind Turbine Foundations
    • SEAWI members get discounted rate

  • UW-Madison Structural Provisions in the Building Code and Referenced Standards Course
    • May 9-10, 2018, in Madison, WI
    • Cirriculum covers Chapters 16 through 23 of the 2015 IBC
    • Taught by Sandra Hyde from the ICC, Mahmoud Maamouri & John Rolfes from CSD
    • 15 Professional Development Hours

  • SE3 Structural Engineering, Engagement, and Equity Survey
    • The SE3 Committee is currently administering a nationwide survey of structural engineers and is a follow-up to a previous survey conducted in 2016
    • The purpose is to understand the professional experiences of structural engineers in regards to advancement, compensation, and work-life balance in an effort to improve engagement, retention, and equity in the profession
    • Take the survey now by clicking this link

  • SEAWI Spring Technical Conference
    • May 4, 2018 in Delafield, WI
    • 6 Professional Development Hours

  • Recap of the Madison Project Tours
    • Miron Construction led us through the 40,000 SF concert venue being created for Frank Productions with a capacity for 2,500 people.  Behind the concert venue, to be known as “The Sylvee”, Miron is also constructing a four-story office building known as The Gebhardt Building, to include an additional 100,000 SF of office and retail space, such as a new Vintage Brewing Co. restaurant and bar planned for the ground floor.  Then we walked over to Findorff’s adjacent project known as The Spark, and took a tour of the eight-story, 158,000 SF office building being developed by American Family Insurance, which will also include space for the entrepreneurial collaborative space known as StartingBlock. 
    • The tour will included presentations by the structural engineers for both projects (Fink Horejsh for the Sylvee/Gebhardt Building project and Pierce Engineers for The Spark).
    • View the photo gallery here!

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