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April 5, 2019

SGH Staff Members to Present, Receive Honors at Structures Congress 2019

Several members of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger’s (SGH) Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics group will take the stage to receive industry awards and present technical sessions at the annual Structures Congress on 24–27 April in Orlando, FL. Hosted by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the event will convene experts from across the industry to discuss best practices and new advancements in structural engineering.

At the event, the organization will honor SGH Senior Principal Glenn Bell with the 2019 Dennis L. Tewksbury Award, recognizing his outstanding professional leadership in and service to SEI. Throughout his career, Glenn has advocated for SEI initiatives and served in leadership roles, including on the SEI Board of Governors, the SEI Global Activities Division, and the SEI Futures Fund. Glenn is currently SEI President-Elect; his term as President begins 1 October 2019. Through SEI, he leads the U.S. introduction of the Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (CROSS) system and chairs the technical committee for the first joint SEI-IStructE International Structural Engineering Conference, to be held in Dubai this September. Last year, he received the 2018 SEI President’s Award at Structures Congress.

In addition, SGH staff members will present papers and take part in panel discussions throughout the event’s technical program.

Date and Time Presentation Title and Session Number SGH Speakers
25 April
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
ASCE 7-16: Learn from the Experts (50477) Ronald Hamburger
25 April
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
A Method for Performing Automated Plastic Mechanism Analyses of Steel Special Concentrically Braced Frames (506503) Matthew Gilbertson,
Zachary Chabot
25 April
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Growing as a Manager: Challenging the “This Is Always How I’ve Done It” Method (496204) Rebecca Jones
25 April
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Civil Engineering Global Practice: Challenges & Opportunities (504853) Glenn Bell,
Donald Dusenberry
25 April
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
A Simplified Approach for Calculation of Fluid Pressures on Pool Walls Due to Seismic Effects of Submerged Equipment and Extent of Equipment Sliding (506554) Christine Roy,
Michelle Riedman,
Daniel Eggers
25 April
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
ASCE 7-16 Seismic: Learn from the Experts (504789) Ronald Hamburger
25 April
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Grenfell Tower Fire: The Consequences for Safety (504126) Glenn Bell,
Nathan Wittasek
25 April
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Joint SEI/IStructE Workshop on Conceptual Design of Bridges and Structures (505853) Paul Kassabian
26 April
9:30 –10:30 a.m.
Business of BIM Debate (499782) Michael Bolduc
26 April
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Overcoming Strong Inertia to Integrate Structural Engineers into Structural Fire Protection (500632-2) Kevin LaMalva
26 April
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Case Study – Blast-Resistant Design of a Six-Story Steel Building for High Blast Loads (508327) Guzhao Li,
Paul Summers
26 April
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Educating the Profession: The Role of Adjuncts in Blurring the Boundaries (505399) Paul Kassabian
26 April
1:30 –3:30 p.m.
Unleashing the Profession: How Performance Based Design Will Shape Our Future (458006) Donald Dusenberry,
Ronald Hamburger,
Kevin LaMalva
26 April
1:30 –3:30 p.m.
Structural Design of a Blast-Resistant, Three-Story, Multi-Module Process Building (505358-7) Paul Summers,
Guzhao Li,
Carlos Ortega
26 April
3:30 –5:00 p.m.
The ASCE/SEI Manual of Practice for Structural Fire Engineering (500651) Kevin LaMalva
27 April
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Structural Engineering Licensures – the Pros, Cons, and Status (508016) Donald Dusenberry,
Jared Brewe
27 April
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
BIM Contracts: Risky or Risk Management Tool? (506718) Michael Bolduc
27 April
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Overview and Applications of Alternative Load Path Analysis (504616) Michael Mudlock

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