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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA

Tucson Chapter Lunch Meeting & Presentation - Voided Slabs

  • 21 Mar 2012
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • El Parador Tucson - 2744 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ
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Voided Slabs

A solution for long-spans and heavy loads

Attila Beres, PhD, PE

Senior Structural Engineering Consultant, CRSI

This brief CRSI seminar introduces the technology behind the novel voided slab construction.  These types of slab systems have been used in Europe and Canada with success for a decade now.  Very significant buildings, even in earthquake prone areas have been built taking advantage the relatively low weight, and other beneficial attributes.

The presentation will provide a basic overview of the voided slab technology.  Features and benefits of are detailed with focus on constructability issues.  Integration with various trades, as well as relationship to current building codes is discussed.

Continuing Education Credits (e.g., AIA-HSW is provided).

 

 

 

 

Attila Béres, PhD, PE-BIO

Dr. Béres is a Senior Structural Engineering Consultant with the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), provides technical assistance in all areas of building design to engineers, architects, contractors, owners and universities.  He is a licensed consulting engineer in California and earned his Masters degree at the Technical University of Budapest in

Hungary, and PhD at Cornell University. 

Prior to joining CRSI, Dr. Béres was a Project Engineer for 8 years with Englekirk and Sabol Consulting, a prominent design firm in Los Angeles, where he was involved in the seismic design of many major commercial and institutional projects, including such landmarks as the Getty Center and the Kodak Entertainment/Retail Center.  From the practicing engineering field he transitioned to be the Regional Engineering Manager of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) at the Western US, where he spent another 8 years providing various technical assistance programs in a role similar to that with CRSI.

In addition, he has served as a lecturer at UCLA, Cal. State LA, Cal. Poly Pomona, where he taught senior/graduate level courses on the analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.  He has also authored numerous technical papers on a wide variety of topics. He recently wrote a chapter on Strut-and-Tie Methods in the PCA Monograph “Notes on ACI 318”.  Dr. Béres is an active member of SEAOC, ACI and EERI.

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