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  • 24 Sep 2012 7:03 PM | Allan Ortega Gutierrez (Administrator)

    Please note that Pima County will be providing a brief overview of changes from the 2006 to the 2012 residential and energy codes on three separate dates:

    Dates

    Monday, October 29

    Tuesday, November 6

    Thursday, November 29

    Program

    1:00-3:00pm    2012 International Residential Code Update

    3:30-5:00pm    2012 International Energy Code Update

    Location

    Public Works Building, Basement Conference Room C (201 N. Stone Ave)

    The program will be the same on each of the three dates and so please mark your calendar to attend either day (no registration or fee is required).  You may also choose to attend solely the energy or residential portion of the program.  Parking is available at the Public Works Parking Garage, the Public Library or nearby surface lots (for a fee).

    Pima County does not have resources to provide code update presentations for other 2012 codes. Additional code update presentations for all International codes are available at the AZBO Fall Training Institute, held in Tucson October 15-19, 2012. www.azbo.us/34.html.

     

    Best,

    Yves Khawam, PhD

    Chief Building Official

     

    Pima County Development Services Department

    201 N. Stone Ave.  Tucson , AZ 85701

    520-740-6490

  • 14 Sep 2012 8:01 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)
    Check out one of these Steel Day events in Greater Phoenix.

    2012 Contech - El Mirage, AZ
    Have you seen what we do? If you haven't, you owe it to yourself to attend a Contech SteelDay event. On September 28, the structural steel industry will celebrate its third consecutive SteelDay. SteelDay is the largest educational and networking event the steel industry has ever seen. As an NCSPA member, Contech will open its doors at 39 plants across the country. There will be plant tours, demonstrations and light refreshments.Contech Engineered Solutions, Mill/ProducerEl Mirage, Arizona
    Able Steel Fabricators SteelDay 2012
    add event description hereAble Steel Fabricators, FabricatorMeza, Arizona
    AZZ Galvanizing Services- Arizona SteelDay 2012
    AZZ Galvanizing Arizona welcomes all who wish to learn more about the coating properties of Hot-Dip Galvanizing. The staff will tour small groups around the plant’s three operational kettles. Included will be a short power point presentation.AZZ Galvanizing Services- Arizona, GalvanizerGoodyear, Arizona
    Bell Steel Shop Tour & BBQ Lunch
    Tour of Shop and BBQ Lunch, Multiple Vendor Booths, AISC Presentation at 11am, Equipment Demonstrations, Door Prizes To Be GivenBell Steel, Inc., FabricatorGilbert, Arizona
  • 14 Sep 2012 7:58 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)
    See the link below for a free Seminar by AISC in support of the upcoming Steel Day

    50 Tips for Designing Constructable Steel Buildings
    Presented by Clifford Schwinger, P.E., Vice President at The Harman Group, Inc., King of Prussia, PA.

    Webinar Flyer

  • 04 Sep 2012 5:32 PM | Anonymous

    Excellence in Structural Engineering

    New Buildings Over $10 Million

    Arizona State University Science and Technology Building IV

    Tempe, Arizona

    Paragon Structural Design

     

     

    Paragon Structural Design, HDR, and Ehrlich Architects teamed up to design the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV (ISTB IV) for Arizona State University (ASU). The project team was tasked with designing a 9 level 293,000 square foot facility that would accommodate the needs of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and the Fulton School of Engineering. The building is intended to encourage trans-disciplinary research between SESE and the Fulton school, respect and enhance the ASU campus and surrounding environment, and promote science, curiosity, and exploration within the community. Construction of ASU ISTB IV was completed in April 2012 and the building is on track to receive a LEED Certification level of Gold.

     

    A reinforced concrete structure was chosen as the basic structural system for the facility. Concrete structures have inherent durability, fire protection, energy, acoustic, and vibration benefits that are of great importance to a facility that houses offices, classrooms, high-tech laboratories (wet, dry, general purpose, and sensitive instrument), and an auditorium under. The structural column grid layout was chosen with input from the architect to accommodate flexibility of the lab modules and facilitate ASU’s goal of creating lab spaces that are able to adapt and evolve with state of the art research.

     

    Merit Award in Structural Engineering

    New Buildings over $10 Million

    Unisource Energy Office Tower

    Tucson, Arizona

    Grenier Engineering Inc.

     

     

    The Unisource Office Tower is a $65M, LEED Gold, Corporate Headquarters in Downtown Tucson, with 3 levels below grade parking, and 9 levels above grade office space. The foundation is a concrete mat with the largest single pour of 2,800 cubic yards (300 trucks from 3 different batch plants). The basement walls are 12" shotcrete over a soil nail tie back system. The floors are a Post-Tensioned concrete banded beam and slab system, which optimized the floor to floor heights at 14’. 28,000 cubic yards of concrete; 5,320,000 pounds of reinforcing steel; 380,000 feet of post tensioning cable was used.

     

    Merit Award in Structural Engineering

    Other Structures

    The Green Wall

    Palm Beach County, FL

    M3 Engineering & Technology Corporation

     

     

    Palm Beach County, Florida, selected Barbara Grygutis to create a useful public space for their Centennial Plaza.  M3 engineered the centennial bell tower and shade canopy.  Aluminum pipe columns support the canopy front while the back rests on a curved masonry wall.  A clerestory truss down the middle carries aluminum beams radiating outward like palm fronds.  The artist, engineer, and fabricator encountered various challenges including: hurricane wind loads, analysis and design of welded aluminum, connection detailing and limited fabrication tolerances for erection.  The shade canopy construction ran smoothly and the completed artwork will serve the community well. 

  • 28 Aug 2012 8:31 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)

    Call for Spectra Papers on New Zealand Earthquakes

    Through a collaboration between the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE), Earthquake Spectra will be publishing a special issue on the 2010-11 Canterbury, New Zealand, Earthquakes. Papers are invited on the engineering seismology, geotechnical, lifelines, structural engineering, and social and economic sciences aspects of the earthquakes and their effects. Papers on topics such as research using data from the earthquakes, code and guideline development based on observations from the earthquakes, and new emerging lessons for policy and regulation are strongly encouraged.

    Abstracts must be submitted in advance of the papers. The guest editors may recommend the modification or combination of abstracts for the purpose of maintaining the specific focus and length requirements of the issue. Papers must cover material beyond what has been published elsewhere, including but not limited to the NZSEE Bulletin and SSA special issues on the Canterbury earthquakes.

    Abstracts of one page or less must be submitted by September 20, 2012, by email to liz@eeri.org with the subject indicating “Abstract Submission for Canterbury Earthquakes Special Issue.” Prospective authors are encouraged to contact guest editors with expressions of interest, opportunities for collaboration with other authors, and questions regarding scope. For more information, including guest editor contact information, visit http://www.eeri.org/2012/07/call-for-spectra-papers-on-new-zealand-earthquakes/.

    The objective of EERI is to reduce earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering; by improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic, political and cultural environment; and by advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes.

    Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
    499 14th St., Suite 320
    Oakland, CA 94612-1934
    Tel (510) 451-0905
    Fax (510) 451-5411
    http://www.eeri.org

  • 28 Aug 2012 7:34 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)
    Join our friends at AzACI for the Concrete Cup Golf Tournament that benefits the ACI University Scholarship Funds. 


    Register by September 10th for a chance at extra prizes. 
  • 28 Aug 2012 7:11 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)
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  • 27 Aug 2012 12:00 PM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)
    The Advanced Technology Council is hosting 3 Webinars on Advancing the Engineering Applications for Hazard Mitigation.  

    Check them out here: ATC Events 
  • 20 Aug 2012 7:24 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)

    Check out the Sustainability E-News from the Masonry Society

  • 15 Aug 2012 7:09 AM | Jeffrey Messier (Administrator)
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