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President’s Message

VOL. LXII, NO. 11 FOUNDED 1930 November 2007

575 MARKET STREET SUITE 2125 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2870 415/974-5147 WWW.SEAONC.ORG OFFICE@SEAONC.ORG

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President’s Message................ 1Nov. SF Dinner Meeting.........1Members in the News.............3YMF................................................4Mini-Seminar..............................5YMF Class Presentation..............5Collapse Test................................6Business Forum...........................7SEAONC Contributors.............8Job Forum......................................9

In the November News:

Meeting Notice

SEAONC Monthly Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007

The City Club155 Sansome St. 10th Floor

Registration Deadline: 12:00 p.m. Nov 1 (Details to the right, reg. form on back of

news)

SEAONC Business ForumThursday, Nov. 15th 2007

The City Club155 Sansome St. 9th Floor

Registration Deadline: 12:00 p.m. Mon. Nov. 12th

(Details on page 7)

November Dinner Meeting

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SEAOC Board NewsBy Bret Lizundia

The SEAOC Convention was held at Squaw Valley on September 27-29. It was well attended with approximately 430 participants, the technical presen-tations were interesting, and the many social events were well organized. Congratulations to SEAOCC for being an excellent host.

The SEAOC State Board meeting was held in conjunction with the conven-tion. Committee objectives and a draft budget for the coming year were re-viewed in detail. I’d like to pass on a summary of some of the key decisions and discussions that occurred.

The State Seminars Committee, chaired by SEAONC’s Constantine Shuhaibar, has held seminars in Sacramento and Southern California on SEAOC’s new 2006 IBC Structural/Seismic Design Manual (SSDM) series. This SSDM series provides a wealth of design examples based on the International

California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CaliforniaSpeakers: Eric Ko and Peter Lassetter, ArupProgram Chair: Hamid Fatehi

In collaboration with architects Renzo Piano and Gordon H. Chong and Part-ners, Arup is designing the California Academy of Sciences’ new museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The new Academy of Sciences build-ing will include an aquarium, plan-etarium, and natural history exhibits among other public spaces. In keeping with the Academy’s goals, the muse-um is being designed to achieve high performance while minimizing envi-ronmental impacts and operational maintenance costs.

The new California Academy of Scienc-es aquarium is unique in its configura-tion with four buildings at the corners tied together with an undulating roof and at the ground floor piazza level. Upon performing code based and dy-namic response spectrum analyses it was determined that tie down anchors would be required to resist the uplift forces. Arup therefore chose to per-form a non linear time history analysis

to validate the concept of permitting foundation uplift through rocking of the structure, thereby eliminating the need for anchors.

The structure presented a unique prob-lem to the architect because of the large water mass of the glass aquarium, the seismic activity of San Francisco, and the need to use a glass acrylic in order to maintain visibility into the aquari-

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Building Code (IBC) provisions. Both seminars were very well attended. SEAONC’s version of this seminar will be on the evenings of November 1 and 8, 2007. With the upcoming January 1, 2008 deadline for local jurisdictions to adopt the 2007 California Building Code and its underlying IBC provi-sions, this seminar will be valuable and timely.

The SSDM series focuses on new build-ings. The State Board approved a pro-posal for a design manual covering ex-isting building seismic evaluation and rehabilitation examples using the 2006 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) provisions. Design manual ex-amples will include URM bearing wall buildings, tilt-ups, cripple walls, tuck-under apartment buildings, and non-ductile concrete moment frames. The volume is expected to be published in 2009.

The State Public Relations commit-tee recommended that SEAOC adopt a consolidated statewide public rela-tions effort utilizing the services of an outside consultant, likely to be the same consultant that SEAONC has been using quite effectively over the last year. Some specific objectives include planning sessions in each re-gion with media liaisons, developing relationships with key media contacts, pitching topics to the media as seeds for future stories, assisting in develop-ing press releases on various topics, and supporting designated regional spokespeople. The Board approved the proposal as a one-year trial pro-gram.

Committee chairs traditionally ro-tate at the Convention meetings. The 2007-2008 State Seismology and Struc-tural Standards Chair will be Kevin Moore of SEAONC. Outgoing Chair John Diebold will focus over the com-ing year on overseeing the effort of completing the next edition of the Bluebook. It addition to finishing the online version, they also plan a hard copy compilation of the articles by the 2008 state convention.

um. The aquarium water surrounds the visitor on top and around the sides. In effect, the visitor is in an air bubble within the aquarium. Arup performed seis-mic time history analyses on a 3D model of the aquarium structure (glass acrylic shells) together with the contained water to determine the feasibility of the com-plex design. The analysis predicts the stresses in the glass elements explicitly in the time domain.

Striving to achieve a Platinum LEEDTM rating, the building’s sustainable fea-tures include a “green roof,” natural ventilation, extensive use of natural daylight, reduced water run-off, alternative transportation, and integration into the park and community. Performance characteristics indicate that the new building will achieve significant benefits in terms of energy efficiency, reduction of stormwater runoff, minimization of heat island effects and reduced biodiversity impacts.

Aquarium tanks have been designed to be interchangeable and reusable, which avoids waste and facilitates maintenance. “Green” cleaning programs ensure that products harm neither the staff, living organisms, nor the environment. Simi-larly, the landscape has been designed to manage pests without use of pesticides. Even the café will be run in a sustainable fashion, with organic fare and on-site composting. The Academy will continue its tradition of providing discounts to visitors that arrive using public transit. Docents will highlight these sustainable practices and more in behind-the scenes tours of the Academy. Once open, the museum’s operational savings will allow directors to spend more of their endow-ment on innovative exhibits, rather than on operations and maintenance.

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Members in the News

T. R. Higgins Lectureship Award to Lopez & Sabelli SEAONC members Walterio Lopez and Rafael Sabelli received AISC’s T.R. Hig-gins Award for their paper on buck-ling-restrained brace frames, “Seismic Design of Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames”. Each year the T.R. Higgins Lecture-ship Award recognizes an outstanding lecturer and author whose technical paper or papers, published during the eligibility period, are considered an outstanding contribution to the engi-neering literature on fabricated struc-tural steel.The Abstract of the paper states that Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs) are a new steel seismic-load-resisting system that has found use in the western United States because of its efficiency and its promise of seis-mic performance far superior to that of conventional braced frames. The sys-tem was not yet addressed in the 2005 edition of the AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, but nev-ertheless a set of design provisions has been developed by AISC in conjunction with the Structural Engineers’ Associa-tion of California. The system has sub-seqnently been incorporated into the AISC Seismic Provisions. This report illustrates the seismic design of buck-ling-restrained braced frames; they are defined, and the provisions govern-ing their design and required testing are explained. A summary of selected Buckling-Restrained Brace (BRB) test-ing performed to date is provided. Compliance with design requirements is explained through detailed compo-nent design of two typical BRBF con-figurations and development of testing protocols. A discussion of gusset-plate design and its influence on acceptable frame behavior is provided.

Associate Siu-Ting Dickson Mak, Graduate Engineer, Arup

Mike Kellogg, Engineer, ZFA Structural Engineers

Patrick Kitto, Project Engineer, Earthquake & Structures, Inc.

Carrie Leung, Staff Engineer, DASSE Design, Inc

Benjamin Mohr, Engineer, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.

Crystal Roe, Associate Engineer, MWH

Diane Floresca Smith, Project Manager, Project Management Advisors, Inc

Sean Timon, First year, Rinne & Peterson, Structural Engineers

Member Jesse Bright, Plan Check Engineer, City of Alameda

Chris Durkin, Project Engineer, Paradigm Structural Engineers

Student Chris Davis, Graduate Student, UCB

Dane Hansen, Student/intern, Cal Poly/KPFF

Shaina Saporta, Graduate Student, UCB

David Van Zanen, Graduate Student, CSUS

AffilateEdgardo Cambe, Senior Structural Engineer, East Consulting Engineering Center

Welcome New Members

2007 Shah Family Distinguished Lecture Announcement: Charles Scawthorn will present the 2007 Shah Family Distinguished Lec-ture on “Catastrophic Risk – Past and Future.” Scawthorn is a Professor of Lifeline Engineering at Kyoto Univer-sity (Japan) and structural engineer with more than 30 years experience as-sessing enterprise and infrastructure risks, for Global 1000 corporations, the

insurance industry, FEMA, state agen-cies, and the World Bank. His lecture will examine the historical develop-ment, current trends, and future needs in risk analysis and mitigation. The lecture is open to the public and will be held at Stanford University on Tues-day, November 13, 2007 at 4:30 PM. For further information, see http://blume.stanford.edu/.

Pending Members

AssociateOwen Gould, Ingraham/DeJesse Associates, Inc.

Timothy Nelson , Designer, Degenkolb Engineers

David Bolger, Engineer in Training

Kevin Donahue, Structural Engineer

Mabel Li, Staff Engeneer, Creegan + D’Angelo Consulting Engineers

MemberDennis Richardson, Vice-President, - CCC West, Bureau Veritas North America Inc

Steve Foster, Construction Executive Syufy Enterprises,

Thomas Monti, Civil Engineer, MH Engineering Co

Susan DeBock, Principal Engineer, GEI Consultants Inc.

Charles Prograce, R3 Consulting Engineers

StudentAhmed Thieiji, SFSU

Dennis Lau, UCB

Guy Mazzotta, UCB

IndustryBethany Walker, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute

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YMF Spotlight: Meaghan HalliganBy Christopher Ong and Heinz Kuo

This month, YMF is happy to spotlight Meaghan Halligan, a young engineer at Rinne and Peterson Structural En-gineers in Palo Alto. Meaghan is the current chair of the Disaster Emer-gency Services (DES) Committee and a member of the Continuing Educa-tion Committee (CEC). She received her Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada and worked at Read Jones Christoffersen in Vancouver before moving down to the San Francisco Bay Area to join her hus-band, who is in the tech industry. In San Francisco, she worked at Murphy Burr Curry(MBC) before moving down the peninsula.

In between work, volunteering and renovating her townhouse, Meaghan does indoor rock climbing and road biking. She recently biked four-and-a-half passes of the Death Ride, for a total of 129 miles and a climb of 15,000 feet, in the California Sierra. A pass is a low place in a mountain range, by the way.

Let’s find out what Meaghan has to say about her experience as an engineer thus far…

YMF: University of Waterloo in On-tario offered you an interesting educa-tion involving a fair amount of work experience. Would you elaborate on this?

My university has a compulsory work experience component to our degree. We would go to school for a 4 month semester, and than do an internship at a company for four months. Some of the internships I completed were at a manufacturing facility, a public utility and as a facilities construction coordi-nator at an oil refinery. My last three internships were at Read Jones Christ-offersen, a consulting firm with offices throughout Canada. I worked for two terms at the Toronto office and one at the Vancouver office. They do quite a bit of work for Intrawest in Tahoe.

YMF: You’ve worked in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Please give us a picture of what working life in the

peninsula is like for those of us work-ing in the City.

I think there is a perception amongst some people in the city that we don’t work on exciting projects on the pen-insula / south bay. I would have to disagree with that. Currently I am on a team working on a community cen-ter and large library in San Jose with skewed concrete tilt up shear wall pan-els for the town square and banquet facilities, and a steel special concentric braced framed library building. I also just finished working on a concrete shear wall theatre building.

YMF: What are the one or two most interesting projects you have worked on? What did you learn from them and/or how were they formative in your career path?

At MBC, I was involved in quite a few probable maximum loss assessments and a couple of Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP) reports. It was fascinating to look at existing buildings and identify their potential strengths and weaknesses; not just from a structural point-of-view, but also from a nonstructural standpoint. I think this really helps when designing new buildings – to think about what can go right and what could go wrong in a particular construction method.

YMF: Tell us about your involvement on SEAONC’s Disaster and Emer-gency Services Committee. How did you get involved? What are the com-

mittee’s goals and what is the state of progress toward these goals?

I became involved in the DES through my involvement in the city BORP pro-gram. Jeff Falero recruited me at one of the BORP meetings at the Building Department.

For those not familiar with the com-mittee, we are responsible for deploy-ing volunteer safety assessors after disasters through the state Office of Emergency Services department. We run ATC 20 training sessions to train said volunteers, and help to recruit structural specialists for the two area Urban Search and Rescue teams. Our final mandate is to be involved with the San Francisco BORP.

This year we are working on alternate communication methods for deploy-ing the SEAONC volunteers. Currently we use a phone tree system, but we are identifying other methods which may be quicker and more efficient.

This year we are also planning an ATC 20 training session for the end of Octo-ber 2008.

YMF: Congratulations on being se-lected as a recipient of the Giles Schol-arship! Was this be the first time you attended a SEAOC convention? What was your experience like at this year’s SEAOC Convention?

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This was my first convention, and it was great. The technical sessions were extremely informative and the social events were a lot of fun. It was great talking shop with members from not only our section, but also members from all over California. People are working on some very interesting proj-ects and research.

I would highly recommend that every-one attend the conference. I think there may be a perception that the SEAOC convention is mostly for principals, but I got a lot out of going to it and I am already planning on attending next year’s conventions.

YMF Spotlight is a monthly article, high-lighting some of the talented young per-sonalities that characterize the SEAONC community. If you would like to nominate a young engineer with an interesting per-spective to share, please email Christopher Ong cong@hohbach-lewin.com

“YMF Spotlight” Continued from page 4 SEAONC YMF Classroom PresentationAre you interested in teaching a young audience about structural engineer-ing? A classroom program to educate middle and high school students about structural engineering is ready and available for use. The program consists of a PowerPoint presentation and a hands-on activity. The entire program is de-signed to take about 45 minutes.

The start of the program is a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation designed to introduce students to structural engineering concepts including types of struc-tures, loads and materials, as well as to explain the role of a structural engineer in a construction project. The presentation concludes by identifying the skills and education requirements necessary for being a structural engineer. Not only does the presentation include exciting and carefully-selected pictures, but it also contains speaker’s notes (in both verbatim and outline format) to guide the speaker through the talking points of each slide. The presentation can also be customized by the speaker for an audience ranging from middle school to high school seniors. There are also a couple of “bonus slides” included in the presen-tation on cutting edge structural engineering concepts for the more mature or technically inclined audience.

The hands on activities, which should take about 30 minutes, are designed to demonstrate one of the concepts addressed in the presentation and to promote teamwork in the classroom. Four different activities have been developed for presenters from which to choose from: building “skyscrapers,” breaking paper-clips, making “edible concrete,” and building bridges. The first activity consists of building a model skyscraper using only toothpicks and gum drops. Students are to make the tallest structure they can in a given amount of time, and the structures will then be judged for height, stability, and aesthetics. The second activity involves students breaking different size paperclips to explore con-cepts of statistics and ductility. The third activity is to make “edible concrete” using cookies and instant pudding to educate students about the components on concrete in a fun way. The fourth activity requires students to build bridges out of paper. The bridges are then “field tested” to determine how much paper they can hold before they collapse. Instructions for each activity include a list of required materials, a description of concepts illustrated by the activity, and suggested discussion questions.

The classroom program was developed by the School Curriculum Develop-ment YMF subcommittee over the past year. The subcommittee comprises Jeff Ching, Lissa Hoffman, Sara Hohenshelt, Kristen Parrish, and Larry Wong.

The next step for the YMF subcommittee is to test out the program on students at different schools. The goal is to do a number of classroom presentations dur-ing Engineers Week in February. YMF plans to collaborate with the Public Af-fairs committee and Engineering Alliance for the Arts in this effort.

The presentation is available for download at the SEAONC website. Please go to http://www.seaonc.org/member/committees/ymf_docs.asp. Any questions and/or suggestions about this program can be directed to HSOutreach@seaonc.org.

Firing Up for Change…A Performance-Based Approach to Fire Engineering

by Bevan Jones – Holmes Fire & Safety/Holmes Culley

Prescriptive Fire Codes mandate a minimum level of safety; however, these apply a ‘cook-book’ type approach to increasingly com-plex situations. Performance based fire engineering design is a widely accepted practice internationally, and, like performance-based structural engineering, fire safety designs can be ‘tailor-made’ to suit a particular building, achieving functionality and flexibility without “recipes.” This presentation covers a performance based approach to the fire protection of structural steel, synergies between structural engineering and fire engineering, and considerations for structural engineers when specifying and inspecting fireproofing materials to steel structures.

Bevan is a fire safety specialist with Holmes Fire & Safety, an affiliate of Holmes Culley in San Francisco. He has over 6 years of inter-national experience with performance based fire engineering design and holds a master’s degree in fire engineering.

Simpson Gumpertz and HegerThe Landmark @ One Market, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105

SEAONC Mini-Seminar Thursday, November 29, 20076PM

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Collapse Test of Full-Scale Building in JapanBy Bruce Maison, Kazuhiko Kasai, Gregory Deierlein

A full-scale, 4-story tall, welded steel moment frame building was shaken to collapse on September 27, 2007 using the E-Defense shake table in Miki, Japan. Figures 1 and 2 depict the structural system. The structure reflects current Japanese de-sign criteria and construction practices. These differ in several important ways from those used in the US: all frames were moment resisting; columns consisted of square HSS elements (that do not satisfy AISC compact section criteria); columns were interupted by through-plate diaphragms used to connect the girder flanges to the columns, and while a strong col-umn-weak girder design philosophy was used, bi-directional loading and composite action were not considered. Japanese seismic mass computations, lateral loading provisions, and drift criteria also differ from those used in the US. The collapse test was part of NEES/E-Defense Collaborative Earthquake Engineering Reseach Program, and funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It was supervised for E-Defense by Prof. Keiichiro Suita of Kyoto Univ., Prof. Satoshi Yamada of Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Yuichi Matsuoka of E-Defense.

The building was subjected to three components of the JR Takatori Station motion recorded in Kobe, Japan at the during the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nambu earthquake (Figure 3). The building was initially subjected to motions scaled to correspond to the DBE and MCE levels. Observed behavior during the MCE excitaiton included moderate yielding in the first story beams, and yielding and minor local buckling of the columns in the first story.

Collapse occurred when the ground motion intensity was increased to the level actually recorded in Kobe. This motion resulted in spectral accelerations more than 2.5 larger than stipulated in Japanese design codes. The collapse mode was a side-sway mechanism in the first story (Figure 4). Plastic hinging and severe local buckling were observed at the bottom and top of the first story columns, with little evidence of significant girder yielding (Figure 5). No fractures of welds or base metal were observed. Preliminary findings indicate that several factors contributed to the weak story collapse mecha-nism, including: actual strengths of girders being larger than those of the columns due to actual steel properties and com-posite action of the girder and slab; strength deterioration of the non-compact HSS columns once local buckling initiated; and multi-directional earthquake loading causing bi-axial bending in columns. More information on the test specimen and results can be found on the E-Defense web site, www.bosai.go.jp/hyogo/ehyogo/, or by contacting Yuichi Matsuoka, pinehill@bosai.go.jp.

Figure 1: Steel moment frame structural system.

Figure 2: Exploded view of girder-to-column framing.

Figure 3: JR Takatori spectra. Building period is about 0.9 sec in both principal directions. Also shown for comparison is an MCE spectrum for San Francisco City Hall per NEHRP rules.

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November Business Forum Luncheon

Meeting Topic:New Direction at San Francisco

Department of Building Inspection

DATE & TIMEThursday November 15, 2007

12 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch/Program

LOCATIONCity Club – San Francisco

155 Sansome Street. San Francisco

Please join us in welcoming Isam Hasenin, SF DBI’s new Director and Chief Building Official, to the San Francisco Structural Engineering Community. Mr. Hasenin will discuss some of the recent changes and improvements he has initiated and share with us his philosophy and vision for the future at DBI. Mr. Hasenin is also very interested in listening to issues and concerns from our membership.

About the Speaker:

Isam Hasenin has an MS in Civil Engineering and is a li-censed Civil Engineer and Certified Building Official. Mr. Hasenin has been in the code enforcement business for over 20 years and served as the Chief Building Official for the City of San Diego for the last 5 years. Mr. Hasenin also serves as vice chair of the California Building Standards Commission and is a member of ICC’s education commit-tee.

Cost: $25 Business Forum Members $35 SEAONC Members $40 Other Attendees

Meal Selections: Lunch will be provided. If you prefer a vegetarian meal please specify this when you send in your registration.

RSVP: Contact the SEAONC office at office@seaonc.org or 415/974-5147 (RSVPs sent via e-mail will receive e-mail confirmations)

Registration Deadline: Monday Nov 12th at 12:00pm

A blind analysis contest is underway, with more than 52 sub-missions by groups of design professionals, researchers and students from around the world. Fourteen entries were sub-mitted from the US. Winners and statistics on the accuracy of predictions will be announced by E-Defense in December 2007. In addition, the writers are using this building as a case study to investigate how well US performance-based design guidelines (e.g., ASCE-41-06, FEMA-351) character-ize collapse. These results will be available in 2008.

SEAONC members witnessing the collapse test and partici-pating in the NEES/E-Defense research planning meeting included Jerry Hajjar, Helmut Krawinkler, Walterio Lopez, Stephen Mahin, Bruce Maison, James Malley, Steven Mc-Cabe, Kurt McMullen and Troy Morgan. Other Americans included Charles Roeder, Keri Ryan, and Bozidar Stojadi-novic. Planned future tests using the E-Defense shaking table of US-designed structures include a multistory wood residential apartment building, a reinforced concrete bridge column, a concentrically braced steel frames, and innovative energy dissipative frame with uplifting base plates, and a seismically isolated building. For more information on the NEES/E-Defense Collaborative Earthquake Engineering Research Program see http://www.nees.org/NEES-NIED/.

Figure 4: View of building on shake table immediately after collapse. Building is leaning on safety-catch structures located at corners of building (frames with cross bracing). Note large audience witnessing test in galleries at right.

Figure 5: Close-up view of local buckling of HSS column at base-plate. Columns are non-compact per AISC LRFD rules.

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2007-08 Committee Chairs

Business Forum James Mogannam 415/837-0700mo@forell.com

Bylaws J.E. Goudie925/399/5876jegoudie@cs.com

Construction Quality & Assurance Tim Hart 510/433-9370 hart@DASSE.com

Continuing Education Committee Arne Halterman 415/392-6952ahalterman@degenkolb.com

Disaster Emergency Services Meaghan Halligan 650/428-2860meaghanhalligan@rpse.com

Existing Building Colin Blaney 650/367-8100colin@crosbygroup.com

Membership CommitteeKevin Morton415/319-8520kmorton@hohbach-lewin.com

Professional PracticesJeff Taner 510/845-6600 jtaner@atmainc.net

Program Hamid Fatehi 415/957-9445 hamid.fatehi@arup.com

Program (South Bay) John Daley650/617-5930bdaley@hohbach-lewin.comcarlos@gplainc.com

Dan Lewin650-617-5930dlewin@hohbach-lewin.com

John Osteraas650/688-7206osteraas@exponent.com

Carlos Machado408/654-0475carlos@gplainc.com

Public Affairs Shane Gross510/272-9040sgross@degenkolb.com

Seismology & Structural Standards Andy Fennell925/284-3363andy.sciabs@eartlink.net

Sustainable DesignEric Kneer510/272-9040ekneer@degenkolb.com

Transportation Structures CommitteeMark Ketchum 415/989-4135mketchum@opacengineers.com

Website Darrick Hom 510/910-4142 dbhom@structvis.com

Younger Member Forum Caroline Tsang415/243-8400tsang@dasse.com

Co-Chair Karl Telleen 415/568-4400ktelleen@ruthchek.com

SEAONC would like to thank the fol-lowing members that have to contrib-uted to the SEAONC General Contri-bution Fund, the Giles Fund and the Scholarship Fund for the 2007-2008 year.

Carl Basore Richard Bettinger Ted Canon, Ted Canon Structural Engineer

Sankaran Chandramouli, Jacobs Civil Inc.

Jaehyung Choi, DASSE Design, Inc.

Kelly Cobeen, Cobeen & Associates Structural Eng.

Patrick Creegan, Parsons

Donald Cushing Jr., Interactive Resources

Charles De Maria K.C. Dewell, CEL Consulting

Jon Ewigleben, City of Oakland - CEDA Plan Check

Eric Fischer, Mobotecusa, Inc.

Angela Gardner, Angela K. Gardner, PE

J.E. Goudie, J.E. Goudie, Structural Engineer

David Graff, Stroer & Graff, Inc.

George E. Greenwood David Hammond, David J. Ham-mond, Structural Engineer

Tim Hart, DASSE Design, Inc.

Loren Hinkelman

Ephraim Hirsch, E. G. Hirsch & Associates

William Holmes, Rutherford & Chekene

John Hom William Kaplan, Retired

Charles Kircher, Charles Kircher & Associates

Arnold Kohnert, Pompadour Vineyard

Helmut Krawinkler, Stanford University

James Leach, Global Perspectives

Raymond Little

Rafael Manzanarez, T.Y. Lin Interna-tional

Manabu Masuda, Risk Management Solutions, Inc.

Ronald Migdal

James Murray, Roderick Murray Roderick A. Murray, Struc. Eng.

Lowell Napper

David Nicholson, H J Brunnier As-sociates

Joseph Nicoletti Russell Nygaard, El Dorado County DOT

Harry Okino

John Paquette Steve Pestell, Rogina Pestell Struc-tural Engineers

Donald Peterson, Rinne & Peterson, Structural Engineers

Jason Pisano, DASSE Design, Inc.

F. Robert Preece

Marko Schotanus, Rutherford & Chekene

Daniel Shapiro, SOHA Engineers

Roland Sharpe Constantine Shkapsky, Department of Public Works - San Jose

Larry Totten, Johnson Western Gunite Company

Mark Viesselman, Structural Engineer

Matthew Weil, Holmes Culley Struc-tural Engineers

Thomas Wosser

Fred Ziaripour, F. Z. Consultants

SEAONC Contributors

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Arup is a leading international design firm with over 9,000 members worldwide in 86 offices. We are involved in the design of some of the most prestigious projects lo-cally and worldwide. Our North America practice, established more than 20 years ago, now includes over 800 employees in 10 offices. We recruit only the best and brightest people and provide an opportu-nity for growth commensurate with your investment of skill, energy and desire to contribute and succeed. Are you a Struc-tural Engineer, with 4-10 years experience, interested in a challenging position in the Bay Area area and want to Shape a better world? If so, Arup may be the place for you to demonstrate your talents in cutting edge structural building design. In this Structural Engineering role, you will be working in a team of talented structural engineers developing designs and deliver-ing projects in the Bay Area, the US and around the world. We design a wide range of project types including Healthcare and Laboratories, Commercial buildings (highrise and medium rise), Museums and Galleries, Stadiums and Education build-ings. We have 180 people in San Francisco (above a BART station on Market Street), we have excellent benefits and we work in a collegiate, multi-disciplinary environment where engineers mix and work in teams such that you will experience sustainabil-ity in its broadest sense as well as working with talented acousticians, fire engineers, facade specialist, energy modellers, light-ing specialists and many others. Work is challenging and fun at Arup. To apply, email your cover letter and resume to julie.jeffery@arup.com

AT Merovich & Assoc, a consulting struc-tural engrg firm in downtown Berkeley, announced a unique career opportunity in last month’s newsletter. Those inter-ested should refer to the announcement in last month’s newsletter and send your cover letter, resume, and writing sample to atmmail@atmainc.net. Applications received on or before November 30 will receive priority consideration.

Biggs Cardosa Associates has immediate openings in our San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, CA offices! Are you interested in a long-term career with an exciting and growth-oriented firm? In San Jose, we are looking for three Senior Engineers or Project Managers (one with min. 10 years experience in building design and Califor-nia SE required; and two with min. 10 years experience in bridge design and California CE required). In Oakland, we are looking for Project Engineers or Staff Engineers, and a Senior Engineer or Project Manager with a min. 10 years experience in build-ing and/or bridge design (California CE is required, SE is preferred). Please email your resume to mharms@biggscardosa.com. Find out more about our firm at www.biggscardosa.com. EOE.

Casper, Phillips & Associates (CP&A), Tacoma, Washington, USA has an imme-diate opening for a structural engineer, MS, PhD, or equivalent, a minimum of

Job Forum

5 years design and CAD&D experience, and a record of being a team player and self-starter. Visit casperphillips.com for examples of our small firm’s typical proj-ects and clients. Salary open. Contact bill@casperphillips.com.

Cal Poly-ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER-ING - The Department of Architectural Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California is seeking applications for full-time, academic year tenure track positions for the teaching of structural analysis, de-sign, and construction of buildings. Start-ing date is September 8, 2008. Researchers and experienced practitioners are encour-aged to apply. Applications are available at WWW.CALPOLYJOBS.ORG and search for Requisition #101422. Review of applications will begin December 17, 2007. Applications received after this date may be considered. EEO. Contact ccobb@calpoly.edu for ad-ditionalinformation.

DASSE Design, recognized by Structural Engineer Magazine as one of the best SE firms to work for, has openings in SF and Oakland for experienced Staff and Project Engineers who want a rewarding career in diverse and technically challenging building structures. Projects include new construction and retrofit, in education, health care, civic, mountain resort and life sciences buildings. Requirements are BSCE (MSCE preferred), 2 -10+ years rel-evant design experience; DSA or OSHPD experience a plus. PE or SE license required for Project Engineers. Positions require strong technical and communication skills, with a desire to grow in a professional environment. Our mentor and continuing education programs help you reach your potential. Email resume with cover letter to William Andrews, andrews@dasse.com. Visit us at www.dasse.com

DES Architects + Engineers Sr. Structural Engineer/ Project Manager Licensed PE, minimum 10+ years of experience, SE Pre-ferred, Strong interest in seismic engineer-ing design, Interest in both retrofit and new building design, Excellent communication skills, Experience with architect and owner contact, Understanding of all phases of design and construction, Experience with RAM Structural System, ETABS, RISA, or Spreadsheet Applications a plus Descrip-tion: Design Engineer/Project Manager who can take charge of projects from in-ception through construction. Projects are diverse and range from industrial, multi-story office and laboratories buildings to performing arts theaters. Send resumes to: DES Architects + Engineers Attn: Brandi Reyes 399 Bradford Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Fax: 650.364.2618 www.des-ae.com jobs@des-ae.com

DESIMONE Consulting Engineers, a leading international structural engi-neering firm with a staff of over 200, has immediate openings in our growing San Francisco office for engineers at all levels. Presently, we are designing a diverse mix of interesting and technically challeng-ing projects with a primary focus on new

design, including wineries, museums, resorts, residential projects, and high-rise buildings. Ideal candidates should have strong technical, management and com-munications skills. We offer a competitive benefits package, coupled with a dynamic work environment. Additional opportuni-ties are available in our New York, Miami, New Haven, Las Vegas and Hong Kong offices. Please send your resume via e-mail to rpolivka@de-simone.com.

FORELL/ELSESSER ENGINEERS, INC., IS SEEKING TALENTED, REGISTERED ENGINEERS WITH 5 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE to be members of our team. Are you looking for that “dream job” that will allow you to work in a dynamic downtown San Francisco office with a collaborative, fun group of engineers on some of the most challenging and excit-ing structural and seismic projects in California and around the world? If so, FORELL/ELSESSER ENGINEERS, INC., is eager to hear from you! Join an exciting and thoughtful team in a dynamic work environment that actively encourages and supports individual professional growth through ongoing education, training, and mentoring. Our firm offers a competitive compensation package that includes ma-jor medical, dental, vision, life/disability insurance, 401(k) match, profit sharing plan, incentive compensation plan and a flexible spending account. Find out more about FORELL/ELSESSER at www.forell.com Please contact Mason Walters at (415) 837-0700 or send resumes to Mason Walters, FORELL/ELSESSER ENGINEERS, INC., 160 Pine Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 or e-mail mason@forell.com

Holmes Culley is part of the Holmes Group – based in New Zealand, with a reputation for pushing the boundaries. Pushing boundaries means we put no limits on individual potential, basing rewards and advancement on achievements and entrepreneurship, not just seniority. This also means taking an imaginative and resourceful approach to projects, chal-lenging established convention, and using cutting-edge technologies. If you, too, are a person who pushes the boundaries – in your achievements, interests, and abilities – then we want you as part of our energetic and collegial SF team. Minimum qualifi-cations include a PE license, experience in seismic structural design, and an appetite for challenge and fun. Check us out at www.holmesculley.com and send your resume with cover letter to Denny Kwan (dkwan@holmesculley.com).

John Yadegar & Associates, a consulting structural engineering firm located in San Francisco, is seeking an experienced, Cali-fornia licensed engineer in the position of project engineer/manager. Excellent com-munication skills and expertise in wood construction are required. Projects include low rise construction of timber, steel and concrete. The firm is well established with excellent organization and a great work environment. The compensation pack-age is generous, including health, 401K, profit sharing and bonus. This is a long

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KPW Structural Engineers in downtown Oakland is looking for bright and motivated structural engineers. Are you looking for a career, not just a job? Come work shoulder to shoulder with a group of talented profes-sionals on healthcare, education, commer-cial and corporate projects. Learn project management, client interface, marketing, and all aspects of the structural engineer-ing business. We are looking for employees that will grow with our new business and be rewarded with our collective successes. Email resumes to Kevin Treat: treat@kpwse.com. Look us up at www.kpwse.com

A career at MIDDLEBROOK + LOUIE means a great opportunity to work on new, world-class facilities and other important buildings in a supportive, team-based environment. Currently, we’re inviting experienced candidates for STRUCTURAL DESIGN ENGINEER and OVERSEAS FIELD ENGINEER positions to contact us at CAREERS@MPLUSL.com. We’re seeking Engineers with MSCE degrees and 2+ years experience. We offer competitive salaries, outstanding benefits and exciting project assignments. More information about our firm is at www.MPLUSL.com.

RMJ & Associates is looking for entry level project engineers or mid level project manag-ers for immediate full time employment. The work environment of RMJ is family like and casual, but challenging and diverse. Our fo-cus is on commercial & retail projects and we work with all types of construction materials. Candidates shall have good communication skills, desire to work as part of a team and interest in developing a career in structural engineering. Experience with Autocad and computer engineering programs a plus. Pre-vious experience and California PE preferred for project manager position. Our office is conveniently located in South San Francisco for an easy commute from San Francisco or the peninsula. For more information on our company visit www.rmjse.com. Please call 650-871-2282 or email cover letter and resume to jhaines@rmjse.com. .

RPSE Seeking Resumes for Structural Engi-neers:Rinne & Peterson Structural Engineers (RPSE) seeks and executes diverse, challeng-ing projects. Are you customer-focused, detail-oriented, flexible, with great commu-nication skills? Want growth opportunity, flexible hours, competitive salary, great benefits and superb working environment? Please send cover letter and resume to Hu-man Resources, via fax at 650.428.2861, or e-mail HumanRes@rpse.com.

Tipping Mar + Associates seeks an ener-getic, creative individual to join the staff of a dynamic, emerging structural engineering firm. If you have imagination in addition to technical expertise, and would enjoy work-ing in early collaboration with architects and contractors to provide exceptional seismic and sustainable design, please send a resume and cover letter to Tipping Mar + associates, 1906 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley,

Routinely recognized as one of the best places to work, Degenkolb Engineers is actively

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leadership and ownership. We encourage lifelong learning and support professional and

community-based activities. Degenkolb engineers have the opportunity to follow their

interests and develop their own book of work. And when we’re not doing that, we are

playing…sometimes in one of four company cabins in Tahoe, Big Bear, Monterey, and

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