We invite you
to attend our 3rd annual half-day structural engineering seminar, sponsored
by SEI Lehigh Valley Chapter, ASCE Lehigh Valley Section, and SEI Lehigh
University Graduate student chapter.
Information
When:
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Wednesday, August 12,
2015, 11:45AM to 5:00PM
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Where:
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Lehigh University
ATLSS Building – 117 ATLSS Drive, Bethlehem, PA Mountaintop Campus – Room B101
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Cost:
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$30.00 per attendee -
free for SEI Lehigh University Graduate Chapter Students and FERS Students
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Schedule
11:45AM
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Registration
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12:15PM
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“50 Tips for Designing
Constructible Steel Framed Structures”
Clifford Schwinger,
P.E.
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1:15PM
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“Geotechnical Aspects
of the American Parkway Project”
Kerri Cutright, P.E.
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2:15PM
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Refreshment and
Networking Break
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3:00PM
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“Strengthening of
Church Tower Abutments Using Cementitious Grouted Stainless Rods”
Tom Gormley &
Anthony Stevens
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4:00PM
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“The Great Molasses
Flood in Boston – an Ethics Discussion”
Eric Tappert, P.E.
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Session Information
SESSION 1 – 50 Tips for Designing
Constructible Steel Framed Structures
This
seminar will review 50 practical and easy to implement tips that designers can
use to improve the constructability and reduce the cost of steel framed
building structures. Illustrations and examples comparing constructible and
“constructability challenged” details are used to show how seemingly little
changes in connection details and framing configurations significantly improve
constructability and reduce cost.
Clifford Schwinger, P.E.
is a Vice President and Quality Assurance Manager at The Harman Group, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1976, serves on
the AISC Manuals Committee and has over 30 years of experience designing
building structures.
SESSION 2 – Geotechnical Aspects of
the American Parkway Project
In
this presentation, we will discuss the geotechnical aspects of the American
Parkway project currently under construction in the city of Allentown. This is a partial design / build project to
construct a new four-lane, controlled access road from its current terminus at
Front Street to Airport Road. The new
facility will provide much improved access from the City of Allentown to the
Lehigh Valley International Airport. The
project includes two new bridge structures, one crossing the Lehigh River and
Norfolk Southern Railroad and one crossing R.J. Corman Railroad and Jordan
Street. While in construction, the
project has encountered many geotechnical challenges. Pier 1 and Pier 2, originally designed to be
spread footings on rock were redesigned to be drilled shafts. Pier 4 encountered difficulties driving
piles. Low mobility grouting for an MSE
wall foundation also experienced issues.
This presentation will go over these geotechnical issues and touch on
other aspects of the bridge.
Kerri Cutright, P.E.,
received both her Bachelors of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and Masters
of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Kerri joined PennDOT District 5-0 in 2011 as
a Civil Engineer Trainee and is now a Senior Civil Engineer Supervisor and
serves as the district’s Geotechnical and PavementK Engineer. While at PennDOT, Kerri has designed box
culverts, repairs for failed wingwalls, and pavements for many resurfacing
projects. She has provided geotechnical
support to Berks, Lehigh and Northampton County Maintenance for the repair of
sinkholes along PennDOT Right-of-Way.
Kerri also served as project manager for bridge replacement and
landslide projects. Kerri also provides
geotechnical construction support for various projects in District 5-0,
including American Parkway.
SESSION 3 - Strengthening of Church
Tower Abutments Using Cementitious Grouted Stainless Rods
The
presentation will discuss a case study on the stabilization of a 1911 stone
masonry bell tower through the use of internal grouted sock anchors installed
to resist the counterforce thrust.
Thomas Gormley is the
Manager of Restoration at Pullman SST, Inc.
in Swedesboro, NJ. Tom has 24
years of experience in the Building Restoration market. He graduated from Temple University
Engineering in 1990. Started working for
Shared Systems Technology, Inc. in 2001.
Shared System Technology, Inc. was renamed in 2014 to Pullman SST, Inc.
– A Structural Group Company.
Involvement with all types of Masonry, Historical and Concrete
Restoration Projects. Responsibilities
included Business Development and Head Estimator for the Commercial Restoration
Division – Philadelphia Branch.
Anthony Stevens is a
Technical Sales Consultant with Cintec America Inc. and has over 16 years’
experience in the commercial building trades industry and with working
alongside Engineers, Architects and Contractors, to achieve the desired result.
SESSION 4 – The Great Molasses Flood
in Boston – an Ethics Discussion
The
15th of January in 1916 was a lovely, sunny, day in Boston as the “January
thaw” arrived. Just about noon a
full 50 million gallon tank of molasses
failed catastrophically unleashing a wave of molasses down Commercial Street;
taking out buildings, part of the elevated railroad, horses, and people. This case study in ethics examines the
construction of the tank and the motivations of those in responsible charge in
an effort to explain why this disaster occurred. The relationship between the actions of those
in charge and the standard of care will also be examined.
Eric Tappert, PE
received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Moore
School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania (1969) and
his Master of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado
(1998.) Eric’s career included working
on the Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile System with responsibility for
maintenance and development of the multi-processor computer system; design work
for cell site equipment used in the Bell System service trial of cellular
telephony. In 1979 he came to the Western Electric Plant in Allentown to
perform application and integrated circuit definition work. He contributed to
several long distance transmission and switching improvement programs. Since
his retirement in 2002, in he has done some consulting work in the area of
communication system design and has been an adjunct faculty member of the
Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus, teaching electrical engineering
technology courses. He currently is
serving as PSPE President.
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