Changes in ASCE 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures

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Changes in ASCE 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures 

When: Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Time: 12.00 EST

Duration: 1.50 Hours including Q/A at the end. 

PDH Credits: 1.00

Virginia executed an early adoption of this standard, pairing it with IBC 2021 and making it of immediate interest to designers.  This webinar will:

• Provide history on design load standards in the United States.
• Discuss the target reliabilities the standard strives to achieve.
• Delve into some of the 50-plus changes in the 2022 standard from the 2016 version. 

Presented By: 

 Jan M. Harris, PE, F. ASCE, President of Liberty Engineering, PC, Virginia Beach.

Mr. Harris has a diverse background in construction and design.  He is a Cornell civil engineering graduate and earned a Master of Engineering degree with structural engineering emphasis at Old Dominion University.  Prior to self-employment, he worked in both small and large consulting engineering firms and served as a commissioned officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He leads Liberty Engineering, a Virginia Beach structural design firm in its 30^th year of operation.  The firm specializes in industrial, waterfront and civil infrastructure projects and routinely collaborates with many civil engineering firms.  His experience includes:

• Evaluations and designs for new construction, repair and rehabilitation of over 450 sewage pump stations in Virginia with construction costs from $50K to $180M.
• New construction and rehabilitation design for timber and concrete piers, steel and precast concrete bulkheads, riprap revetments and utility outfalls.
• Precast concrete component design for Pier 86 (Intrepid Pier), NYC; Pier 26, NYC;  Jeanette’s Pier, Nags Head, NC; Numerous NC and VA highway bridges.