Practical Connection Design for Economical Steel Structures - 0.80 CEUs / 8.0 PDHs
Seminar Summary:
You either design connections or review them on submittals. This course will help you do both. With recent national emphasis on new structural integrity requirements for connections, your understanding of connection design and behavior is even more critical.
This seminar will de-mystify connection behavior and design and show you how to make connection choices that are economical and constructible. You will learn the appropriate limit states for common connections, how the load path progresses through the elements of these connections, and how to simplify the design and review of these connections in your practice. You also will understand how to apply the principles learned for common connections to other more complex connections.
This practice-oriented seminar focuses on what you need to know to design and evaluate the connections required for your projects. You will receive handouts that include a set of printed class notes with design examples and a CD containing AISC Design Guides and journal articles related to connection design.
Author and Speaker:
| Larry S. Muir is consultant specializing in connection design, structural steel fabrication and construction. He holds Bachelor’s degrees from both Southern Polytechnic State University and the University of Tennessee and a Master’s degree from the University of Tennessee. In addition to over a decade of practical experience with a steel fabricator, he has authored or co-authored dozens of technical papers, presentations and book chapters on the subject of connection design. He currently serves on a number of AISC, ASCE, RCSC and AWS Committees and is the Vice-Chair of AISC’s Task Committee 6 on Connection Design and Chair of the AISC Manual Committee’s subcommittee 3. |
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About William A. Thornton, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. William A. Thornton is Corporate Consultant to Cives Corporation of Roswell, Georgia and head of Structural Steel and Consulting Services, a division of Charles H. Thornton and Co. He is the winner of the AISC 1995 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award and the 2003 AISC Lifetime Achievement Award. He has served as an invited lecturer numerous times at AISC and various state Structural Engineering Association sponsored seminars on connection design. He is the author or co-author of many published papers on connection design and other structural areas. A member of ASCE, AWS and the Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC), he currently serves as a member of technical committees of AISC, ASCE, AWS, and RCSC and has been chairman of the AISC Committee on Manuals for the last 20 plus years. |
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Additional Speakers:
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Carol J. Drucker, P.E., S.E., SECB
Principal,
Drucker Zajdel Structural Engineers
Naperville, IL |
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Marshall T. (Tom) Ferrell, P.E.
President,
Ferrell Engineering, Inc.,
Birmingham, AL |
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Lawrence A. Kloiber, P.E.
Chief Engineer
LeJeune Steel Co.,
Minneapolis, MN |
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Continuing Education Credit
Attendees will receive 0.80 CEUs / 8.0 PDHs
This programs complies with the Continuing Education Education Requirements in all States, including:
The University of the State of New York, State Board for Engineering
Florida Board of Professional Engineers (provider # 0003884)
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Seminar Agenda
7:30 am Sign-in and Breakfast/Refreshments
8:00 am Seminar Begins
Noon Lunch (provided)
5:00pm Seminar concludes
Fees & Registration
Register early! $50 discount on all registration prices if you register by September 6th!
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AISC Members* registering for the Seminar may register one "Buddy" for only $200! The Buddy will receive all handouts. |
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Fees (per seminar) |
Single |
with Buddy |
AISC Members*
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$350.00 |
$550.00 |
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Non-Members
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$550.00 |
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Educators/Students (seminar only) |
$250.00 |
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*CASE, NCSEA, and SEI members receive the AISC member discount.
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Send via fax to 972.349.7715 or mail to:
AISC Seminars
5109 Eagle Way
Chicago, IL 60678-1051 |
CANCELLATION POLICY: Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations received 1-3 days prior to the seminar are subject to a $125 service charge. Cancellations and no shows the day of the seminar will receive no refund.
HOTEL ROOMS: If you are interested in staying at the hotel in which the seminar is located, please call the main hotel phone number and ask to speak with Reservations.AISC has not reserved rooms, therefore you will be quoted room rates based on availability. In the event the hotel does not have rooms available, they will be able to recommend a hotel in the area within walking distance.
QUESTIONS: For registration questions, please call 800.809.2364 or email steel@wyndhamjade.com. For questions concerning AISC Continuing Education, please email seminars@aisc.org. |
Scheduled Seminars
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Speaker |
| September 30, 2010 |
Portland, OR |
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William A. Thornton |
| October 5, 2010 |
Greenville, SC - Sponsored by 
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Larry S. Muir |
| October 14, 2010 |
San Jose, CA - Sponsored by 
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William A. Thornton |
| October 14, 2010 |
Memphis, TN |
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Marshall T. (Tom) Ferrell |
| October 20, 2010 |
Oklahoma City, OK - Sponsored by
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William A. Thornton |
| November 11, 2010 |
Chicago, IL - Sponsored by 
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Larry S. Muir |
| December 9, 2010 |
Houston, TX - Sponsored by 
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Larry S. Muir |
**Hotel information will be posted at least 30 days prior to each seminar. Check back frequently for updates.
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