CASE STUDY: RECENT LARGE SIDEPLATE PROJECT IN A NON-SEISMIC REGION IS A HUGE SUCCESS
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AMBULATORY CARE CENTER
Minneapolis, MN
Notable features:
--IBC seismic provisions are deleted from the State of MN Building Code
--challenging tall first story and bad soils, tough for moment frames
--speed-to-market favored steel over concrete
Size: 5-story, 340,000 sq ft
Architect: CannonDesign/Studio Five Architects
Structural Engineer: CannonDesign
Fabricator: LeJeune Steel Co./Wisconsin Structural Steel
Erector: Danny's Construction
Contractor: McGough
Click the picture above to watch 270,000 sq ft of building steel go up in less than 6 weeks (average of ~9,500 sq ft per day).
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This year's Steel Day will officially be held on Sep 25, 2015
Steel Day is the annual celebration of the structural steel industry hosted by AISC. Although still called "Steel Day", events now stretch over several days during that week, including shop tours of fabricators and service centers, interesting job site tours, and webinars. See your options at the Steel Day website:
http://steeldayevents.aisc.org
SidePlate Steel Day events:
- Fabricator shop tour at AMFAB Steel, NM: 9/23/15 at 11am Mountain (details)
- SidePlate modeling in RAM software: 9/24/15 at 12pm Central (webinar or in-person)
- SidePlate modeling in RAM software: 9/24/15 at 2pm Central (webinar or in-person)
- Project site tour at UHS Henderson project, NV: 9/25/15 at 12pm Pacific (details)
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Project tour at Wash U/BJC Med Center, MO: 9/25/15 at 7am Central (details)
- Project site tour at Orange Regional Med Ctr, NY: 9/25/15 at 12:30pm Eastern (details)
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WHERE ELSE TO FIND SIDEPLATE
In addition to the Steel Day events above, we'll be at these upcoming events in person:
Lincoln, NE, Sep 16-18:
SDS/2 Users Group Conference
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Columbus, OH, Sep 17-18:
SEAoO Annual Conference
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Las Vegas, NV, Oct 1-2: NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit website>> Charlotte, NC, Oct 15-16: SEA of NC State Conference
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Atlanta, GA, Oct 21:
SEAOG Structural Steel Seminar
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Rancho Mirage, CA, Oct 21-23:
AGC of CA Annual Conference
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Houston, TX, Oct 22-23: SEAoT State Conference website>>
Helena, MT, Nov 4-5:
2015 Joint Engineering Conference
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Nashville, TN, Nov 12-13:
TNSEA Annual State Convention
San Francisco, CA, Dec 10-12:
ATC & SEI Conference on Seismic Performance
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Upcoming webinars:
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