2ND ANNUAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE (SEE) AWARD WEBINAR SERIES |
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Learn about the best structures of 2021 from the structural engineers who worked on them in this free webinar series sponsored by Atlas Tube. Each webinar will include presentations about each of the NCSEA Structural Engineering Excellence (SEE) Outstanding Projects, along with interactive question and answer sessions.
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- Register for all six webinars in the seminar and receive up to 8.5 PDHS (for live sessions only).
- Recordings will be available for free, no PDHs are attached to the recordings.
- Each series registration is per person.
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Would you like to submit your project for the 2022 SEE Awards?
Visit our website for more information. Project winners are celebrated at the NCSEA Summit in November and then recognized in various communications channels throughout the AEC Community.
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CALL FOR SPECIAL AWARD NOMINEES |
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The NCSEA Special Awards are presented to members who have provided outstanding service and commitment to the association and to the structural engineering profession. NCSEA Special Awards include the NCSEA Service Award, Robert Cornforth Award, Susan M. Frey Educator Award, James Delahay Award, and the Susan Ann "Susie" Jorgensen Presidential Leadership Award.
The deadline for nominations is July 12, 2022.
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Welcome to the next installment of Read.Watch.Listen: a monthly forum hosted by the NCSEA SE3 Committee to share and promote conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the structural engineering profession. Each month, we will curate a series of articles, audio-visual and digital media to facilitate self-education in matters that affect our professional practice as structural engineers. Whether you choose to read, watch, or listen (or all three!), we hope you will join us in this important conversation.
Last year, we highlighted how to begin conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace in July’s post. This month, we’re sharing resources to help continue those discussions. While these conversations can be difficult at times, we hope the references below will encourage you to participate in, or even facilitate, a dialogue within your office.
We’re also celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Check out last year’s post here to find ways to support our AAPI colleagues.
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Author Eric Mosley illustrates the importance of cultural expansion—giving new context to company values. Mosley emphasizes how an evolving company culture produces the best outcomes for employees and employers alike. Similar to resources we shared in our January 2021 post, this article addresses difficulties with hiring for cultural fit as well as benefits of bringing unique voices into the workplace.
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In this video, hosts Jess and Crystal share methods for successfully leading conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion at work. The episode is centered around their three tips for facilitators, including the importance of establishing ground rules, making sure all voices are heard, and designing with an end in mind.
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“In this episode of the Creative Confidence Podcast, we sit down with Lauren to learn how she’s designed community conversations that promote a greater understanding of diversity of all kinds. She shares tips for how to host difficult conversations at work, how to build a more expansive culture, and why having conversations is action itself.” (Creative Confidence Podcast, 2020, para. 3)
*If you are limited on time, consider starting the podcast at 27:32.
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YOUNG MEMBER TRIVIA NIGHT
COME JOIN THE FUN!
June 22, 2022, in Zoom
It’s time to organize your teams and sign up for this year’s Young Member Group Trivia Night! On Wednesday, June 22, YMG chapters and groups of young engineers from across the country will connect to compete in a Zoom trivia event. As done in previous years, the event will be split into Eastern and Western events with the first competition at 6 pm EDT / 5 pm CDT and the second competition at 6 pm MDT / 5 pm PDT. The top team from each time slot will receive a $100 gift card for their Young Member Group!
Enroll your team by emailing Eric McElrath (EMcElrath@engineeredsupply.com). Please include your name, Member Organization (SEA), and the number of teams you want to sign-up. Detailed instructions for the event will be sent out to each team prior to the event. Start polishing up your knowledge of random engineering facts and see you there!
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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE
2022 NCSEA STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SUMMIT
November 1-4, 2022 in Chicago
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NCSEA is excited to announce that the 2022 Structural Engineering Summit will be held in Chicago from November 1–4, 2022. Plan to join us in the “windy city” to learn and network with those who know “wind loads” best! Mark your calendars, and look for more details and registration information soon.
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The NCSEA Resilience Committee seeks to provide a multidisciplinary collaboration platform to formulate recommendations and innovations to enhance resilience in the built environment. In an effort to further the Committee’s goal to educate the structural engineering community on resilience approaches to planning, design, and construction, the following resilience-focused content addresses strategies, practices, and ways of thinking to meet the challenges of designing in a multi-hazard environment. Acknowledging that resilience-thinking is cross-disciplinary, the content highlighted will be from many different perspectives and disciplines intentionally.
Climate Change and an Emerging Standard of Care
Most current building codes in the United States do not include consideration of climate change projections and how the impacts of climate change will affect the building over its useful life. Yet we are designing buildings with the intention that they will be around for 50+ years.
The vast majority of building codes in the US rely on FEMA flood maps when addressing flooding issues. FEMA flood maps use backwards looking data and do not incorporate sea level rise projections. While the FEMA flood maps, aptly named flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs), may be fit for purpose when considering flood insurance premiums on an annual basis (although many would argue this point too), some cities and engineers are coming to the realization that they are not fit for purpose when designing a building that will be around for many years to come.
Several cities have developed climate resilient design guidelines, but meeting these guidelines is not a requirement to get a building permit today. Prudent engineers are adapting their designs to incorporate climate change projections, however this is far from the norm at this point. While climate change projections vary widely dependent on the emission scenario that plays out over the next few years, in which we have a role to play as engineers too, the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring and will impact our communities is clear. An emerging standard of care regarding the responsibility of the engineer to address climate change issues in design is worth following as you consider your role as an engineer designing buildings not just for our communities today but to serve future generations.
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SEAOSC INAUGURAL WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER NETWORKING EVENT |
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Congratulations to SEAOSC-Structural Engineers Association of Southern California on the success of its inaugural Women Working Together Networking Event. The event was a collaboration between the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles Women in Architecture Committee (AIALA-WiA); National Association of Women in Construction Los Angeles Chapter (NAWIC-LA); Structural Engineers Association of Southern California Women in Structural Engineering Committee (SEAOSC-WiSE) and Women in Construction Operations Southern California Chapter (WiOPS). |
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MAY 31
JUNE 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
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