Post Conference Workshops

Stay after the conference and attend the thought-provoking workshops listed below.  Each workshop period, limited to 50 participants, provides 1.5 PDHs.  The registration fee for the ASCE 7-10 Wind Load Changes, a two-part workshop, is $100.  There is no charge for the Research Needs Workshop sponsored by NIST.  All other workshops are $50 per session.  Fees are payable at the time of registration.

CANCELLED - ASCE 7-10 Wind Load Changes

ASCE 7-10 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures has been recently revised.  These revisions will affect every engineer who has used ASCE 7 in the past and those who are just beginning to use it for determining wind loads on structures.  Some of the differences include, the determination of the basic wind speed with new wind speed maps, the classification of buildings, and simplified procedures have new methods for determining wind pressures for buildings as tall as 160 ft.  The workshop will include information about the primary changes and some of the background about the changes to help the practicing engineer understand the basis for the changes.

Design of Coastal Buildings - Structures and Flooding

There has been increased interest in the impact natural disasters have on our built environment with Hurricane Ike hitting the Texas coast in 2008, Hurricane Katrina striking the Gulf Coast in 2005, the multiple hurricanes that devastated Florida in 2004 and the predictions of continued strong hurricane activity in the years to come.  Engineers and architects located in areas potentially impacted by these devastating storms need to know the latest findings from past events in order to improve upon future designs.  Learn about the latest in foundation design and coastal flood best practices from two of the nation's experts in the practice of natural hazard design concepts.  

Design of Coastal Buildings - Components and Wind

There has been increased interest in the impact natural disasters have on our built environment with Hurricane Ike hitting the Texas coast in 2008, Hurricane Katrina striking the Gulf Coast in 2005, the multiple hurricanes that devastated Florida in 2004 and the predictions of continued strong hurricane activity in the years to come.  Engineers and architects located in areas potentially impacted by these devastating storms need to know the latest findings from past events in order to improve upon future designs.  Learn about the latest in high wind design particularly as it is applied to components and cladding issues from one of the nation's experts in the practice of natural hazard design concepts as they apply to the building envelope.

CANCELLED - Post-Event Safety Assessment of Buildings using ATC-45

Workshop attendees receive training on the ATC-45 Field Manual:  Safety Evaluation of Buildings after Windstorms and Floods.  They will be instructed on the contents of the ATC-45 Field Manual, which has published by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) in 2004.  The ATC-45 Field Manual provides guidelines and procedures to determine whether damaged or potentially damaged buildings are safe for use after windstorms or floods, or if entry should be restricted or prohibited.  The Field Manual gives guidance on evaluating structural, geotechnical, and nonstructural risk, and suggestions on how to rate the safety significance of certain types of damage.

Research Needs Workshop -NIST

Practitioners and researchers are invited to join the discussion about what wind and coastal inundation research needs should/must be pursued in order to reduce the losses caused by these events.  NIST is asking the "hurricane community" for input on the research needs they should include in their Research Roadmap on Windstorm and Coastal Inundation Impact Reduction, which is now under development by the ATC.  This workshop will build on a two-day research needs assessment and prioritization workshop held in June 2012.  The results of the workshop will be used to modify and/or add new research and development needs, adjusting the priorities, adjusting the connection to specific program elements and adding depth to the report that will summarize the research roadmap for NIST.

Systems Based Approaches to Retrofitting Residential Structures

It is paramount when delivering risk reduction and increased resiliency to high wind events that a mitigation standard includes solutions for both at-risk components as well as vulnerable systems.  Additionally, the standard must be uniformly applied and consistently enforced.  Meaningful risk reduction will allow the market to develop a wide range of incentives for property owners to make necessary upgrades.  Learn about two such systems based approaches developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and FEMA.  The IBHS FORTIFIED standard is being used as the basis for incentives in several coastal states.  Additionally, by adhering to FEMA's Wind Retrofit guidance, communities would meet FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance requirements and are potentially eligible for project grant funding.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012

Tour 1:  The Miami Marlins New Stadium

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Visit the RWDI wind tunnel first to see where the Miami Marlins stadium was built as a model and tested in the wind tunnel.  Then visit the new stadium to see the wind engineering concepts used in the design of the stadium and retractable roof.

Tour 2: The National Hurricane Center and the Wall of Wind at Florida International University

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Visit first the home of the National Hurricane Center and the Miami National Weather Service Office and see where hurricane forecasts are provided to the public, and see what the hurricane forecasters are doing when they are not on camera.  The tour will move just a few blocks away to the new Wall of Wind research facility on the campus of Florida International University.  Learn about what types of research are being done in this very unique facility.

Tour 3:  Wall of Wind at Florida International University

(tour does not include the National Hurricane Center)

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Visit the new Wall of Wind research facility on the campus of Florida International University.  Learn about what types of research are being done in this very unique facility.