Steven Oosterhof (DIALOG) and Dean Anderson (Steadfast Engineering) help orient students and young professionals as they prepare for their future careers as structural engineers. Topics covered include typical construction lifecycles, daily workflow and responsibilities, and the challenges of coordination across the various links in the construction process chain.

An important aspect of designing structures is their resiliency, especially under extreme natural events like earthquakes and tsunamis. In Canada, earthquakes are most common along the three coasts, the Pacific, the Arctic, and the Atlantic. Making them high risk locations that require careful consideration when designing structures. British Columbia's coastline is one key area that falls in that region. That's why this summer, B.C. is planning to build Canada's first tsunami evacuation tower, in Haida Gwaii, which will be used to protect students after their evacuation. This same tower will also serve a second purpose during basketball events at the school. Join us for this presentation to learn more about this tower, it's second purpose, and the unique challenges that Andy and his team at Bush Bohlman & Partners faced when working on the design of this dual-purposed tower. Another structure that will be discussed is the conceptual design of the steel structure of the Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes (IAMI) at TRUIMF at UBC.

Vierendeel truss is a cost-effective truss pattern compared to traditional trusses such as Warren or Pratt. In Vierendeel Truss, diagonal members are eliminated; therefore, fabrication details are considerably reduced and simplified. However, absence of diagonal members results in substantial bending moments in branch and chord elements. Hence, the connections cannot be considered pin-jointed. Chapter K of AISC 360 presents clauses for design of moment connections of truss elements made of Hollow Structural Sections (HSS).

The Gerber Girder cantilever system is a popular roof design system for steel buildings in Canada. The system produces material savings and reduces deflections and is popular for the design of roofs in many big-box retail stores. With cantilever girders the system has stability issues that are not present in roof framing systems containing only simple span members. The talk presents simple ways of looking at and addressing the stability issues in design and how the important knowledge of this system design is now being passed on and how S16-19 will include provisions to cover Gerber framing system.

We all want to be a part of a project that is on time and on budget. In the world of steel structures, the steel connections are a significant part of the success of a project. Please join us as we discuss the many choices that exist when choosing steel connections, the economic factors to consider when choosing the type of connection to use, and some possible solutions to ensure the project can be a winner!

Qnect, an intelligent, cloud-based connection app gives fabricators, detailers and engineers fast and flexible connections with significant cost and schedule savings. In minutes, users can connect most steel buildings without capital cost and with minimal initial training. For further questions, contact John Hines: Josh@Qnect.com

Steel Centre member S-Frame Software gives a guided lesson on Staged Construction Analysis and Steel Design in S-Steel

CBFEM is a synergy of the standard approach to connection design (component method) and finite elements. It is a unique method for design and code-check of steel connections, members, and anchoring. It can be used to analyze the majority of joints, anchoring, and details of various topology while staying on the safe side defined by AISC, Eurocode, and other national standards. Thousands of engineers worldwide have adopted CBFEM within the software IDEA StatiCa.

S-FRAME Software gives a guided lesson on P-Delta and Nonlinear Analysis using S-FRAME.

Trimble presents an overview of Tekla Tedds.

Steadfast Engineering presents a view of the steel connection process, with a case study of one particularly interesting design.

Trimble gives a guided lesson on Tekla Structural Designer.