As a silver sponsor of the Greater Phoenix Area Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program, the SEAoA Central Chapter uses a portion of membership dues to support the program that mentors and encourages high school students in the field of ACE. See the flyer below for more information on this great program!

The January-March issue of the Structural Engineers Association of Arizona Newsletter is now available to view! January 2020 Newsletter.pdf

Please read to keep up to date on all the current happenings with the SEAoA, articles from SEAoA Board Members and information pertaining to the structural engineering industry.

If you have any articles, ideas, or comments for future newsletters, please send them to info@seaoa.org. 

The SEAoA Board wants to recognize and congratulate two of our SEAoA Young Members, Anthony Wulfers and Victoria Flys, who received scholarships to attend the NCSEA Summit this year in Anaheim. There were a lot of scholarship applicants this year so this is a great achievement for these two Arizona young members. Below is a link to the NCSEA website describing the scholarship. 

http://www.ncsea.com/awards/ymawards/

Victoria and Anthony's bios are highlighted below:

Victoria Flys is a structural EIT at Meyer Borgman Johnson and received her B.S.E and M.S.E in Civil (Structural) Engineering from Arizona State University. She is an active member of SEAoA's Younger Member Group, serving previously as University Outreach/Student Liaison chair. She is also on the NCSEA Steering Committee for the Timber Strong Design Build Competition at the 2019 NCSEA Summit and is a volunteer with the ACE Mentor Program in Phoenix.

Anthony Wulfers been a structural engineer for Caruso Turley Scott Structural Engineers for 7 years.  While there, he has worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from single story commercial like OHSO in downtown Gilbert up to an 11 story tower for Carvana in Las Vegas.  Anthony graduated from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO with a MS in 2012 and BS in 2010.  He has attended a few of the events put on by the young member group and was a participant on the trivia team that won our regional two years ago.

Congratulations Anthony and Victoria and enjoy the NCSEA Summit!

We are pleased to announce that Early Registration for attendees is now open for our 53rd Anniversary SEAoA Convention and Conference. These Early Registration rates will expire on Monday April 30th. 

This year, the Thursday morning sessions are also included in your registration for a total of 13.25 PDH credits offered for the 2019 Convention.

Click Here to Register!

Vendor Registration is now open for the 2019 SEAoA Convention and Conference in Scottsdale, AZ from june 13th-15th. Please click on the link below for more information and registration: 

http://seaoa.org/event-3230272?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=6/4/2019

As of January 1, 2019 all projects submitted in City of Tucson and Pima County will be required to designed to the 2108 IBC/IRC with COT/PC ammendments.

OV Amendments (different than COT/PC) are online and their new codes start 1/4/19.

Marana's are not ready yet and their adoption date is not set ("hopefully in January").

In order to  provide an organization that better fits the needs of both SEAoA members and non-members alike, the SEAoA board has prepared a short Membership Survey.  

The survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9YQL52L

For all who complete the survey and provide your name and email, you'll be entered in a random drawing for one of two $40 Amazon gift cards. The last day to submit your survey and be entered into the drawing will be December 5, 2018. We encourage both members and non-members to complete the survey to help SEAoA leadership better understand your needs for our organization.  

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Dear all SEAoA members and friends,

The report of "Snow Loads in Arizona" is available for membership review.Ground Snow Loads in Arizona for Membership Review. 

Please provide your comments or questions by July 12, 2014 to our Code Committee Chair Paul Scott at  pscott@ctsaz.com or Report author Scott Freestone at sfreestone@m3eng.com.

For your information, the most complete pertinent information is found in the table in Appendix A.  The document is searchable, except the scanned report in Appendix B.

 

Thank you,

 

SEAoA 

SEAoA Committee Meeting:

Time: June 11th 3pm to 5pm

Location: Phoenix Area @ CTS conference room; Tucson Area: M3 Office

 

Topics:

1. Continue to review the City of Phoenix SSI Certification Program.

2. Start the State Snow Load discussion in order to respond to ASCE 07.  ASCE 7 is asking for input from us regarding the snow loads in AZ.   

 

There will a conference call between the 2 locations. If you plan to attend, Phoenix area contact Paul Scott for at pscott@ctsaz.com; Tucson area, contact Mike Lu at mlu@m3eng.com.

 

Sincerely, 

SEAoA

The Phoenix ACE Mentor Program is looking for Structural Engineers to volunteer as Mentors for High School Students participating in the 2014 ACE Mentor Program at Metro Tech High School. The ACE Program is designed to introduce high school students to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in architecture, construction, engineering, and related areas of the building design and construction industry. Students in the ACE program work closely with their mentors on hypothetical projects that provide hands-on experience in solving the types of design, engineering, and construction challenges industry professionals confront every day.