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Saturday, November 2, 2024
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Registration
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Registration
Room: Compass Foyer - 3rd Floor
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
PDT
Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
PDT
Continental Breakfast
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
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Opening Plenary - An Update from NIST on Surfside Collapse
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
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Opening Plenary - An Update from NIST on Surfside Collapse
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Glenn R. Bell, P.E., S.E., C.Eng, F.SEI, F.ASCE, FIStructE
– Glenn Bell Consulting
Plenary
CE: 1.5
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
PDT
Networking Break
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
PDT
Networking Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Building Enclosure - 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PDT
Concrete Slab-On-Grade Foundation Damage Assessment for Residential Structures
Room: East
Gayatri Thakre
Vinayak Kaushal, PhD, P.E., M.ASCE
– University of Texas at Arlington
Mohammad Najafi, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
– Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE), University of Texas at Arlington
Ralph Moon, PhD
– Ralph E. Moon Consulting LLC
E
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Slab-on-Ground Foundation Performance Evaluation
Room: East
Brian C. Eubanks, MSCE, PE, SE, D-IBFES, DFE
– Paragon Structural Engineering, LTD
Dean Read
Robert F. Pierry, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE
– Pierry Consulting, Inc.
Ralph Moon, PhD
– Ralph E. Moon Consulting LLC
E
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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A Checklist for the Investigation of Concrete Slab-on-Grade Cracking
Room: East
Thanh Do, PhD, P.E. (he/him/his)
– Thornton Tomasetti
Ralph Moon, PhD
– Ralph E. Moon Consulting LLC
E
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Evaluation of Localized Differential Movement of Slabs-On-Ground: Curvature is Not Deflection
Room: East
Ryan Kalina
Chris Kahanek
Kerry Lee
Ralph Moon, PhD
– Ralph E. Moon Consulting LLC
E
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PDT
Construction Performance and Safety - 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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A Review of Fatal Fall-From-Height Accidents in Dubai Due to GRP Skylight Sheet Breakage (2018-2022)
Room: South
Raneem Ewiss
– Dubai Police GHQ
Mohammad A. Alqassim, PhD, CEng, M.ASCE, D-IBFES
– Dubai Police GHQ
Sulaiman M. Alzarooni
– Dubai Police GHQ
Ziad M. Salameh, PhD, PE
– ZSLLC
D
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Assessing and Mitigating Occupational Risks for Outdoor Workers in Post-Catastrophe Infrastructure Rebuilding
Room: South
Rostyslav Sipakov, PhD, ENV SP, M.ASCE (he/him/his)
– CoastalQuant, Inc.
Ziad M. Salameh, PhD, PE
– ZSLLC
D
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Vibration Evaluation and Remediation of Air Cooled Condenser Units
Room: South
Mohamed ElBatanouny, PhD, S.E., P.E.
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Art Hortua
Luke Traverso
Ziad M. Salameh, PhD, PE
– ZSLLC
D
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Forensic Engineering Education - 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Use of the Champlain Towers South (Surfside) Condominium Collapse To Teach Engineering and Construction Ethics
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Tara Cavalline, PhD, PE
– University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ravi Mullapudi
– MMI Engineering, Inc.
C
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Surfside Collapse Investigation Initial Findings
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Elisabeth Malsch
Ravi Mullapudi
– MMI Engineering, Inc.
Zhi Zhang
C
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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The Collapse of Champlain Towers South – Review of A Forensic Engineering Investigation
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Benjamin M. Cornelius, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE (he/him/his)
– LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
James Simpson, P.E., M.ASCE
– LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
Ravi Mullapudi
– MMI Engineering, Inc.
C
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Important Lessons Learned from CROSS-US
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Important Lessons Learned from CROSS-US
Room: North
Mike Drerup, P.E., F.ASCE
– Drerup Building Performance Engineering, Pllc
Glenn R. Bell, P.E., S.E., C.Eng, F.SEI, F.ASCE, FIStructE
– Glenn Bell Consulting
Norb Delatte, PE, F.ASCE
– School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Panel
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Natural Disasters and Extreme Conditions - 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Post-Fire Structural Assessment Considerations of Buildings and Parking Structures
Room: West
David Amori
Eric Lalli
Travis G. Ebisch, M.S., P.E.
– Nelson Forensics, LLC
B
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Damage Assessment and Repair after Large Construction Fires
Room: West
Kent Sasaki, P.E., S.E., M. ASCE
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner
Kaat Ceder, P.E. (she/her/hers)
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Zander Danto (he/him/his)
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Travis G. Ebisch, M.S., P.E.
– Nelson Forensics, LLC
B
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Post-fire structural investigation: Case study of fire-induced damage assessment and remediation of a steel-frame parking garage
Room: West
Jenny Sideri, Ph.D., P.E.
– Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Stephen Pessiki, Ph.D., FACI, FPCI
– Thorton Tomasetti
Ali Ashrafi, Ph.D., P.E., CFEI
– Thornton Tomasetti
Grace Lee, P.E.
– Thornton Tomasetti
William Kane, Ph.D., P.E.
– Thornton Tomasetti
Reyhaneh Abbasi, Ph.D.
– Thornton Tomasetti
Vahid Barzegar
Travis G. Ebisch, M.S., P.E.
– Nelson Forensics, LLC
B
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PDT
Professional Practice in Forensic Engineering - 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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FORENSIC ENGINEERING PRACTICE LESSONS – A CASE STUDY OF CLADDING FAILURES IN NEW ZEALAND
Room: Spring
Brian Hubbs
Graham Finch
Aaron Freidenberg, PhD, P.E.
– Exponent, Inc.
A
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PDT
Ethics of Engineers in the Public Discourse when Catastrophes Occur
Room: Spring
Elisabeth Malsch
Aaron Freidenberg, PhD, P.E.
– Exponent, Inc.
A
CE: 1.5
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PDT
Overbilling in Urban Pavement Works – Case Study of a City in the Brazilian Amazon
Room: Spring
Alan de Oliveira Lopes, Ph.D (he/him/his)
– Brazilian Federal Police
Aaron Freidenberg, PhD, P.E.
– Exponent, Inc.
A
CE: 1.5
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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Lunch and Committee Meetings
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
PDT
Lunch and Committee Meetings
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Construction Performance and Safety - 2
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Walking on Water: The Adverse Effects of Moisture on Flooring
Room: South
Travis G. Ebisch, M.S., P.E.
– Nelson Forensics, LLC
Chad Williams
D
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Averting Disaster – Investigating and Repairing Column Failures at a High-Rise Building Under Construction
Room: South
Benjamin M. Cornelius, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE (he/him/his)
– LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
Sami Matar, Associate Partner
– LERA
Chad Williams
D
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Forensic Engineering Education - 2
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Playing with Fire: A Case Study Highlighting the Dangers of Misinterpreting Code Requirements for Fire-Rated Partition Walls
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
James Plantes
Rebecca Bowman
C
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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Review of Core Channel Connection Failures as a Probable Source of Cascading Failure of the World Trade Center Twin Towers
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Wayne H. Coste, P.E., SM.IEEE, M.ASCE (he/him/his)
– Independent
Rebecca Bowman
C
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Litigation and Learning from the Past
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Stories from the Pasture
Room: North
Leonard Morse-Fortier, Ph.D., P.E., Member ASCE
– Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Juan Carlos Araiza, Ph.D., Ing., P.E., M.ASCE
– EFI Global
Panel
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Civil litigation and dispute resolution during urban tunnel construction
Room: North
Paola Provenzano, PHD, P.E. (she/her/hers)
– GQI Associati, Engineering and Architecture
Giuseppe Iddas
– GQI Associati, Engineering and Architecture
Juan Carlos Araiza, Ph.D., Ing., P.E., M.ASCE
– EFI Global
Panel
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Natural Disasters and Extreme Conditions - 2
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Sudden Impact: A Case Study of Explosion Damage to Residential Structures
Room: West
Amanda Ramirez
Casey Hemmatyar
B
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Repair Scope Creep
Room: West
Nicholas Sansone
Jonathan Hatlee
Casey Hemmatyar
B
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
A Comparison of Simplified Approaches to Estimate the Explosive Overpressure Yield of LI Battery Thermal Runaway in a Confined Environment
Room: West
Brian Katz
Casey Hemmatyar
B
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Professional Practice in Forensic Engineering - 2
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Resulting Damage: Tales from the Builder's Risk
Room: Spring
Lisette Terry, P.E. (she/her/hers)
– Young & Associates Engineering Services (YAES)
Chantell Cornett
A
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Unique Challenges Associated with Builders’ Risk Claims
Room: Spring
Alan Mullenix, P.E., M. ASCE
– Envista Forensics
Chantell Cornett
A
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Technologies for Forensic Investigation - 1
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
Sensitivity Analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar Data to the Relative Dielectric Constant Used in Forensic Evaluations of Concrete Slab-on-Ground Thickness
Room: East
Nathan P. Mayercsik, PhD, P.E. (he/him/his)
– Exponent, Inc.
Mat Radlinski
David Sparks
E
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PDT
A State-of-the-Art Surface Wave Analysis Technique for Investigating the Root Cause of a Cracking Slab: A Case History
Room: East
Antonios Vytiniotis, PhD, P.E.
– Geocomp
Antonios Vytiniotis
Masoud Mousavi
Gail Lollis
David Sparks
E
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
PDT
Networking Break
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
PDT
Networking Break
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Building Enclosure - 2
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Directionality Considerations in Building Facade Assessments for Distress due to Storms and Construction Defects
Room: East
Nathan P. Mayercsik, PhD, P.E. (he/him/his)
– Exponent, Inc.
Paul Bennett
Robert Gunter
E
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Post-Breakage Performance of Glass with Safety Film
Room: East
Mark Schmidt
Robert Gunter
E
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Assessing and Addressing Spontaneous Window Shatter in a Converted Industrial Building
Room: East
Benjamin M. Cornelius, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE (he/him/his)
– LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
Stephen Pfund
Robert Gunter
E
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Construction Performance and Safety - 3
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Metal Corrosion: Chemical Exposure Testing
Room: South
Nolan Wells, P.E., MRSA
– NV5
Adam Water
Amr Helal, PhD, P.E., PMP, M.ASCE
– Bryant Consultants
D
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
It’s 2024, Do You Know What’s Going on Under Your Sidewalk? - Subgrade Column Corrosion in Midrise Steel Buildings
Room: South
Damian J. Moser, P.E. (he/him/his)
– Thornton Tomasetti
William Kane, Ph.D., P.E.
– Thornton Tomasetti
Jonathan P. Rivera, PhD
– Thornton Tomasetti
Amr Helal, PhD, P.E., PMP, M.ASCE
– Bryant Consultants
D
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Brittle Cracking of HSS Tube Steel
Room: South
Kent Sasaki, P.E., S.E., M. ASCE
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner
Tim Kern
Hayley A. Proctor, P.E. (she/her/hers)
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Kaat Ceder, P.E. (she/her/hers)
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Amr Helal, PhD, P.E., PMP, M.ASCE
– Bryant Consultants
D
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Load and Capacity Considerations for Stringers in Shoring Towers
Room: South
Aaron Freidenberg, PhD, P.E.
– Exponent, Inc.
Amr Helal, PhD, P.E., PMP, M.ASCE
– Bryant Consultants
D
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Ethical Consideration on Qualifications of Forensic Engineering Experts
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Standard of Care and Engineering Judgement – Duty to Warn
Room: North
Leonard Morse-Fortier, Ph.D., P.E., Member ASCE
– Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Mike Drerup, P.E., F.ASCE
– Drerup Building Performance Engineering, Pllc
Anthony M. Dolhon, P.E., M.ASCE
– Dolhon Forensics
Joshua Ben Kardon, SE, PhD, FASCE
– Joshua B. Kardon and Co.
Derrick Hancock
Panel
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Infrastructure Performance - 1
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Failure of Bridges with Full-depth Precast Concrete (FDPC) Deck Systems - Cancelled
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Adel E. Abdelnaby, PhD, PE
– University of Memphis
Maha Moddather Hassan
C
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Structural Safety, Efficiency and Expressiveness
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
– Kent State University
Laura Sullivan-Green, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
– San Jose State University
C
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Dynamic Analysis and Remediation Strategies for Railroad Bridge Vibrations
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Akshay Beniwal, P.E
– WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Byoung-jun Lee, PhD, PE, SE
– WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Brian Green-Cariño
Laura Sullivan-Green, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
– San Jose State University
C
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Specialized Inspections in Post-Tensioned Bridges
Room: Courtyard Ballroom
Paul Parfitt, PE, SE (he/him/his)
– Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Travis Green
Laura Sullivan-Green, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
– San Jose State University
C
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Natural Disasters and Extreme Conditions - 3
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Forensic Engineering - The Key for Revamping Existing Structures - Cancelled
Room: West
Robert Hertle, C.S.Eng., M.ASCE (he/him/his)
– Hertle Ingenieure
B
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Assessing Hurricane-Induced Structural Damage: Implications for Building Resilience and Design Standards
Room: West
Ravi Mullapudi, PhD, P.E., S.E., P.Eng
– Walter P Moore
Jason D. Gregorie, P.E., M.ASCE
– Applied Building Sciences, Inc.
B
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Analysis of Floodwater Entry to Corporate Campus
Room: West
Dave Peraza
James (Bob) R. Bailey, PhD, P.E., F. ASCE
– Exponent, Inc
Jason D. Gregorie, P.E., M.ASCE
– Applied Building Sciences, Inc.
B
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
PDT
Hurricane Damage to Residential Structures: Wind Damage Overview
Room: West
Kasra Ghahremani, PhD, P.E., P. Eng., M.ASCE
– Exponent
Jason D. Gregorie, P.E., M.ASCE
– Applied Building Sciences, Inc.
B
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
PDT
Happy Hour Hosted by InspectMind
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
PDT
Happy Hour Hosted by InspectMind
Room: The Fig & The Judge - Second Floor