01/18/2014 Saturday – Code Update and Energy Dissipation for High-rise
In the morning, Prof Lu will give a presentation about the energy dissipation study and application in high-rise building design. The presentation in afternoon by Mr. Philip Yin is with a topic “Updated Building Code (IBC2012, CBC2013) in structural aspect.” The seminar will cover the changes on loadings (winds, seismic), on structural types of Wood, Steel, Concrete, and Masonry. In between of afternoon sessions, Shaw Zhang will provide a brief report about his experience at “The 2nd Annual Commercial Building architecture, Designing, Performance Summit” held in Nov, 2013 in Shanghai, China.
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Before the enforcement of the new building code at beginning of 2014 for CBC, OCCSEA would like to offer a seminar for our members and also non-members. This seminar will focus on the new mandatory changes to new building codes that will impact both residential and nonresidential structures. The presentation is by Mr. Philip Yin with a topic “Updated Building Code (IBC2012, CBC2013) in structural aspect.” This seminar will cover the changes on loadings (winds, seismic), on structural types of Wood, Steel, Concrete, and Masonry.

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