March 1, 2019 - 7:00am to 11:00am

Chicago Trade Show and Symposium

 

The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois is pleased to announce the 27th Annual Chicago Trade Show and Symposium. The event provides a forum for engineers and architects to interact with trade professionals and to attend informative presentations. Attendees typically represent a diverse cross-section of all aspects of the profession including: design, construction management, material suppliers, academia, general contracting, and owners’ representation.  

 

Program

 7:00 am – 7:30 am

Registration open, Breakfast, Visit Exhibitors

 7:30 am – 7:40 am

Welcome and Introductions

 7:40 am – 7:57 am

Building the Future — Challenges of Designing with New Materials

Steve Zimmerman, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

 7:57am - 8:17 am

Exhibitor Introductions

 8:17 am - 8:23 am

SpeedCore: Lateral System Innovation for Today's Construction Challenges

Jennifer Traut-Todaro, American Institute of Steel Construction

 8:23 am - 8:29 am

Strengthening of Concrete and Masonry Structures using Externally Bonded Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM)

J. Bret Turley, Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.

 8:29 am - 8:46 am

Innovations in Cast Steel: The Chicago Transit Authority Belmont Station Canopy

Jennifer Anna Pazdon, Cast Connex

 8:46 am - 8:52 am

Deck Connections and the Factors that Affect Performance

Nishan Pethiyagoda, Hilti

 8:52 am - 8:58 am

Braced Frame Adaptations for Speed and Height

Matthew W. Streid, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

 8:58 am - 9:28 am

Break – Visit Exhibitors

 9:28 am - 9:45 am

3D Printed Concrete – Barracks Hut Case Study

Benton Johnson, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

 9:45 am - 9:51 am

Structural Analysis for a Portal Frame Building with Material Uncertainty​

Alberto Fernandez, Ciorba Group

 9:51 am - 9:57 am

Structural Steel: The Unsung Hero at Wrightwood659

Michael Murphy, Thornton Tomasetti

 9:57 am - 10:14 am

Concrete Shoring: Understand and Plan for Stiffness Compatibility Issues

Matthew Wagner, Raths, Raths, and Johnson

10:14 am - 10:20 am

Rigid Origami Kinematic Surface

Benton Johnson, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

10:20 am - 10:26 am

Extending the Service Life of a 4-span Reinforced Concrete Bridge through Targeted Corrosion Evaluation and Mitigation with Distributed Anodes

J. Chris Ball, Vector Corrosion Technologies

10:26 am - 11:00 am

Raffle – Visit Exhibitors

 



The Chicago Trade Show and Symposium is a half-day event that includes five 25-minute presentations and breakfast. The event also includes ample time to interact with up to 20 vendors.  The Trade Show and Symposium topics are current and relevant to the audience. The event is limited to a single session, so attendees benefit from the information shared in every presentation.  Continuing education of 2 PDHs/CEs certificates will be granted.

Location

University Club of Chicago

75 E. Monroe Street

Chicago, IL

Registration

The registration fee is just $40 for members and $50 for non-members.

Students: $10

The registration fee will be waived for the presenting authors.

Exhibitor Opportunities

Limited Exhibitor Opportunities are available at $775 per space.  Exhibitors will be given the opportunity for a brief introduction of their company (1 to 2 minutes) at the podium. Exhibitors will receive recognition in the program, one admission, and access to participants during breakfast and breaks.  For more information or to reserve your space online, please visit this page

Sponsorship Opportunities

Companies who wish to sponsor the event are encouraged to choose one of the three different levels of corporate sponsorship:

Gold: $850– Recognition on SEAOI website and in event program, display of poster at event, and recognition for sponsoring breakfast and an opportunity to distribute promotional items to all attendees

Silver: $500 – Recognition in the SEAOI website and in event program and display of poster at event

Bronze: $300 – Recognition in the SEAOI website and in event program

Companies interested in sponsoring this event are invited to register here.

About The Speakers





Jennifer Traut-Todaro, SE, LEED AP

Jennie is a Senior Advisor in the AISC Steel Solutions Center.  She has worked for a handful of engineering and A/E firms.  She has been involved with SEAOI on a variety of committees and is serving a second term on the Board of Directors.  Jennie is also an active member of the NCSEA SE3 Committee as Recruitment and Communications Chair.

SpeedCore: Lateral System Innovation for Today's Construction Challenges

SpeedCore is a non-proprietary system of concrete-filled composite plate shear walls (CF-CPSW).  The system replaces reinforced concrete core construction in multi-story buildings with the advantage of construction speed standing out as the most significant project benefit. The steel plate composite wall system leverages the stiffness of concrete and the speed and accuracy of steel for a superior lateral system.


Bret Turley, M.S., P.E.

Bret Turley is a licensed Professional Engineer (California) with 30 years of professional experience in structural design and construction.  In his current role, he provides engineering support for Simpson Strong-Tie Composite Strengthening Systems (CSS) product lines to design professionals and contractors in a 24 state region of the Midwest and Northeastern United States.  

Strengthening of Concrete and Masonry Structures using Externally Bonded Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM)

Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) is a new and innovative composite material, which provides unique advantages to traditional Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites.  

This presentation will provide an overview of FRCM and address important considerations including applicable codes and standards, material properties, installation, qualification testing, quality assurance, field & lab testing, and key governing limits when designing with FRCM.




Nishan Pethiyagoda

Nishan Pethiyagoda is a Lead Field Engineer with Hilti, Inc.  In his 22 years at Hilti, he has been involved with various aspects of fastening systems from engineering design to product development and marketing. Nishan holds a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering and a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.



Deck Connections and the Factors that Affect Performance

The structural community specifies roof and floor deck connections as traditional arc spot puddle welds, screw fasteners, or mechanical fasteners. This presentation will identify the limitations of deck connection types and will bring awareness to the most consistent and reliable fastening approach.




Matthew W. Streid, SE

As a high-rise office specialist at MKA, Matt has managed projects throughout the country alongside world-class design professionals.  Matt’s design experience ranges from large-scale office campus developments to high-rise towers.  Having a background in architectural studies, Matt enjoys working closely with architects to realize their vision while striving towards cost-effective solutions. Matt earned his Master of Architecture-Structures and Bachelor of Science-Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Braced Frame Adaptations for Speed and Height

The fast delivery schedule of the 19-story office building at 145 Broadway in Cambridge, MA directed the need for an up-down construction scheme with steel braced frames.  Coordination with the contractor, fabricator and erector helped execute supplemental solutions in steel plate shear walls and composite columns on the schedule of a traditional braced frame.




Michael Murphy, AIA

Michael is a Project Engineer within TT's Renewal group. He is an engineer and licensed architect passionate about breathing new life into existing structures. He relies on his architectural education, construction experience, and engineering expertise to help architects and owners tackle challenging projects. Whether a major renovation including demolition and new construction or an investigation and repair project, Michael enjoys the learning process involved in working on a diverse range of projects.

Structural Steel: The Unsung Hero at Wrightwood659

The new Wrightwood659 Art Gallery in Lincoln Park has received much press since its Grand Opening in the fall of 2018 boasting an atrium of salvaged brick and glistening concrete by world famous architect Tadao Ando. However, hidden behind the amazing photos of Ando Concrete and incredible interiors are several STRUCTURAL STEEL frames inserted within the existing wood framed building prior to its demolition. The steel frames, now forever cast in concrete, have a story to tell and secrets to reveal helpful to all structural engineers.




Matthew Wagner, SE

Matt Wagner, S.E. is a Senior Project Engineer at Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc., an Illinois-based national engineering, architecture, and forensics consulting firm specializing in the investigation, design, repair, and testing of building structures, enclosures, and materials. He has 15 years of experience in structural design, assessment, and constructability review of a wide range of building types.  His design background includes significant aviation, stadium, and entertainment complexes. He is a member of SEAOI, ACI, and AISC.

While most concrete floor systems are repetitive and concrete shoring design can follow the ACI 347 simplified method, the EOR and project team must understand when a more detailed analysis should be performed. 

 




J. Chris Ball

Chris is Vice President of Vector Corrosion Technologies, a leading provider of solutions to preserve and extend the service life of concrete structures.  Chris has over 20 years of construction industry experience with a specialty in concrete rehabilitation and corrosion protection systems.  He is a member of National Association of Corrosion Engineers, International Concrete Repair Institutes and American Concrete Institute where he is Chairman of ACI committee E706, Concrete Repair Education.

Extending the Service Life of a 4-span Reinforced Concrete Bridge through Targeted  Corrosion Evaluation and Mitigation with Distributed Anodes

Extending the Service Life of a 4-span Reinforced Concrete Bridge through Targeted Corrosion Evaluation and Mitigation with Distributed Anodes, utilizing galvanic encapsulation.




Alberto Fernandez

Junior Structures Engineer at Ciorba Group. MsC Structural Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. BsC Civil Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Almost one year of experience in various IDOT and INDOT bridge and culvert design projects and broad experience in studying and working in Germany, USA, Benin and Spain.




Structural Analysis for a Portal Frame Building with Material Uncertainty
 
The material and geometrical properties of an existing building change throughout its lifespan. Therefore, quantification of those properties is uncertain when determining its structural response. In this work, structural analysis on two portal frames of an existing building with uncertainty in their material properties is performed. The analysis results show that this method, due to consideration of uncertainties, can be used for decision making on the need for the repair, retrofit and rehabilitations of existing buildings. 

Steve Zimmerman

Steve Zimmerman is Unit Manager and Associate Principal in WJE's Structural Testing and Instrumentation group in Northbrook, IL.  Mr. Zimmerman joined WJE in 2001 and has since been involved in projects investigating wood, steel, and concrete structures as well as laboratory and field testing of construction materials and structural systems.  Assignments have included field investigation, assessment, analysis, and repair design of existing structures.

Building the Future — Challenges of Designing with New Materials

As new construction materials get introduced to the market it is important that engineers become familiar with factors beyond just the mechanical properties associated with those materials as part of the evaluation process.   Items that should be considered include long term performance characteristics, environmental exposure and interaction, and also whether the material behavior is consistent with the basis of design for existing codes.


Jennifer Anna Pazdon, PE and Ka Lung Ng, PE, SE, CPEng

Ms Pazdon is a licensed structural engineer in NY with over 13 years of experience in design of structures. She received her Bachelors from Carnegie Mellon University and her Masters from Princeton University where her studies focused on aesthetics, efficiency, and economy in structural design. After working as a structural engineering consultant in NYC and SE Asia, in 2016 she joined Cast Connex to open the NYC office and provide engineering, design-assist, and client-collaboration support.

Innovations in Cast Steel: The Chicago Transit Authority Belmont Station Canopy

The rehabilitation of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Belmont Station on the O’Hare line features the addition of a soaring, curving, cantilevered canopy. Three columns support a glass roof structure that cantilevers nearly 60 ft to the front and 30 ft to the rear. The cantilevers are composed of architecturally exposed loops of continuously tapering, built-up rectangular hollow steel sections. 


 Benton Johnson, PE, SE



Benton Johnson is a senior structural engineer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in Chicago. He has been with SOM for 12 years working on a broad range of international and domestic projects. His work also includes research projects and experimental buildings constructed with additive manufacturing (3D printing). 

3D Printed Concrete – Barracks Hut Case Study



Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is a rapidly expanding field with applications in prototyping, product manufacturing, and the building industry. Several recent demonstration buildings have been recently completed, including two barracks-huts (B-Huts) constructed at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) at the US Army Corps of Engineers’ facility in Champaign, Illinois. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) assisted CERL in the design of their second B-Hut, which was designed to meet the intent of building codes. This presentation will review the design of the second B-Hut and the challenges of 3D printed concrete materials. 

 

Rigid Origami Kinematic Surface

The MAK Center Pavilion is the world's first large-scale, kinematic, rigid origami structure. Constructed from flat panels, the shape allows the pavilion surface to move and flex in a specific motion with the application of minimal force. The structure was a result of numerous firm-wide structural engineering and architectural research initiatives.

 

 

 Organizing Committee

Soliman Khudeira, PhD, SE, PE (Committee Chair) - Chicago DOT

Steve Citko, SE, PE -  EXP US Services, Inc.

Kevin Conroy, SE, PE - Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger

Jamal Grainawi, SE, PE - WSP USA, Inc

Brain Lammert, SE, PE - Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc.

Matthew Wagner, SE - Raths, Raths & Johnson, Inc.

Stephanie Crain (Executive Director) – SEAOI

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Participants

Jacob Behnke ( IIT )
Daksh Patel ( IIT )
Daoud Abbasi ( IIT )
Dhananjay Patil ( IIT )
Nicholas Wozniak ( IIT )
Hamza Sekkak ( IIT )
Prakarsh Gurmule ( IIT )
Oriol Alamany Muniz ( IIT )
Haobo Zhai ( IIT )
Yichun Zhao ( IIT )
Xiaolu Zhao ( IIT )
Ii Zhang ( IIT )
Leutrim Demiri ( IIT )
Naekyung Han ( IIT )
Gonzalo Martinez ( Hilti )
Scott Pfeifer ( Hilti, Inc. )
Harry Kuchma ( The Structural Group, Ltd. )
Majid Mobasseri ( Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. )
Edmund Castle ( HKN ENGINEERS )
Yi-Ming Lan ( Alfred Benesch & Company )
Benton Johnson ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP )
Jonathan Tavarez ( AISC )
Debajyoti Saha ( University of Illinois at Chicago )
Satyapal Patel
Marlou Rodriguez ( Simpson Strong-Tie )
Steve Muzzillo ( Thatcher Foundations )
Noel Outlaw ( Thatcher Foundations )
Mike Bronson ( Thatcher Foundations )
Mohil Manish Shah
Steven Jastrzebski ( Sargent & Lundy )
Nancy Collins ( Collins Assocs. )
Terry Refai ( AECOM )
Alexandra Stern
John McLean ( Sargent & Lundy LLC )
Marlou Rodriguez ( Simpson Strong-Tie )
Brian Quinn ( SE University by SE Solutions, LLC )
Jennifer Pazdon ( Cast Connex )
Don Jabczynski ( S.E. Enhancements, LLC )
Diane Knight ( WickRight, Inc. )
Robert Kelly ( WickRight, Inc. )
Roman Szczesniak ( RSJR Engineering Ltd. )
Michelle Ryland ( Klein & Hoffman )
Matt Brady ( SidePlate Systems, Inc. )
Jason Hoover ( SidePlate Systems, Inc. )
Jonathan Baranowski ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP )
Negar Kamali ( Skidmore, Owens and Merrill LLP )
Wandi Liu ( Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP )
Tianshu Wan ( Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP )
Jeff Burandt ( Berglund Construction )
Richard Thompson ( Berglund Construction )
Salvatore DiBernardo ( Ciorba Group )
Elias Ajami ( Illinois Tollway )
ira Norooz ( Maxima Consultants Corp. )
Torna Liladhar Patil
Deborah Zroka ( Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc. )
T. John Wysockey ( Thatcher Foundations, Inc. )
Adam Theiss ( Magnusson Klemencic Associates )
William Kolbuk ( Sargent & Lundy LLC )
Mark Sitar ( Sitar Construction, LLC )
Hank Krusec ( Nucor - Vulcraft Verco Group )
Kendall Clyde ( Nucor - Vulcraft Verco Group )
J. Bret Turley ( Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. )
Nishan Pethiyagoda ( Hilti, Inc. )
Matthew Streid ( Magnusson Klemencic Associates )
Michael Murphy ( Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. )
Daniel Koroski ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP )
Matthew Wagner ( Raths Raths and Johnson Inc )
Alberto Fernandez ( Ciorba Group )
Steve Zimmerman ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. )
Jennifer Pazdon ( Cast Connex )
J. Chris Ball ( Vector Corrosion Technologies )
Nancy Radler ( SEAOI )
Mary Jane Davis ( SEAOI )
Stephanie Crain ( SEAOI )
Jennifer Traut-Todaro ( AISC - American Institute of Steel Construction )
Kevin Hooley ( DSI )
John Miller ( Nayyar & Nayyar, International, Inc. )
Pat Johnson ( Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP )
William Flannigan ( AECOM )
Alex Brown ( Nucor - Vulcraft Verco Group )
Bruce Kaskel ( Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (Chicago) )
Jamal Grainawi ( WSP USA )
Garret Browne ( Rockey structures )
John Jaglinski ( IMEG Corp )
Joseph Dardis ( AISC - American Institute of Steel Construction )
Debra Hoegemeyer ( Uptown Structural Engineering LLC )
Christopher Rockey ( Rockey Structures, LLC )
Sainath Reddivari ( Lakeshore Engineering, LLC )
Ditarijus Adomenas ( HED )
Ken Nizamuddin ( Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. )
Steve Citko ( exp US Services, Inc. )
Harry Allen ( HRA Engineering LLC )
Steve Elver ( GEI Consultants, Inc. )
Aphrodite Angelakos ( a1a Design Group Corporation )
Ronald Boehm
Mehmet Civelek ( DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc. )
Derek Lewis ( DeWalt - Engineered by Powers )
Richard Morales ( LB Foster )
Shiva Modala ( Illinois Institute Of Technology )
RICHARD LANSU ( N/A )
Dallas Williams ( George A Kennedy Assoc )
Lucian Dumitru ( George A Kennedy Assoc )
Elizabeth Brewer ( Sargent & Lundy LLC )
Luke Johnson ( American Institute of Steel Construction )
Don Buytaert ( ITW RedHead Anchors )
Kenneth Hansen ( Lindapter )
Paul Brasileiro ( Fyfe Company, LLC )
Jeff Diqui ( International Masonry Institute )
Nishan Pethiyagoda ( Hilti, Inc. )
Jennifer Pazdon ( CastConnex )
Priscila Carrijo ( Simpson Strong-Tie )
Shiv Agarwal ( Nayyar & Nayyar International, Inc. )
Soliman Khudeira ( CDOT - Engineering )
George Krupa ( Lakeshore Engineering, LLC )