Assessing Wood Structures, Balconies and Decks

Part 1 – Assessing Wood Structures, Presented by Kelly Cobeen, S.E
Wood structures of all ages make up the large majority of the U.S. building stock. As a result, opportunities to assess and evaluate wood structures come up on a regular basis, whether due to planned changes in how the structure will be used, or because damage is discovered or suspected. The expectations that an engineer should have when embarking on assessment and later evaluation of wood structures is very different than might apply to concrete or steel structures. This presentation will set the stage for expectations when approaching assessment and later evaluation of existing wood structures and end by sharing examples of assessments for changed use and for damaged structures.

Part 2 – Assessing Balconies and Decks, Presented by Kevin Moore, P.E., S.E.
Legislation passed in California has created an uptick in external elevated element (EEE) investigation and repair. As balconies tend to be the most common EEE, the webinar will focus on wood framed balconies and their various components. We will identify where we find the greatest risk in a typical balcony framing system and how best to spot potential hazards and issues during a visual inspection. You will learn about wood structural element deterioration, what causes it and how it can be minimized or mitigated.

• Course will award 1.5 hour of continuing education
• This course is Diamond Review approved in 49 states. New York does not accept hours from recordings.

Speakers:

Kelly Cobeen, S.E., is a Principal with Wiss Janney Elstner Associates in their San Francisco area office and is a registered Civil and Structural Engineer with more than 30 years of experience. She has been involved in numerous code, standard and guideline development projects, research, and educational activities. This includes involvement in updates to the NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings, the ASCE 7 seismic provisions, numerous Applied Technology Council publications, and International Building Code and International Residential Code development. Kelly is also coauthor of the Design of Wood Structures textbook.

Kevin Moore, P.E., S.E., is a Senior Principal at SGH, leading their structural engineering group in the west. Since 1995, Mr. Moore has been active in NCSEA, SEAOC, SEAONC, ASCE and AISC. Kevin is the Past Chair of the NCSEA Seismic Subcommittee to the Code Advisory Committee and the NCSEA Resilience Committee. He sits on the ASCE/SEI Resilience Committee and the BSSC Provisions Update Committee Functional Recovery Task Committee; both groups are part of a push to bring functional recovery to the public via building standards. His work on the “Berkeley Balcony Collapse” and subsequent research expanded his expertise into the tenuous world of wood framed balconies.

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