June 23-24, 2011
Thursday-Friday, 9am-5pm
CES/AIA LU 14 units
Each moderate to major earthquake throughout the world is a learning experience. In the years since the 1994 Northridge earthquake, new research, code development and system advances have emerged. This program will assess recent developments in seismic design in terms of new technologies and new design approaches, as leading experts explore new ideas, trends, and strategies in seismically sustainable design. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of new code requirements and solutions that respond to these changes. The second day will focus on existing aging urban buildings and new approaches to address performance in seismic events. You will learn the most common and effective strategies for buildings undergoing adaptive reuse and seismic retrofit–especially with energy performance in mind. The program will also provide holistic approaches to upgrading the structure for all environmental factors, minimizing landfill waste after moderate earthquakes, as well as warnings and optimism about mitigating the aftermath of the “BIG ONE.”
Coordinators:
Assistant Professor Anders Carlson is the Director of the Chase L. Leavitt Graduate Program of Building Science in the USC School of Architecture. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering from Caltech researching damage to tall steel moment frame buildings due to the Northridge Earthquake. Anders is also a licensed structural engineer and Staff Consultant at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger with over 15 years experience in design of steel, concrete, composite, and light framed wood structures. He has worked on renovations, peer reviews, seismic evaluations, vibration analyses, and life safety assessments of existing building structures. His work has encompassed a broad range of project types including civic, educational, healthcare, office, retail, government, and residential. Project sizes have ranged from sculptures to highrises. He has worked on notable projects such as Koolhaas’ Seattle Public Library, Libeskind’s Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum, the investigation of the collapse of WTC-7 and the first buckling restrained braced frame building in the United States. He has consulted with the governments of Singapore and China regarding assessment of existing building stocks for new seismic considerations.
Prof. Carlson’s pedagogical focus is to integrate building science studies of the natural and manmade forces affecting the built environment with design, current practice and new tools and technologies to make the USC School of Architecture a paradigm of holistic architectural design. He is helping to develop new tools for students to quickly assess structural and environmental impacts to their designs using the software and technologies they are already familiar with so that they can make informed design decisions.
Anders’ research focus is on seismic sustainability of all components of buildings. Current approaches to certification of buildings for sustainable design do not take seismic hazard and associated life cycle cost analysis into consideration and he intends to change this.
James C. Parker is a Senior Principal at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. James received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and his M. Eng in Structural Engineering from Cornell University. He has 26 years experience in the structural design of new building projects and in the design of modifications for alterations and repairs to existing facilities. He has performed post-earthquake safety assessments and seismic upgrades for structures at many international sites.
James has served as Engineer-of-Record for the structural design of large research and laboratory projects at institutions that include Yale University, Brown University, Harvard University, and Princeton University. In addition, Mr. Parker has overseen the structural aspects of building modifications for re-use and expansion including those in historic buildings.
Mr. Parker has worked extensively with an international consumer products company performing seismic assessments of structures in areas of significant seismic risk worldwide. He has worked to establish programs and priorities for seismic rehabilitation and risk mitigation, including development of building inventory and loss and vulnerability studies. He has inspected facilities, performed seismic analysis, and then developed designs of seismic retrofitting for existing buildings in Missouri (the New Madrid fault zone), California, Japan, Philippines, Turkey and China. Mr. Parker performed post-earthquake damage assessment following the 1994 earthquake in Northridge, California, the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan and the 1999 earthquake in Turkey. He has worked extensively as a Seismic Rehabilitation Committee member for the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE 31 and ASCE 41 which are state of the art standards for seismic evaluation and rehabilitation.
In addition, James is the author of the AISC Design Guide 22, Facade Attachments to Steel-Framed Buildings and has presented an AISC lecture series on the Guide.
- Learning Objective 1: Participants will gain a thorough understanding of new California code requirements and solutions as a result of changes– new research, code development and system advances that have emerged since the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
- Learning Objective 2: Participants will learn about various applications on retrofitting existing and aging urban buildings with emphasis on new approaches that address safety and performance in seismic events.
- Learning Objective 3: Participants will be provided an overview of the most common and effective strategies for adaptive reuse projects and seismic retrofit–especially with respect to new energy performance guidelines.
- Learning Objective 4: Participants will learn about various holistic and system approaches to upgrading the structure for all environmental factors.
