News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: April 19, 2012
Steel Design Conference to be held on May 17
The 31st Annual Steel Design Conference will be held at the Campus Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on May 17 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
The conference will be sponsored by: American Institute for Steel Construction, New England Steel Detailers Association, Steel Fabricators of New England and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
This year the conference will offer several sessions that will be of interest and benefit to engineers, architects, detailers and fabricators.
These sessions will include presentation on: the I-93 FAST14, the most recent success for MassDOT's Accelerated Bridge Program; the Girder Slab System Technology; Codes, Standards and Rating Systems: Sustainability 2012 and Beyond; as well as a program to help engineers, fabricators and detailers work together more efficiently.
The cost is: members are $100; nonmembers $150 and students $25.
The member fee is available to SFNE, AISC and NESDA members as well as to members of all of the New England structural engineer associations.
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Registration
Networking and Tabletop Sponsor Visits
9:30 am - 10:30 am
I 93 FAST14 Accelerated Bridge Project
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Refreshment Break, Networking
and Tabletop Sponsor Visits
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A Winning Strategy for the Engineer, Fabricator's
Project Manager and Detailer Team
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch, Networking and Tabletop Sponsor Visits
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Codes, Standards and Rating Systems: Sustainability 2012 and Beyond Sustainability 2012 and Beyond
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Girder Slab System
For more information contact Catherine Flaherty, Executive Director cflaherty@ssfne.org or Courtney Hayes, Project Coordinator courtney@ssfne.org or visit www.ssfne.org
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