Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC)

From your #SEAOC family, wishing you all the happiest of holidays and a prosperous New Year!

While our 2024 Gingerbread Challenge competition is over, the spirit continues through January 4th. You can still visit the Discovery Cube, Southern California’s annual Science of Gingerbread display to see structures built by teams of fellow SEAOSC members as well as members of the community. While visiting Discovery Cube, don’t forget to cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award and help crown this year’s fan-favorite creation. For details, visit https://buff.ly/3ZHjJZl

The 8th Northridge 30th Anniversary Webinar Series on December 18th will be discussing Seismic Risk Communication - Linking Knowledge to Action in Innovative Ways since the '94 Northridge Earthquake. Speakers Ronald Eguchi of ImageCat and Dr. Lucy Jones of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society will present how visual technologies have changed over the past thirty years since the Northridge Earthquake, making recognition of risk easier, faster, and simpler. Together with moderator Louise Comfort of the University of Pittsburgh, they will also explore the design process of generating empathy in a community through music to build the shared social connections essential for collective action under threat. Both approaches offer new promise for creating vital, informed, active communities that are more resilient to seismic risk. Registration is free: https://buff.ly/4iymLHN

Conducting a Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (WBLCA) is one of the pathways to comply with the new CALGreen Embodied Carbon mandates. A WBLCA measures the greenhouse gas emissions associated with a building from material extraction to end of life and/or beyond the building lifecycle. The building lifecycle has three main stages: the Product and Construction Stage, the In-Use Stage, and the End-of-Life Stage. For the purposes of #CALGreen, the LCA does not have to include operational carbon and only requires the inclusion of specific primary and secondary structural and architectural elements. To learn more about the requirements to comply with the CALGreen WBLCA pathway, check out this webinar, hosted by Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) and AIA California: https://buff.ly/4eYZWda This post is a part of our ongoing #TechnicalTuesdays series, focused on providing industry professionals with easy-to-access information on the new CALGreen embodied carbon requirements. To see our previous posts, please visit the SEAOSC Sustainable Design Committee Webpage: https://buff.ly/4eXaYjk.

From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving! #SEAOC #SEAOSC #SEAOCC #SEAONC #SEAOSD

We invite you to join us, share your experiences and expertise, and provide input at the charrette. The charrette will be informative, and SEAOC is offering it free of charge. #SEAOC #SEAOSC https://ow.ly/Rajc50Uftyv

Join us for this upcoming SEAOC Webinar: Beyond Site Class on Wednesday, December 18th.

The deadline for the 2025 SEAOSC Foundation Scholarships has been extended to December 6, 2024. The scholarship award is based on excellence in academics, leadership, and extra-curricular activities with the desire to pursue a career in structural engineering. All undergraduate students enrolled full-time in an engineering program with an emphasis in structural engineering at an accredited college or university who wish to be considered for a scholarship must submit all requirements on or before December 6th. For questions, please contact scholarships@seaosc.org. Don’t miss this opportunity—apply today! 🎓

Thank you, Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC), for keeping earthquake preparedness and safety at the forefront. Through ZFA’s involvement in the Disaster Emergency Services committee, Kevin Zucco and Tommy Sidebottom, PE are working to educate and encourage structural engineers to become certified Safety Assessment Program (SAP) evaluators. Structural engineers play a vital role in post-disaster recovery, and the SAP certification allows them to directly participate in assessing building safety and expediting community recovery.