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Implementation of ASCE 7-22 Nonstructural Seismic Requirements for Today`s Complex Buildings
2025-01-14 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
With the publication of ASCE 7-22 and its future adoption by IBC and state building codes, nonstructural seismic standard implementation is undergoing a dramatic change. Though the Chapter 13 requirements of the standard remain largely intact, the methodology to calculate nonstructural seismic force and displacement is much more dependent on information about the seismic behavior of the building in which they are housed. This leaves many unanswered questions for engineers who are newly familiarizing themselves with ASCE 7-22
This seminar seeks to answer many of those questions. It reviews the current nonstructural seismic standards in ASCE 7-16 and IBC 2021 and discusses proposed implementation methods for the changes in ASCE 7-22 and future IBC editions. The presentation will be useful to engineers and suppliers of components, supports, and attachments implementing and reviewing non-structural seismic designs.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

PART 1 - An Overview of Changes in ASCE 7-22 on Wind Loads
2025-01-16 11:00 - 13:30
ASCE 7-22 is adopted by the 2024 IBC, which is in the process of being adopted by major local jurisdictions, such as the State of California and the State of New York. The changes from ASCE 7-16 to ASCE 7-22 are so numerous and so substantive that learning about them needs to start now. The chapter on flood loads is the only chapter that has escaped any change. There are huge changes in snow load, ice load, and tsunami load provisions. There is a whole new chapter (32) on tornado loads. Risk Category III or IV structures located in the tornado-prone region shown in a figure are required to be designed and constructed to resist the greater of the tornado loads determined in accordance with Chapter 32 or the wind loads determined in accordance with Chapters 26 through 31. The changes in Chapters 11-23 on earthquake loads and Chapters 26-31 on wind loads are many and many of the seismic changes mark significant departures from past practice. ASCE 7-22 load combinations and importance factors are also quite different because of changes in the load chapters.
We have recently presented a four-part seminar on the seismic changes. This two-part seminar concentrates on wind and tornado loads. Part 1 will be on the many significant changes in Chapters 26 through 31, including the new design wind speed maps. Part 2 will be on the new Chapter 32 on tornado loads. The applicability of the chapter and the design of structures for tornado loads using the chapter will be discussed.
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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM PT

Design of Loadbearing Tall Wood Studs for Wind and Gravity Loads
2025-01-21 11:00 - 12:30
Proper design of wood structures to resist high wind loads requires the correct use of wind load provisions and member design properties. A thorough understanding of the interaction between wind loads and material properties is important in the design process. Adjustments from reference wind conditions to extreme-value peak gusts require designers to make similar adjustments to design properties to ensure equivalent and economic designs. Wind load provisions have been developed for design of major structural elements using Main Wind-Force Resisting System (MWFRS) loads and secondary cladding elements using Component & Cladding (C&C) loads. Elements and subassemblies which receive loads both directly and as part of the main wind force resisting system, such as wall studs, must be checked independently for MWFRS loads and C&C loads. A load bearing stud wall design example based on the allowable stress design methods outlined in AWC`s 2018 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction and 2018 Wood Frame Construction Manual along with ASCE 7-16 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures will demonstrate standard design checks for limit states of strength and deflection.
Learning Objectives:

Understand how to analyze wall framing as part of the MWFRS per ASCE 7-16
Understand why wall framing is analyzed using out of plane C&C wind pressures independent of gravity loads
Be familiar with various ASCE 7-16 ASD load combinations used for bearing walls
Be knowledgeable of standards including the 2018 NDS, 2018 WFCM, and ASCE 7-16 used for design of tall walls

Finally, the example problem we’ll be presenting, is contained in this document:
Examples: Structural Wood Design Examples 2015/2018 Edition
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

PART 2 - An Overview of Changes in ASCE 7-22 on Tornado Loads
2025-01-23 11:00 - 13:30

Design of Steel Deck Diaphragms
2025-01-29 11:00 - 13:00
This seminar will cover the design of bare steel deck and concrete-filled steel deck diaphragms with an emphasis on seismic design. The parts of a steel deck diaphragm will be introduced along with the typical limit states. Concepts related to the seismic design of diaphragms will be presented and then application to steel deck diaphragms will be described. Relevant research provisions along with some mention of the supporting recent research will be examined.
Attendees will gain an understanding of steel deck diaphragm behavior, seismic design of steel deck diaphragms, and recent research that has been conducted.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Load Path, Load Combinations and Risk Categories
2025-02-04 11:00 - 13:00
This webinar covers basic load paths and load combinations used in allowable stress design and strength design. Also discussed are risk categories assigned to buildings for load determination based on hazard to life. This webinar is based on the 2024 International Building Code® (IBC®) and the IBC-referenced 2022 ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-22). The discussion of load path and load combinations is geared to new engineers, architects, and code officials. The discussion of risk categories should be of interest to all audiences.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Hand Calculations of a Long Span Post-Tensioned Beam
2025-02-06 11:00 - 13:30
Long span garages are very common across the United States and are typically designed using relatively thin post-tensioned one-way slabs that are supported by post-tensioned beams and girders. The beams will often span in the 60-foot range and will typically require no camber due to proper application of post-tensioning. The webinar will show the step-by-step design calculations for a post-tensioned beams that are typical for long span garages while addressing the relevant code sections. Typical details that are associated with these types of structures will also be shown in conjunction with construction photographs.
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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM PT

2025 ICC Upper Great Plains Region III Educational Institute
2025-02-10 - 2025-02-14 | Minneapolis Marriott Northwest, 7025 Northland Drive North, Minneapolis, MN, 55428, United States
The Institute features 40 sessions of construction-industry related topics offered in eight tracks over five days. Check the brochure for a few select sessions to be offered virtually. Presenters are well-qualified and often well-known individuals from ICC and related areas of expertise. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend.
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Serviceability Design for the Practicing Engineer
2025-02-12 11:00 - 13:00
This session will provide practical information and design examples to evaluate the serviceability performance of buildings against requirements of the IBC and ASCE 7. It will provide detailed explanations and examples of applications of code provisions and standards specific to various materials, building systems, and building components. The webinar will also discuss the ways the codes currently address serviceability and how future versions of the code may be adapting serviceability requirements.
Engineers will have a better understanding of serviceability requirements in the building code and reference standards, including examples of common serviceability oversights made during design.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Deep Foundations - Overview and Design Example
2025-02-18 11:00 - 13:00
Deep foundation systems provide improved resistance to settlement and can safely support buildings founded on very poor soils. Deep foundations can also improve building performance by providing resistance to uplift loading. The design of deep foundations involves both the Geotechnical Engineer and the Structural Engineer. Thus, it is wise for the structural engineer to become more educated regarding deep foundation design. This presentation will provide an overview of deep foundations, including various systems in common use, such as driven precast concrete and structural steel piles, augercast piles, cast-in-drilled-hole piles, and micropiles. Mr. Harris will discuss the behavior of each system, as well as its best uses and limitations. The presentation will also include a worked example design for cast-in-place concrete piles resisting vertical and lateral loads.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Frame of Reference: Steel Moment Frames Explained
2025-02-20 11:00 - 13:00
This web seminar will discuss the structural design and detailing requirements for ordinary and special steel moment frames specified under the provisions of the 2018 IBC, ASCE 7-16, AISC 360-16, and AISC 341. Intermediate steel moment frames will only be addressed by explaining why they are not commonly used
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

EduCODE 2025
2025-02-24 - 2025-02-28 | 4500 West Tropicana Avenue • Las Vegas, NV 89103, 4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV, 89103, United States
On behalf of the Southern Nevada Chapter of the International Code Council, we welcome you to our 28th year of providing outstanding educational programs. EduCODE is designed to provide the premier educational training in the country along with several networking opportunities to provide the best overall experience. EduCODE provides nationally acclaimed instructors, daytime and evening networking opportunities through the week, industry representatives showcasing their latest products, technology and services at our daily expo, and a staff that will provide outstanding customer service to make your visit beneficial, fun, and rewarding.
Where can you choose from over 150 classes both in person and online, each ICC Preferred Provider certified? Where can you brainstorm with instructors, building, fire and code enforcement professionals, students and staff, and have fun while learning? EduCODE 2025: that’s where! Whether you attend for one day or for the entire week, virtually or in person, we are certain that you will have an exceptional experience that you will never forget.
Live at the Orleans Hotel and Virtual.
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2022 Changes to AISC 341 and 360
2025-03-05 11:00 - 13:00
The 2022 editions of AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360-22) and the Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 341-22) represent the latest in structural steel design and construction. This presentation will cover the latest updates, including the exciting addition of concrete-filled coupled composite plate shear walls to both standards. Other major additions to the Specification include clarification on what to include in structural design documents; a new appendix on filled high-strength composite members; and a major expansion of the appendix on structural design for fire conditions. The Seismic Provisions now include an appendix on nonlinear response history analysis. These and many more developments will be discussed to orient users on how to start incorporating these latest standards into their practice.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Water Matters: The Windsor Declaration and Global Solutions for Water Scarcity (Learn Live)
2025-03-05 16:00
Join Tom Reynolds (Bathroom Manufacturers Association) and Tom Roberts (International Codes Council) for an engaging webinar during World Water Awareness Month, spotlighting the transformative Windsor Declaration. This global initiative unites bathroom manufacturers, trade associations, and certification bodies to address the urgent challenge of water scarcity. Discover how the Declaration’s commitments to water efficiency and sustainable innovation are driving systemic change and learn how you can contribute to this bold vision for a more water-resilient future.
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PART 1: 2021 IEBC - Introduction and Prescriptive Path
2025-03-11 11:00 - 13:00
Part 1 of this course will provide an overall introduction to the layout of the IEBC as well as a discussion of its importance. The portions of the code that apply to all projects will be discussed. The IEBC provides multiple paths for compliance, and Part 1 of this presentation will focus on the “Prescriptive“ path.
Part 2 will focus on the “Work Area“ and “Performance“ paths of compliance. Examples will be provided for each. The last portion of the class will include example projects that will be looked at from a prescriptive, work area, and performance approach so that attendees will have a good feel for the limitations and benefits of each method.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

PART 2: 2021 IEBC - The Work Area and Performance Paths
2025-03-13 11:00 - 13:00
Part 2 will focus on the “Work Area“ and “Performance“ paths of compliance. Examples will be provided for each. The last portion of the class will include example projects that will be looked at from a prescriptive, work area, and performance approach so that attendees will have a good feel for the limitations and benefits of each method.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

How Will Model Codes Need to Change to Promote Water Reuse (Learn Live)
2025-03-13 13:00
Today’s national model codes contain provisions that encourage the conservation of water through the administration of the codes but are limited in the content that promotes the reuse of water. This presentation addresses what water reuse provisions currently exist as well as what model code provisions will need to be modified to break down the barriers that exist in order to make codes a stronger promoter for the reuse of water.
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Real World Examples to Provide Fire Rated Assemblies Using Approved Methods
2025-03-18 11:00 - 13:00
The presentation will cover basic examples for providing fire rated assemblies such as walls, columns, beams and floors/roofs, for new building construction. The examples are for demonstrating compliance with the fire resistance requirements of the 2021 International Building Code. Course material presented will cover using code recognized technical resources and methods to document compliance.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be given instruction on the use of the approved methods recognized in Chapter 7 of the IBC for meeting the required fire resistances of the building elements.
Participants will gain a working knowledge of the technical resources available to document expected fire resistance of building elements.
Participants will be presented real world examples to determine the fire resistance requirements for key building elements including the structural frame, floors, roofs and exterior walls using the approved methods.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Frequently Misunderstood Foundation Design Provisions
2025-03-20 11:00 - 13:00
This web seminar addresses five misunderstood structural provisions in ASCE 7-16 related to foundation design. The following topics are discussed, including a presentation of frequently asked questions on the application of related code provisions:
1. Load combinations for foundation design.
2. Liquefaction risks and how to specifically address them.
3. Basics of soil-structure interaction and how it relates to allowable bearing pressure and subgrade modulus.
4. Challenges in design of mat foundations.
5. Detailing of deep foundation elements for various seismic and site conditions.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Water Research and Technology Water Management, Conservation, and Efficiency (Learn Live)
2025-03-20 14:00
This presentation will cover research initiatives focused around the sustainable development of infrastructure with the primary objective of appropriate water management, water efficiency, conservation practices, and their associated impacts. This presentation will focus on the following topics: The WISE tool, which helps optimize water reuse strategies in water-scarce regions by offering adaptable and sustainable solutions. It takes into account environmental factors and socio-economic conditions to recommend the most suitable onsite wastewater treatment (OSWT) options that meet the specific needs of users. Water Reuse Applications and strategies, as well as current roadblocks associated with these technologies. The 2021 International Water Conservation Code Provisions (IWCCP), developed by the ICC, where the introduction of innovative approaches to eliminate water scarcity at the regional and global scale through the conservation of water already in use or received from the environment.
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Design of Data Centers using Precast, Prestressed Concrete
2025-03-25 11:00 - 13:00
A data center is a building or a group of buildings that house computer systems, telecommunications components, storage systems and redundant power supplies. They support IT and network operations for business practices, artificial intelligence, artificial and augmented reality, and the “cloud”. They may be defined by size, function, and operation as onsite, edge, colocation, or hyperscale, but they generally share the common characteristics of heavy content loads, high energy consumption and mechanical cooling, fire suppression, high security and mission critical operation that cannot go out of service.
The largest proportion of data center buildings today are designed with precast, prestressed concrete. Some are designed as total precast, with precast concrete floors and roof framing carrying the heavy loads of computer racks, uninterrupted power supplies and the miles of wiring and piping on strong materials that are inherently fire resistance or fire rated. Others are designed with steel framing with precast concrete walls providing durable insulated concrete walls panels as shear walls or simply as building enclosure cladding.
This webinar will cover the applications of precast concrete in these buildings. The precast concrete framing, gravity and lateral systems, components, and connections will be reviewed as applied to both total precast and steel-framed buildings. Considerations for production and erection of precast as well as the essential coordination with mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and architectural installations will be discussed.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Global Water Solutions (Learn Live)
2025-03-27 15:00
This ICC Learn Live event will feature presentations from Australia, England, Saudi Arabia, and the Netherlands where experts will provide an overview on topics such as leak detection, desalination, water efficiency and water recycling bringing in different experiences from around the world and highlighting innovative solutions to produce, save and reuse precious drinking water.
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Tilt-Up Wall Design Provisions: Proper Application
2025-04-03 11:00 - 13:00
With over a half a billion square feet of space constructed annually, tilt-up concrete construction is a common building type in engineering offices across the nation. This economical style of construction is uniquely identified by the very slender concrete walls cast horizontally and tilted into place. This web-seminar presentation revisits the historical development of the original slender wall design recommendations in the late 1970s, and how the current slender wall design provisions in ACI match with concepts developed over 30 years ago. While these original concepts were based on empirical data from full-scale tests conducted in the early 1980s, only within the last ten years have we really begun to fully understand the behavior of these thin concrete members when subjected to combined axial load and large horizontal forces. The intent of the current code provisions will be discussed, some insight into their proper application will be provided, and examples of misapplications and gray-areas will be highlighted.
The web seminar will also include three question-and-answer periods.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Special Inspections
2025-04-08 11:00 - 13:00
This webinar provides a general overview of Special Inspection from Chapter 17 of the International Building Code® (IBC®).
Objectives: Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be better able to:
Describe the structural special inspections required in Chapter 17 of the IBC.
Identify the duties of the engineer of record.
Identify the tasks and required skills of the special inspector.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Designing to Minimize Restraint to Shortening Cracks in Post-Tensioned Structures
2025-04-10 11:00 - 13:30
Two of the main financial benefits of post-tensioning is the reduction in slab thickness and rebar compared to non-prestressed slabs. The downside side of this reduction is post-tensioned structures can be more susceptible cracking, especially if their inherent movement is prevented or restrained. The webinar will cover the structural layout and details that are primarily used in the post-tensioned structures to minimize restraint to shortening (RTS) cracks. Typical post-tensioning slip details will be explained in conjunction with construction photographs to highlight good and poor construction practices.
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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM PT

Applications and Design for Horizonal Shear and Shear Friction in Concrete Structures
2025-04-16 11:00 - 13:00
In concrete members, shear friction is considered for any interface between two concretes cast at different times, between dissimilar materials, as well as for any existing or potential crack. For composite concrete flexural members, a shear interface is created when fresh concrete is placed against hardened concrete. Design for both shear friction and horizontal shear requires careful consideration for the transfer of forces across the interface. This webinar will discuss relevant provisions for the design of these interfaces in concrete structures. The discussion will also include an overview of changes from ACI 318-19 to ACI 318-25 along with requirements in the new ACI 319-25 for precast concrete structures.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Common Structural Issues Observed in Plan Check
2025-04-23 11:00 - 13:00
This webinar will cover common structural challenges faced during plan review. Issues related to coordination between various design professionals, plan revisions required midway through the approval process that may impact the structural systems, Incomplete design considerations deign consideration and or improper use of building material or components.
The webinar will include discussion on the impact on the structural system when there is a change of use and occupancy and when alterations are proposed to an existing building.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Mat Foundation Design
2025-04-29 11:00 - 13:00
During this seminar, Ian McFarlane will discuss design of mat foundations and soil-structure interaction. The session will describe the uses of mat foundations, historical perspectives that have led to the current procedures, and discuss soil properties and soil-structure interaction. Guidance will be provided for proportioning, analysis, and design for mat foundations. Code requirements and accepted approaches to their implementation will also be addressed, with additional discussion on best practices that go beyond code minimum requirements. Finally, detailing and constructability tips will be presented. The scope of this session will include design of mat foundations for both non-seismic and high-seismic conditions.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

Detailing for Increased Breakout Capacity of Steel Anchor Rods in Concrete Podium Slabs
2025-05-06 11:00 - 13:00
Multi-story light-frame structures are often built atop concrete podiums, and in areas of high seismicity the overturning restraint system used to secure shear walls in these buildings can produce very high tension demands on the concrete anchorage components of these systems. While the loads can be high, podium slabs tend to be fairly shallow (14” or less), and the design resistance calculated according to code provisions often isn’t enough. While anchor reinforcement detailing is address in ACI318, the form it would need to take in slab situations is not addressed. Recognizing this, a small group of practicing engineers, funded by a SEAONC Special Projects Initiative and supported by Simpson Strong-Tie, began an ambitions investigation into how to provide detailing (anchor reinforcing) that increases the breakout resistance of concrete anchors in podium slabs.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT

New Seismic Design Provisions for One-Story Structures with Flexible Diaphragms and Rigid Vertical Elements
2025-05-07 11:00 - 13:00
It has long been recognized that the seismic response of one-story tilt-up concrete wall buildings (and similar buildings with flexible diaphragms and rigid vertical elements) is controlled by the flexible diaphragm much more than the rigid vertical elements. Widely used seismic design provisions have not recognized or incorporated this behavior, however. Now, new seismic design provisions recently developed for ASCE 7-22 explicitly recognize this response behavior, drawing from extensive numerical studies published in the guideline document Seismic Design of Rigid Wall-Flexible Diaphragm Buildings: An Alternate Procedure (FEMA P-1026) and supplemental studies of bare steel deck diaphragms. In fact, the new design provisions go a step further to introduce a zone of reduced shear demand that improves seismic performance by allowing distributed yielding away from the diaphragm perimeter. This webinar will first present the concepts behind the new seismic design provisions, and the numerical studies addressed in FEMA P-1026 and supplemental bare steel deck diaphragm studies. A design example will then be presented, along with design and detailing tips and recommendations for practicing engineers.
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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT
