Welcome to AEI—SINY Symposium!
Message from the Chair
America’s buildings are aging, creating a dilemma in which the U.S. is not alone. Insufficient funding in addressing deficiencies has left many of its institutions -- especially those providing critical services of government, health care, higher education, and public safety-- with inadequate facilities and little option of relocating or building anew. The problem is particularly acute in large urban areas, where space is scarce and growing populations (the U.S. is expected to increase 50 percent over the next 40 years) stress city support systems. At the same time, threat of accidents, natural disasters, and terrorism are increasingly imposing new safety requirements. As a result, the institutions, their architects, and their engineers are faced with the daunting challenge of modernizing facilities after years of too little too late.
With most of the nation’s political and economic capital focused on returning highways and bridges to sound condition, this condition and the recent and growing interest in sustainability should be raising awareness of not only the need to reduce overall energy and virgin material inputs, carbon emissions, and landfill waste, but to design buildings in a manner that increases their longevity.
In this symposium, ten leading researchers and practitioners will in a series of presentations focus on issues that can impact longevity of the typical steel frame structure with glass curtain wall enclosure, using case studies to illustrate past performance and new practices that enhance it. The all-day program offers valuable education for architects and engineers, as well as building owners, developers and their risk management specialists. Each presentation will be given by a recognized authority on their particular subject matter, organized to advance your thinking on designing for longevity and its economic considerations. Lunch is included in the registration fee. Attendees will earn 6.5 AIA/CES LU’s (HSW and Sustainable Design) (registered architects) or 6.5 PDH’s (professional engineers).
Topics discussed will include:
- Innovations in Building Envelope Engineering
- Performance histories leading to innovations
- Recladding to extend longevity
- Engineering for corrosion
- Effects of corrosion on mechanical properties
- Performance lessons from forensic investigations
- Longevity and sustainable design
I look forward to meeting you at this unique event.
Sincerely,
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Mohammed Ettouney, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc. Symposium Chair |
The symposium is being organized by the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) of ASCE and The Steel and Ornamental Metal Institutes of New York. A steering committee of the following members has been assembled to develop topics and identify speakers:
MOHAMMED M. ETTOUNEY, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI, Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Symposium Chair
MICHEL BRUNEAU, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo
AMAR CHAKER, Ph.D., Director, Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI), ASCE
LOUIS F. GESCHWINDNER, Ph.D., P.E., F.AEI, Emeritus Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, and Vice President for Special Projects, American Institute of Steel Construction
GARY HIGBEE, AIA, Director of Industry Development, The Steel Institute/ Ornamental Institute of New York
ALI M. MEMARI, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
PAUL F. MLAKAR, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Army Research and Development Center
ALLAN PAULL, P.E., First Vice President, Tishman Construction Corp.
DAVID B. PERAZA, P.E., Principal Engineer, Buildings and Structures Practice, Exponent