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20th Annual Conference

The 20th NCSEA Annual Conference featured over three days of education, networking, business and fun at the Hilton Frontenac in St. Louis. For the first time, the keynote speech was available live online. The keynote presentation by Larry Griffis is now also available to watch on NCSEA.com. Educational programs included sessions on ASCE 7 Wind Provisions, Seismic Anchorage, Snow Load Provisions, Strength Design of Masonry, the 2011 Joplin Tornado, and Diaphragms and Wall Anchorage. Exhibitors offered the newest in products and services at the trade show. The Annual Awards Banquet honored engineering achievement, creativity and ingenuity with the NCSEA Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, and awards were presented for individual achievement and special dedication.

NCSEA Cornforth winners 2001-2012. Keynote speaker Larry Griffis. NCSEA President Tom DiBlasi with Delahay Award honoree Jim Robinson.

Mark your calendars 2013 NCSEA Annual Conference

September 18-21 • Atlanta

NCSEA Conference Scholarship winners. NCSEA Past Presidents.

2013 WINTER LEADERSHIP MEETING

Re-Engineering your Firm for the New Economy

NCSEA will hold its fi rst Winter Leadership Meeting March 7-8 at the Westin La Paloma resort in Tucson, Arizona. Th e two-day meeting, Re-Engineering your Firm for the New Economy, is targeted to principals, partners and evolving leaders of structural engineering fi rms. Th e NCSEA Winter Leadership Meeting is a must for those who infl uence, or hope to have infl uence in, the decision-making at their fi rm. Th e sessions and networking opportunities will feature leading speakers on management and engineering issues as well as the chance to learn and share ideas with peers. Th e educational sessions will provide attendees with tools, resources and ideas to improve and maintain the practice of structural engineering in their fi rm. “We are very excited about the new direction for our winter meeting,” stated Carrie Johnson, co-chair of the NCSEA Continuing Education Committee. “Th e two-day slate will off er a broad range of management sessions that will provide resources and ideas you can take back and implement in your fi rm.”

16 hours of Learning and Sharing the Strategies of Success

Sessions will include: • Developing the Next Generation of Structural

Engineers, by Glenn R. Bell, senior principal & CEO of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger • Top 10 Keys to Managing Multiple Deadlines &

Expectations, by Jon Stigliano of Strategic Solutions Group • Setting up a Technical Training Program for New

Engineers, by Ben Nelson, P.E., SECB, principal of

Martin/Martin Inc. • Hard Choices in a Soft Economy – 5 Mistakes

You Cannot Afford to Make, by Kelly Riggs of

VMax Performance • Roundtable Discussions, including: 1) Will expanding beyond your SE practice make you more profi table? 2)

Should you open an offi ce in another city?

Upcoming NCSEA Webinars

Th e Westin La Paloma Resort includes 27 holes of Jack Nicklaus signature golf on property, an Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa, seven dining options, and fi ve swimming pools, including a private adult pool.

Annual Conference Exhibitors

American Institute of Steel

Construction(AISC) AZZ Galvanizing Services Bentley Cast Connex CMC Steel Products Comslab® Construction Tie Products Corebrace CSC Design Data Dwyer Companies Ecospan–Nucor Vulcraft

Group Euclid Chemical Company Fabreeka International Inc. Fyfe Co. LLC Hardy Frames, Inc. Hayward Baker Hercules Bolt Company Hilti North America ITW Red Head Kaplan Lindapter USA LNA Solutions Nemetschek Scia Nucor Vulcraft Group Powers Fasteners RISA Technologies SE Solutions, LLC SidePlate Systems Simpson Strong-Tie St. Louis Screw & Bolt Star Seismic STRAND7 PTY LTD Turnasure, LLC UNBONDED BRACE™ Vector Corrosion Group

November 8, 2012: Tools for Structural Assessment –

Part 2: Instrumentation, Monitoring, and Load Testing,

Matthew Carlton November 27, 2012: Troubleshooting Concrete Cracks,

Kim Basham, Ph.D., P.E. December 4, 2012: How to Repair Cracks – a Continuous

Opportunity, Kim Basham, Ph.D., P.E.

Th ese courses will award 1.5 hours of continuing education. Approved for CE credit in all 50 States through the NCSEA Diamond Review Program. Time: 10:00 AM Pacifi c, 11:00 AM Mountain, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern. Register at www.ncsea.com.

2012 Annual Conference Sponsors

Silver Level:

Bronze Level: DiBlasi Associates Euclid Chemical Company Martin/Martin Inc. Wallace Engineering

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