Business and Professional Activities Division (BPAD)

Purpose:

Improve the quality of structural engineering services, improve the quality of structural engineering practice, and advance the standing of structural engineers in society.

How to Become a Member of a Committee within the Business and Professional Activities Division

Announcement: Separate SE Licensing Summit
July 17-18, 2008
Reston, VA

A number of structural groups around the country are either pursuing the creation of a separate act for structural engineers or are considering undertaking such an effort. If your local structural group is one of these, or if you'd like to learn more about organizing such an effort, you'll definitely want to attend this Summit July 17-18 at ASCE Headquarters in Reston, VA.

Organized by the Professional Activities Committee of SEI in conjunction with NCSEA the summit is designed to bring together leaders from local structural engineering groups from around the country to learn from one another, discuss strategies which local groups may use and collectively develop materials to support local efforts.

Click to view ASCE Policy Statement 524: Licensure and Advanced Credentialing within the Civil Engineering Profession, Invitation Letter, Program and Registration Form.


BPAD Committees:

Executive Committee
Ronald Nelson, P.E., Chair
Craig Barnes, P.E.
Davy Beicker, P.E.
Ron LaMere, P.E.
Dan Lavrich, P.E.
Steve Schaefer, P.E.

Business Practices
Daniel Lavrich, P.E., Chair

Professional Activities
Sam Rihani, P.E., Chair

Report from November 2004 Licensing Strategy Summit

Public Relations Activities
David Cocke, Chair P.E

View the 2008 SEI/NCSEA kid's outreach poster in orange (.PDF) or green (.PDF).

Design Practices
Brent Nuttall, P.E., Chair

Trial Design Problem Solutions
Trial Design problems are an investigation into how structural engineers interpret code provisions. The exercise is designed to take about an hour, and all solutions will be anonymous in the publication of results.

The 2006-2007 problem was taken from ASCE 7-05 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures.

2006 Trial Design Solution from ASCE 7-05 (.PDF)

2006 Trial Design White Paper (.PDF)


Committee on Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Purpose: to explore, document, and disseminate the benefits, risks, and practical and contractual implications of implementing building information modeling, as it affects the structural engineering profession.

Joseph M. Ales Jr., Ph.D., P.E. (Co-Chair)
Gaafar Gaafar, P.E., S.E. (Co-Chair)
Arzhang Alimoradi, Ph.D.
Martha Averso, P.E.
Tom Faraone, P.E.
Andrew Gayer, P.E.
Gokhan Gelison, P.E.
Will Ikerd, P.E., C.W.I.
Nawari Nawari, Ph.D., P.E.
Rick Oehmcke, S.E.
Brian Volpe, P.E., S.E.
Mark Willey, P.E.

BIM and the Structural Engineer (.PDF)

If you have any questions please contact sei@asce.org.