Join us every month on the second Thursday from 4 pm to 5 pm for an engaging session where we explore how we can enhance communication within SEAOSC. Together, we will discuss strategies to effectively engage our members, inform the public, and collaborate with policy makers. By strengthening our communication efforts, we aim to promote public safety and elevate the standards of our profession. Don't miss this opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to the advancement of structural engineering.

If you would like to join the SEAOSC Communications Committee monthly meeting, please email communications@seaosc.org.

The SEAOSC Legislative Action Committee next virtual meeting will be at 4:30 pm on Thursday November 2nd. We’ll discuss state legislation updates: the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act and the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act. Additional topics will include the new CALGreen embodied carbon emission reduction requirements that will be enforced starting in July 2024, the L.A. Council motion regarding an embodied carbon code and suggestion to add resilient-based design requirement, Pro Codes federal legislation proposal, and potential future SEAOSC policy positions. If you are interested in being up to date and having an impact on the latest local, state, and national policy and legislation efforts affecting our profession and the built environment, join the committee and share your expertise and experience so we may make a greater impact together!

If you wish to join the SEAOSC Legislative Action Committee monthly meeting, please send an email to legislative@seaosc.org.

The committee's monthly meetings will focus on collaborating with industry professionals, learning from leading organizations and companies on the latest sustainability-based technologies and providing a community for sustainability-focused discussion and collaborative research.

If you're interested to join in the Sustainable Design monthly committee meeting, please send an email to sustainable@seaosc.org.

Meeting Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm PST

Hyperlink: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGI1MTNiOGEtYjA2ZS00ZDg0LTljOWEtNTJlNzE0ZDQwZGU1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22313f11c3-4268-4f6a-8d3b-c7e650183e78%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22017bfdc3-1b6a-4286-989e-c55c75608c31%22%7d

Audio Call-In #: 213-279-1690

Conference ID #: 125 334 982

If you would like to join the SEAOSC Codes & Standards Committee monthly meeting, please send an email to code@seaosc.org.

If you're interested to join the Women in Structural Engineering (WiSE) Committee monthly meeting, please email wise@seaosc.org.

Our mission is to improve concrete construction projects, whether new or existing. We accomplish this by finding and promoting the best information available, whether it is better project specifications, materials, best practices, quality control, code updates, etc.

The concrete committee was formed, staffed, and began regular meetings in early 2020. Committee members come from all aspects of the industry – engineers, contractors, material suppliers, government agencies, etc.

The topics in 2020-2022 have included a broad spectrum of advanced, state of the art industry information including concrete mix design, best practices for repair and protection, state of the art testing by maturity meters, teaming up with other industry associations like ACI and NRMCA, promoting safer buildings through the City of LA non-ductile concrete retrofit program, best practices for post tension and precast concrete structures. After the presentation, there is a very spirited Q & A session and sometimes we just have an open discussion meeting.

The committee meets last Thursday of every month at 1:30pm, feel free to join us! For more information email concrete@seaosc.org

The DES Committee now meets bi-monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 5 PM.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Melissa Sanchez, SE, LEED AP
Melissa Sanchez, SE, LEED AP, is a licensed structural engineer in California and is a Principal Structural Engineer with ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES). She has been with ICC-ES since 2018 and specializes in the certification of structural and seismic building products. Prior to joining ICC-ES, Melissa spent over 10 years in structural consulting, designing both existing and new structures of various materials in the Los Angeles and Orange County area. She graduated with a B.S in Civil Engineering from UCLA and an M.S. in Structural Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Manuel Chan, SE
Manuel Chan, SE, is a licensed structural engineer in California and is a Principal Structural Engineer with ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES). He graduated with a B.S in Civil Engineering from Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua (Panama City, Panama) and a M.S. in Structural Engineering from the University of Southern California. Prior to joining ICC-ES in 2018, Manuel spent 16 years as a design professional with structural engineering firms, as well as his own practice, throughout Southern California. He has also 10 years of experience performing and completing seismic risk assessments of commercial and residential properties throughout the west coast of the U.S.