2020 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Resource Guide

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ISA believes structural engineering software should be powerful, accurate, and user-friendly. The RISA Building System designs steel, concrete, timber, masonry, aluminum, and cold-formed steel all in a single, seamlessly integrated model. The following recent case studies illustrate the versatility of our software.

Frozen Fortress at GLOW Nashville

NC A&T Student Center Building Client: North Carolina A&T State University Structural Engineer: Stewart The new $90 million Student Center on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University is the university’s largest on-campus structure and a replacement for the former Memorial Student Union. The 150,000 square feet, LEED Silver facility serves as the “heart of campus” and allows students to come together to study, NC A&T Student Center eat, and socialize.

Waffle Building Building Client: Frederick and Laurie Samitaur Smiths Structural Engineer: NAST Enterprises Corporation The Waffle Building, located in Culver City, CA, is an undulating four-story building that grew out of a collaborative vision between architect Eric Owen Moss and chef Jordan Kahn, whose restaurant, Vespertine, currently occupies the building. The structure, which only occupies a space that is 33 feet by 33 feet, twists along its height and is enveloped in horizontal and vertical steel fins which make up the “waffle” grid and support the glass enclosure.

The building is the 2019 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2) Award winner for projects less than $15 million.

The internal supporting structural system closely follows the exterior shape with four, 18-inch-diameter steel pipe columns situated at the corners with steel beams and steel joists supporting each level. The complex geometry of this relatively small structure made collaboration between the architect and structural engineer essential. RISA-3D was used to evaluate the performance of the exterior ¼-inch steel plates specifically due to its submeshing and loading features that allowed for accurate evaluation of stresses in the plates.

Additional design challenges Waffle Building included understanding and managing the various deflection “modes” of the structure during construction due to how different the structure performed early in construction (before the exterior steel “fin” plates were installed) as opposed to when the framing was complete.

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Building Client: Exhibau Structural Engineer: Epiq Structural Solutions GLOW Nashville is the ultimate holiday display located at First Tennessee Park in Nashville, TN. The experience for attendees includes one of the tallest Christmas trees in the country (at over 100 feet), more than 4 million holiday lights, Frozen Fortress at GLOW Nashville a 170-foot-long tube park built over the stadium seats and a life-size Santa’s workshop.

The focal point of the display is the 3-story viewing platform, known as the Frozen Fortress, which sits at the center of the iceskating rink. The 30-foot-tall, temporary structure includes a spiral staircase in the middle as well as two 70 feet long by 6 feet wide pedestrian bridges that span over the ice-skating rink allowing visitors access to the structure’s viewing platforms. The main structure includes a modular, hot rolled steel system (HSS tubes and wide flanges) that is designed to be easily erected and then taken apart, shipped, stored and ready for the next use.

RISA-3D was utilized to model and analyze the entire structure with specific attention paid to the pedestrian bridge and “waffle” floor system. The analysis of the pedestrian bridges were unique due to the fact that the loaded condition would cause the bridge to slide since it was not anchored to the ground. As a result, additional lateral loads were introduced into the model to account for the sliding.

Because of the building’s importance on campus, the architect set out to create an iconic structure. As a result, the structural engineer was faced with the challenge of designing a structure that included large open spaces, multiple cantilevers, and various load conditions based on the changing programmatic space requirements of the building.

One of the most challenging aspects of the design was the central atrium bridge. The design went through numerous design iterations and the decision was made to include one central column to support the structure. Due to the stairs mixed use, patterned loading conditions needed to be evaluated for vibration concerns.

RISA-3D was instrumental in the design process and was used to quickly evaluate the deflection and free vibration of the bridge in order to determine how the structure would react under various pattern loading conditions as well as failure scenarios of the individual stringers and the supporting column.

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SOFTWARE Adhesives Technology Corporation

CADRE Analytic

Losch Software Ltd

Phone: 754-399-1057 Email: jhanley@atcepoxy.com Web: atcepoxy.com/software Product: Pro Anchor Design Software Description: New Pro Anchor Design software from Adhesives Technology Corp. has an advanced single panel interface updated for all of our IBC compliant products, including two new anchoring adhesives to be introduced in 2020. No need to access the cloud or pay for premium features. It’s free!

Phone: 425-392-4309 Email: cadresales@cadreanalytic.com Web: www.cadreanalytic.com Product: CADRE Pro 6 Description: Finite element structural analysis. Loading conditions include discrete, pressure, hydrostatic, seismic, and dynamic response. Features for presenting displaying, plotting, and tabulating extreme loads and stresses across the structure and across multiple load cases simultaneously.

Basic code checking for steel, wood, and aluminum. Free fully-functioning evaluation version available.

Phone: 323-592-3299 Email: loschinfo@gmail.com Web: www.LoschSoft.com Product: LECPres Description: Analyze prestressed and/or mild reinforced simple span or cantilevered concrete beams and slabs. Handling analysis is also included. A 30day trial version is available.

Aegis Metal Framing Phone: 314-851-2200 Email: answers@mii.com Web: www.aegismetalframing.com Product: Steel Engine Description: Software that lets you model your floor, wall, and roof components for an in-depth look at the Ultra-Span truss requirements, giving you an accurate 3-D model of your project with calculated loads.

Our precise drawings, combined with faster factory fabrication, saves you time in the field.

American Wood Council Phone: 202-463-4756 Email: info@awc.org Web: www.awc.org Product: Wood Design Calculators Description: The American Wood Council has developed five free, web-, mobile- and tablet-based applications to streamline the process of ensuring new and existing buildings comply with the latest building codes. Apps are available for browsers, as well as iOS, Android, and Windows devices.

ASDIP Structural Software Phone: 407-284-9202 Email: support@asdipsoft.com Web: www.asdipsoft.com Product: ASDIP Suite Description: An advanced software for quick and efficient design of concrete and steel members, foundations, and retaining walls. See immediate graphical results and clean, concise reports with exposed formulas and code references. Focus your attention on engineering and let ASDIP handle the math complexity.

ClearCalcs Phone: 603-443-1038 Email: hello@clearcalcs.com Web: www.clearcalcs.com Product: Cloud Software Suite Description: Make design calculations the easiest part of your job. Effortlessly design and analyze everything from the roof down to the foundations in your choice of wood, steel, cold-formed steel, and concrete. Track loads through your whole structure, and use any recent building code with lightning quick FEA based results.

ENERCALC, Inc. ENERCALC Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud/RetainPro Description: ENERCALC’s 38th year of Structural Engineering Library brings new modules – including Steel Base Plate and the addition of the RetainPro retaining wall modules. Build 20 includes substantial interface and performance improvements. Save time and money via budget-friendly monthly and annual subscriptions which include updates and support.

GIZA Steel Phone: 314-656-4615 Email: jmoody@gizasteel.com Web: www.gizasteel.com Product: GIZA Description: A structural steel connection design software tool for the shear, moment, vertical brace and horizontal bracing groups. We provide full calculation reports with code references for over 400 different connection configurations. Free 15-day trial at website.

Bentley Systems

IES, Inc.

Phone: 800-BENTLEY Email: structuralinfo@bentley.com Web: www.bentley.com Product: STAAD.Pro Description: Perform comprehensive analysis and design for any size or type of structure faster than ever before using STAAD.Pro. Simplify your BIM workflow by using a physical model in STAAD.Pro that is automatically converted into the analytical model for your structural analysis. Share synchronized models for multi-discipline team collaboration.

Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: VisualAnalysis with Design Description: Once upon a time, there was an engineer overwhelmed with software headaches. As deadlines loomed, he fought against frustration. First the tools were oppressive and clumsy. Then the licensing got ugly.

Fortunately, our hero switched to IES and design tasks started feeling more like slaying dragons.

Product: RAM Structural System Description: Provides a complete solution for analysis, design, drafting, and documentation for steel and concrete buildings, foundations, and even individual structural components, all in compliance with your local building codes.

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Product: VisualFoundation 10.0 Description: When engineers need to design foundations, more and more are using IES VisualFoundation. This tool simplifies your use of nonlinear FEA to arrive at solid answers. Create easy models with loading, and then review the clear results. Stay in control of design checks and complete your projects faster.

Product: LECWall Description: The industry standard for precast concrete sandwich wall design handles multi-story columns as well. LECWall can analyze prestressed and/or mild reinforced wall panels with zero to 100 percent composite action. Flat, hollow-core, and stemmed configurations are supported. Complete handling analysis is also included.

LUSAS Phone: 800-975-8727 Email: terry.cakebread@Lusas.com Web: www.lusas.com Product: LUSAS Description: For more than 35 years, LUSAS has helped its clients to analyze, design, and assess all types of infrastructure projects. Our innovative, flexible, and trusted software solution can be applied to diverse applications across a range of industries.

Model structure and ground together to consider true interaction.

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Phone: 800-250-3196 Email: jbarker@ncees.org Web: www.ncees.org Product: Engineering Licensure Description: NCEES is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors.

POSTEN Engineering Systems Phone: 510-275-4750 Email: sales@postensoft.com Web: www.postensoft.com Product: POSTEN Description: The most efficient and comprehensive post-tensioned concrete software in the world that, unlike other software, not only automatically Designs the Tendons, Drapes, as well as Columns, but also produces highly efficient, cost saving, sustainable designs with automatic documentation of material savings for LEED. The others simply analyze – POSTEN designs.

Qnect LLC Phone: 413-387-4375 Email: christian@qnect.com Web: www.qnect.com Product: Qnect Description: An intelligent, cloud-based connection service giving fabricators, detailers, and engineers fast and flexible connections with significant cost and schedule savings. Connect steel buildings in minutes, with minimal training. Prevent schedule drift, utilize one-station fabrication, and reduce connection material, time to fabricate, and erect.

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ENERCALC – A 38 YEAR LEGACY From Microcomputer Infancy to Global Cloud Computing Our Story

Today, Enercalc Software is Everywhere 16 years later, ENERCALC would again deliver structural engineering applications via ENERCALC SE Cloud.

With a proven cloud platform backed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), you can use the Structural Engineering Library, ENERCALC 3D, and our earth retention structure software from anywhere on the globe, using any html5 device on any OS: iPad, tablet, laptop, or desktop. Check out enercalc.com/cloud.

90% of Structural Engineering Work is Low-Rise To gain perspective for the uses of ENERCALC’s structural engineering software, consider your last flight. Before landing, a downtown cluster of skyscrapers, stadiums, and malls appeared.

Surrounding them for many square miles are low-rise parking garages, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, retail, hotels, medical complexes, commercial buildings, and other structures that are 90% of structural engineering work. For 38 years, ENERCALC has been committed to supplying structural engineering calculation software for this 90%, while retaining simple entry forms with fast recalculation – just like our original spreadsheets. Today, building codes are complex, with so many load combinations

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and specific design details that hand calculations are no longer feasible. We have added earth retention structure software and ENERCALC 3D, a mature 3D FEM product with broad analysis power with a fresh new ribbon-based UI. These 3 products serve this 90% role completely – bundled with budget-friendly subscription pricing.

Did Your Work Situation Change This Year?

In an “My office is where I am” world, ENERCALC is everywhere.

With a simple, one-price subscription, you can: • Install the software on any computer, in any location: ENERCALC automatically manages allowed seat usage.

• Launch ENERCALC SE Cloud and access the same software globally through a browser. It is the same powerful Windows software – not a trivial subset of our desktop software deployed on the web.

• Safely and easily share project files between installed and cloud users.

• Access high-performance apps via your browser at the closest of 7 localized Amazon data centers: California, Virginia, Ohio, Tokyo, Mumbai, Sydney and Frankfort.

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In 1982, a young structural engineer named Michael Brooks was working in his father’s SE firm. The IBM PC was getting lots of press and Michael’s $5,000 loan provided for delivery of that beautiful new machine. Lotus 1-2-3 was installed...one of the first programs to make the PC successful.

Brooks started creating worksheets to automate typical engineering tasks. By 1983, a small ad appeared for the Structural Engineering Library with a company motto “Innovative Software for the Design Professional.”

ENERCALC’s use of spreadsheets was very innovative – surprising even the Lotus 1-2-3 team. Over time, the software evolved from Lotus 1-2-3 using C routines in “FastFrame,” a spreadsheet for full 2-D FEM analysis. Next, a hybrid spreadsheet product gave the user a simple spreadsheet interface that used fast compiled solvers. In the late ‘90s, spreadsheet limitations required a full Windows rewrite.

Brooks was convinced that server-based computing was the future. He wrote a Citrix-like server-client system, purchased 24 servers, and launched ENERCALC in the cloud in 2000. It was vision of a future yet to come...the Internet was still too primitive.

Is Revit Part of Your Workflow?

SEL will soon debut a Revit add-in that links our software directly into the Revit environment. Click a Revit element and send it to ENERCALC for design, then send it back for a Revit model update. This allows you to generate SEL modules from Revit geometry rapidly, then update the Revit model in real-time based on SEL’s calculations.

A Small Team Working Hard for Structural Engineers 38 years after the birth of those Lotus spreadsheets, ENERCALC remains a small, close-knit team with the same “Innovative Software” focus and some substantial offerings to come in 2021.

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SOFTWARE RISA

S-FRAME Software

Standards Design Group, Inc

Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISAConnection Description: The cutting edge of next-generation connection design software; features full 3-D visualization and expandable reports for every limit state. The latest release includes integration with Hilti Profis for anchorage design as well as custom anchor bolt layouts that allow engineers the flexibility to design a variety of anchorage conditions.

Phone: 604-273-7737 Email: info@s-frame.com Web: s-frame.com Product: S-FRAME Analysis Description: An industry standard for over 36 years, analyzes and designs structures regardless of geometric complexity, material type, loading conditions, nonlinear effects, or seismic loads.

Integrated concrete, steel, timber, and foundation design ensures maximum productivity. S-FRAME’s continued R&D investment gives users the latest advantages and dedicated technical expertise.

Phone: 806-792-5086 Email: info@standardsdesign.com Web: www.standarddesign.com Product: Wind Loads On Structures 2019 Description: Wind load computations in ASCE 7-05, Section 6 and ASCE 7-10, or 16, Chapters 26-31; “build” structures within the system, enter wind speed or choose basic wind speeds from the ATC Hazards by Location website, input topographic features, different exposures for different wind directions. Computes wind loads by analytical method.

Product: RISA-3D Description: Version 19 is the next step in the evolution of the completely redesigned RISA-3D. With new features, including the design of coldformed steel walls, AISC and ACI code updates, seismic improvements, and the introduction of orthotropic plates, engineers can effortlessly complete complex projects utilizing any material.

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SkyCiv Phone: 800-838-0899 Email: trevor.solie@skyciv.com Web: skyciv.com Product: SkyCiv Software Suite Description: Thanks to SkyCiv Software Suite being cloud-based, software maintenance and downloads are gone. Updates are pushed to the suite automatically, sometimes in as little as two weeks. Simply log into a browser from any device and go. Content and feature updates are available immediately after development.

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Phone: 252-504-2282 Email: info@strand7.com Web: www.strand7.com Product: Strand7 Description: General-purpose FEA system comprising integrated pre- and post-processing and solvers. Used for linear and nonlinear analysis of structures and components (static, dynamic, and heat transfer) by engineering companies of all sizes and disciplines. Strand7 has gained worldwide acceptance as a powerful tool for structural analysis, particularly nonlinear analysis.

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GPU-Accelerated Cloud Workspaces – Bridging Technology with Innovation and Success • AEC specific solutions to boost efficiency and reduce TCO • Tailored GPU-Accelerated workspaces for every user profile • Perfecting the UX in adopting and utilizing DaaS solutions Matt McGrigg, Global Director of Cloud Business Development at NVIDIA, says, “IronOrbit INFINITY Workspaces are ideal for professional graphics workstations used by engineers, architects, and designers across industries, from AEC to M&E to manufacturing. With Quadro performance from the cloud, on any connected device, professionals working from home can stay productive.”

IronOrbit’s AEC clients implement futureproof technology, enabling them to shape their industry and future. Our portfolio includes extended offerings that cover Managed Services (Infrastructure and Advanced Applications) and Thought Leadership Services (Consultation and Professional Services).

IronOrbit, a division of SACA Technologies, Inc., founded in 1997 as an MSP provider, is located in beautiful Anaheim Hills, CA. IronOrbit evolved into a cloud solutions provider offering comprehensive cloud technology solutions for almost two decades.

IronOrbit delivers optimized, customized, and fully integrated ITC solutions that drive growth for all verticals and industries.

888-753-5060 | sales@ironorbit.com | www.ironorbit.com/aec

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ronOrbit is a privately owned and fully integrated Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Powerhouse. We are a Specialized Cloud Services Leader focused on planning, deploying and fueling Digital Transformations for the AEC industry. IronOrbit innovates, develops, and produces comprehensive ICT solutions, specializing in GPU-Accelerated INFINITY Workspaces, for some of the biggest IT-related challenges facing AEC firms.

A Cloud Service Provider for NVIDIA, IronOrbit is strategically positioned as a catalyst for the digitization of end-user workspaces and web-scale applications. Adding the NVIDIA QUADRO® to IronOrbit data centers leverages high-performance and GPU-Acceleration to power our INFINITY Workspaces, which are optimized for today’s modern, demanding, and resource-intensive applications. The result is superior efficiency, creativity, productivity, and end-user experience than a physical workstation. IronOrbit’s future focus is on mid to large enterprise market segments, with a wide base of small enterprises acquired over the years. To target these segments, IronOrbit developed fully customized, dynamic, modular, scalable, and secure Turn-Key solutions that fit specific user profiles within the AEC industry.

Key Initiatives include: • Migrate workstations to digitized, cloud-based workspaces

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DEWALT DEWALT is proud to be a leader in the construction industry by offering anchoring solutions to design, build, and maintain jobsites across the country.

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To ensure the design process is as productive as possible, we have a full-service team of field engineers dedicated to making sure your business is getting the most out of DDA. Our field engineers work with your structural team to specify anchoring and fastening products, as well as offering assistance during the bidding, submittal, and construction phases of your project.

Our team of engineers is available whether you have a question about product substitutions or digital solutions. DEWALT DDA: http://anchors.dewalt.com/anchors/tech-support-software After the site has been designed, the building begins. DEWALT offers an extensive line of mechanical and chemical anchors that are covered by 30+ ICC-ESR approvals. This qualifies our anchor systems as third-party tested and ICC Building code compliant. DEWALT Anchors & Fasteners are reliable and enhance construction productivity. We also offer a full range of installation power tools engineered to drill through the hardest concrete.

By combining specific anchors, power tools, and accessories, we have designed a new way to install anchors with the DUSTX+™ Anchor Installation System productively. This code-compliant system eliminates 100% of traditional hole cleaning steps when installing mechanical anchors, such as ScrewBolt-™, and anchoring adhesives such as Pure 110+® or AC200+™.

Combine the DEWALT DWV012 dust extractor with 99.97% filter efficiency, DEWALT Hollow Drill Bits, and any DEWALT rotary hammer to remove dust from holes while drilling. This allows our users to achieve OSHA Table 1 compliance while being as productive as possible with anchor installation.

Regardless of the job, DEWALT is more than just tools. We are your partner on-site. We work with your teams to identify gaps in your process and offer time-saving solutions to complete projects on-time and within budget. Feedback and customer care are critical components of our innovation process. We listen to the people who rely on us, taking their feedback and using it to create products that drive productivity and profitability.

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ince 1924, construction professionals have relied on DEWALT® for quality, innovative tools. Leading the way in the era of modern construction sites, we are continually developing new technology, products, and software to help improve efficiencies at every stage of the job. We continue to design and optimize professional worksite solutions for the toughest jobsite conditions.

DEWALT isn’t just GUARANTEED TOUGH. DEWALT is the total jobsite solution.

From design to build to maintain, we offer the expertise, power tools, anchors, and technology to ensure your teams are operating at peak efficiency. DEWALT Design Assist Software provides an innovative way to design your site. Our extensive line of power tools and anchors help you build your site from the ground up. Maintaining your site becomes easier with DEWALT field engineers and service managers within reach.

Designing your site is an integral step in the building process. DEWALT is leading innovation within the anchor industry with the DEWALT Design Assist software. This software program is a powerful anchor design and comparison tool. With new innovative features, applications, and products, the interactive and flexible user-interface allows you to model, optimize, and compare multiple anchoring solutions. DDA helps you design your site with 4 key features: 1) Design: Code compliant anchor designs according to ACI 318-14 and CSA A23.3-14.

2) Compare: Quickly compare up to 3 similar or different anchors.

3) Document: Comprehensive design calculations with multiple reporting options.

4) Anchor: Includes a full catalog of DEWALT anchors, standard Cast-In-Place, and more.

These key features allow you to model customizable baseplate designs, equipment anchorages, anchorage-to-deck members, composite metal deck slab anchoring, post-installed rebar design (AC308), and more.

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SOFTWARE StructurePoint

Trimble

Visicon Inc.

Phone: 847-966-4357 Email: info@structurepoint.org Web: www.structurepoint.org Product: Concrete Design Software Suite Description: Concrete design software programs updated to ACI 318-14 for concrete buildings, concrete structures, and concrete tanks. Reinforced concrete structural software includes programs for the design of columns, bridge piers beams, girders, one and two-way slabs, shearwalls, tilt-up walls, mats, foundations, tanks, and slabs-on-grade. (Formerly the PCA Engineering Software Group)

Phone: 678-737-7379 Email: jodi.hendrixson@trimble.com Web: www.tekla.com/us Product: Tekla Tedds Description: Automates repetitive and error prone structural and civil calculations, allowing engineers to perform 2-D frame analysis, access a large range of automated structural and civil calculations to U.S. codes, and speed up daily structural calculations.

Phone: 650-218-0008 Email: florian@visicon.com Web: visicon.com Product: Visicon 3D Model Checker Description: Provides a common platform to review and check Revit, ETABS, and IFC models. It gives greater insight into project models, helps document design progress, identifies model changes, and automates quality control checks. Engineering teams using Visicon to improve overall project coordination and produce higher quality projects.

Trimble Inc. Phone: 800-874-6253 Email: info@geospatial.trimble.com Web: https://monitoring.trimble.com Product: Trimble 4D Control Description: Enables project stakeholders to monitor critical infrastructure including dams, bridges, mines, and buildings surrounding construction sites and tunnels in real-time. Providing unparalleled movement analysis and extensive support for a wide variety of monitoring sensors, multiple sites can be managed from a single, customizable platform.

Product: Tekla Structural Designer Description: The power to analyze and design multi-material buildings efficiently and cost effectively. Fully automated and packed with unique features for optimized concrete and steel design.

Helps engineering businesses win more projects and maximize profits. Quick comparison of alternative design schemes through cost-effective change management and seamless BIM collaboration.

Product: Tekla Structures Description: Create and transfer constructible models throughout the design life, from concept to completion.

With Tekla Structures, accurate and information-rich models reduce RFIs, leverage models for drawing production, material take offs, and collaboration with architects, consultants, fabricators, and contractors.

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WoodWorks Software Phone: 800-844-1275 Email: sales@woodworks-software.com Web: www.woodworks-software.com Product: WoodWorks® Software Description: Offers three programs: Sizer for beam, joist, columns, wall stud, and CLT design. Shearwalls for wood and gypsum board sheathed walls.

Connections for wood-to-wood, wood-to-concrete, and wood-to-steel connections. Use WoodWorks to quickly design components for light-frame and mass timber structures.

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he National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) is a nonprofit organization made up of engineering and surveying licensing boards from all U.S. states and territories. Since its founding in 1920, NCEES has been committed to advancing licensure for engineers and surveyors in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the U.S. public.

NCEES develops, administers, and scores the exams used for engineering and surveying licensure in the United States. It also facilitates professional mobility and promotes uniformity of the U.S. licensure processes through services for its member licensing boards and licensees. These services include the following:  Surveying Exams  Engineering Exams  Exam Prep Materials  Records Program  Credentials Evaluations  CPC Tracking  Surveying Education Award  Engineering Education Award  Speaker’s Link

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WOOD American Wood Council

ENERCALC, Inc.

Phone: 202-463-2766 Email: info@awc.org Web: www.awc.org Product: Standards, Resources and Design Tools Description: The American Wood Council develops ANSI-approved standards and other design tools related to the use of wood and wood products. Our popular DCA 6 – Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide is a free document on how to properly build a deck and is available in English or Spanish.

Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud Description: Whether working with wood beams, trusses, columns, ledgers, or shear walls, ENERCALC’s Structural Engineering Library will save hours of design time every week. Built-in databases for sawn lumber and engineered wood products (VersaLam, Glu-Lam, etc.) put section properties and allowable stresses at your fingertips. Budget-friendly all-inclusive subscriptions make it easy.

Product: National Design Specification for Wood Construction® (NDS) Description: The 2018 NDS is referenced in the 2018 International Building Code. Significant additions to the 2018 NDS include new Roof Sheathing Ring Shank nails and fastener head pullthrough design provisions to address increased wind loads in ASCE 7-16 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.

CADRE Analytic Phone: 425-392-4309 Email: cadresales@cadreanalytic.com Web: www.cadreanalytic.com Product: CADRE Pro 6 Description: Finite element structural analysis.

Loading conditions include discrete, pressure, hydrostatic, seismic, and dynamic response. Features for presenting, displaying, plotting, and tabulating extreme loads and stresses across the structure and across multiple load cases simultaneously. Basic code checking for steel, wood, and aluminum. Free fullyfunctioning evaluation version available.

CAST CONNEX Phone: 416-806-3521 Email: info@castconnex.com Web: www.castconnex.com Product: Timber End Connectors™ Description: The leading supplier of cast steel components for use in the design and construction of structures. Timber End Connectors bring off-the-shelf simplicity and reliability to architecturally exposed steel connections at the ends of heavy timber or glulam structural elements, while custom designed components enable unparalleled opportunity for creativity in design.

ClearCalcs Phone: 603-443-1038 Email: hello@clearcalcs.com Web: www.clearcalcs.com Product: Cloud Software Suite Description: Make design calculations the easiest part of your job. Effortlessly design and analyze everything from the roof down to the foundations in your choice of wood, steel, cold-formed steel, and concrete. Track loads through your whole structure, and use any recent building code with lightning quick FEA based results.

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IES, Inc. Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: VisualAnalysis + VAConnect Description: Your wood structures start with a model.

VisualAnalysis helps you create models easily to obtain accurate analysis and design results. With VAConnect you also get wood connection design to take you a step further toward success. Download free trials of these tools from the website.

RedBuilt Phone: 866-859-6757 Email: info@redbuilt.com Web: www.redbuilt.com Product: Red-I™ joists, RedLam™ LVL and Red-OW trusses Description: Structural solutions developed to optimize the design of your project and have become an integral part of floor, roof, and ceiling framing.

Visit the Resources section of the website for the complete list of Specifier’s Guides.

Product: RedSpec Description: A convenient, user-friendly design program that lets you quickly and efficiently create floor and roof design specifications using Red-I™ joists, RedBuilt™ open-web trusses, RedLam™ LVL, glulam beams and dimensional lumber. RedSpec™ is provided free of charge to registered users. For support, contact us by e-mail at RedSpec@RedBuilt.com.

Phone: 604-273-7737 Email: info@s-frame.com Web: s-frame.com Product: S-TIMBER Description: The solution to mass timber, lightframe, and hybrid structural design. Leverages over 38 years of structural engineering expertise into a timber design solution that automates and manages all aspects of the timber design process: modeling, structural analysis, and timber design. S-FRAME Software solutions are backed by best-in-class customer support.

Trimble Phone: 678-737-7379 Email: jodi.hendrixson@trimble.com Web: www.tekla.com/us Product: Tekla Structures Description: Can be used for wood framing: True BIM model of wood framing; parametric components allow for easy creation and design change; easily add or move doors and windows; library of industry standard wood connections included; clash checking functionality to eliminate change orders; easily customizable to suit any job requirements.

Product: Tekla Tedds Description: Using Tekla Tedds you can design a range of wood elements, and produce detailed and transparent documentation for beams (single span, multi-span, and cantilever), wood columns, sawn lumber, engineered wood, glulam and flitch options, shear walls (multiple openings: segmented or perforated), and connections (bolted, screwed, nailed, wood/wood, and wood/steel).

WoodWorks Software Phone: 800-844-1275 Email: sales@woodworks-software.com Web: www.woodworks-software.com Product: WoodWorks® Design Office Suite Description: Conforms to IBC 2015, ASCE 7-10, NDS 2015, SDPWS 2015. SHEARWALLS: designs perforated and segmented shearwalls; generates loads; rigid and flexible diaphragm distribution methods.

SIZER: designs beams, columns, studs, joists up to 6 stories; automatic load patterning. CONNECTIONS: Wood-to-wood, wood-to-steel, or wood-to-concrete.

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RISA Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISAFloor Description: Designs and optimizes building systems constructed of steel (composite and noncomposite), concrete, wood, and CFS, as well as combinations of materials. Automatic live load reduction, additive or exclusive floor area loads, vibration calculations, and more make RISAFloor the first choice for the design of all types of building systems.

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MASONRY Concrete Masonry Association of CA & NV Phone: 916-722-1700 Email: info@cmacn.org Web: www.cmacn.org Product: CMD18 Design Tool for Masonry Description: Structural design of reinforced concrete and clay hollow unit masonry elements for design of masonry elements in accordance with provisions of Ch. 21 of 2010 through 2019 CBC or 2009 through 2018 IBC and 2008 through 2016 Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures (TMS 402).

ENERCALC, Inc.

H&B Powered by MiTek

PROSOCO

Phone: 800-645-0616 Email: tomw@h-b.com Web: h-b.com Product: ENVIRO-BARRIER Air Barrier Description: A single-component, fluid-applied, air, water, and vapor barrier for above-grade wall assemblies.

It cures to form a resilient, monolithic, fully adhered, elastomeric membrane that resists air leakage and water penetration, plus acts as a vapor barrier.

Phone: 800-255-4255 Email: brian.barnes@prosoco.com Web: www.prosoco.com Product: PROSOCO Stitch-Ties and Grip-Ties Description: PROSOCO offers a variety of masonry anchors and ties for all kinds of wall stabilization projects, on new construction and on retrofits. New construction anchors establish a secure facade on new masonry buildings, and our restoration anchors restore existing buildings by stabilizing the facade.

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ENERCALC

Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud/RetainPro Description: Whether designing masonry slender walls, masonry beams and lintels, or masonry cantilevered retaining wall stems, ENERCALC’s Structural Engineering Library saves time. Masonry design modules feature flexible geometry definition, thorough load combinations, and clear concise output. Instant recalculation allows “what-if ” solutions. Build 20 subscriptions now include RetainPro retaining wall modules.

Phone: 800-633-6668 Email: jlarsen@larsenproducts.com Web: www.larsenproducts.com Product: Weld-Crete® Description: Weld-Crete chemical concrete bonding agent incorporates polyvinyl acetate homopolymer in a patented formulation. For exterior and interior use, Weld-Crete will bond new concrete, Portland cement plaster, and cementitious mixes to structurally sound concrete floors, walls, columns, beams, steps, and ramps.

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Wej-It High-Performance Anchors Phone: 203-523-5833 Email: julien@toggler.com Web: www.wejit.com Product: POWER-Skru Large Diameter Concrete Screw Description: A high-strength screw anchor with self-tapping threads that offers a unique undercutting design for anchoring into concrete and masonry. No secondary setting is needed. The POWER-Skru Large Diameter Concrete Screw provides high-strength performance with low installation torque. A heavy-duty mechanically-galvanized finish is available to enhance corrosion resistance.

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H&B POWERED BY MITEK The same study shows that offset angles minimize that reduction to between 15 percent and 16.5 percent.

Among H&B Powered by MiTek’s thermal offerings is our Thermal Wingnut – the only functional wingnut anchor in the industry. As the wingnut tightens, it presses the insulation tight against the backup wall, maximizing its R-Value. Single-barrel means a single penetration, as opposed to anchors that typically require two fasteners. This means the number of thermal bridges is reduced by half. Using a wall configuration with 4 inches of XPS insulation, at 16- x 16-inch spacings, typical masonry anchors can lead to an R-Value reduction of upward of 20 percent or greater. This anchor limits that effective R-Value reduction to 7.4 percent, or operating at 92.6 percent efficiency.

H&B Powered by MiTek offers a line of Thermal 2-SEAL™ anchors, which use a proprietary UL-94 coating to create a thermal break at the insulation, and a stainless-steel barrel that transfers 1⁄7 the thermal energy of a standard zinc barrel. The dual-diameter barrel with EPDM washers makes our 2-SEAL line the only anchors on the market to seal both the insulation and the air barrier. In fact, we make the only anchors that seal the air barrier. The steel-reinforced wing maintains integrity during NFPA 285 testing.

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&B Powered by MiTek serves both the commercial and residential markets as the leading developer and distributor of reinforcement, anchoring, and moisture protection systems for masonry.

An essential part of our anchoring line is our group of thermal products. Our Thermal Brick Support System (TBS) offers many benefits. A groundbreaking brick veneer support system reduces thermal bridging in shelf angles. The TBS system also allows for the installation of continuous insulation behind the support angle. Each job is designed and engineered in-house to meet your specific project needs. In addition, RDH Engineering posted a study showing attached shelf angles will create an effective reduction of the R-Value by between 46 percent and 63 percent.

SEISMIC Adhesives Technology Corporation

Dlubal Software, Inc.

Gripple

Phone: 754-399-1057 Email: ATCinfo@atcepoxy.com Web: atcepoxy.com Product: ULTRABOND® HS-1CC High Strength Anchoring Epoxy Description: The world’s strongest anchoring epoxy, IBC compliant ULTRABOND HS-1CC is available in bulk and cartridge containers. Qualifies for seismic categories A through F, is included on DOT approved materials lists in 31 of the 40 states that maintain such lists (remaining states pending), and is “Made in USA.”

Phone: 267-702-2815 Email: info-us@dlubal.com Web: www.dlubal.com Product: RFEM Description: Integrated automatic wind and snow load generators according to ASCE 7-16 for general building-type structures. Calculate a Response Spectra Analysis for all structure types according to ASCE 7-16 or user-defined from accelerogram input data. Structure design and optimization available with the latest design standards such as AISC, ACI, ADM, NDS.

Phone: 630-406-0600 Email: e.balsamo@gripple.com Web: www.gripple.com Product: Seismic Cable Braces for Non-Structural Building Components Description: Specifically-designed and engineered to brace and secure suspended nonstructural equipment and components requiring seismic design. Requiring no tools to install, they are up to 10 times faster than other bracing methods and are suitable for new or retrofit installations.

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Applied Science International, LLC

DuraFuse Frames

Hexagon

Phone: 919-645-4090 Email: support@appliedscienceint.com Web: www.extremeloading.com Product: Extreme Loading for Structures 8.0 Description: Advanced non-linear structural analysis software tool designed specifically for structural engineers. ELS allows structural engineers to study the 3-D behavior of structures through both the continuum and discrete stages of loading. Includes static and dynamic loads such as those generated by a blast, seismic events, impact, progressive collapse, and wind.

Phone: 801-727-4060 Email: contact@durafuseframes.com Web: www.durafuseframes.com Product: DF360 Description: DuraFuse Frames products are unique seismic resilient systems preventing beam and column damage while also providing repairability. DuraFuse Frames offers the ideal moment-frame and dual-frame solutions for all building types in all Seismic Design Categories, and provides the most versatile SMF/IMF system on the market in addition to resiliency.

Phone: 346-260-8798 Email: andrea.velazquez@hexagon.com Web: https://hexagonppm.com Product: GT STRUDL Description: Engineers build complex geometries using familiar and powerful CAD tools. Automated generation of wind and seismic loads per ASCE 7 with a graphical assignment of wind loads to account for shielding effects on open structures. New in 2019 is the ability to convert seismic response spectra to time history loads.

Cast Connex

Dynamic Isolation Systems

Phone: 416-806-3521 Email: info@castconnex.com Web: www.castconnex.com Product: High Strength Connectors™, Cast Bolted Brackets, and Scorpion™ Yielding Connectors Description: High Strength Connectors and Cast Bolted Brackets simplify and improve connections in seismic-resistant concentrically braced frames and moment resisting frames, respectively. Scorpion Yielding Connectors are modular, replaceable, standardized hysteretic fuses that provide enhanced ductility and improved performance in the retrofit of seismically deficient structures or for use in the Seismic Force Resisting System of new structures.

Phone: 775-359-3333 Email: sales@dis-inc.com Web: www.dis-inc.com Product: Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB) Description: Base isolation with LRBs reduces accelerations from an earthquake by isolating the structure from ground motions. Isolated buildings and their contents will be undamaged and functional after an earthquake.

Cintec Reinforcement Systems Ltd Phone: 613-225-3381 Email: rlr@cintec.com Web: www.cintec.com Product: Cintec Anchoring and Reinforcement systems Description: Design features allow for adaptations that meet the specific strengthening and repair requirements individual to each project. Extensive research and development has focused on the contribution Cintec anchors provide in the fields of seismic upgrading and seismic repair while still remaining sensitive to the original architecture.

CoreBrace Phone: 801-280-0701 Email: brandt.saxey@corebrace.com Web: www.corebrace.com Product: CoreBrace Buckling Restrained Braces Description: A sustainable and cost-effective solution to improve seismic performance of structures. This highly ductile system has been used in thousands of projects worldwide for earthquake risk mitigation.

CoreBrace’s expert staff works closely with engineers and the entire design and construction team to meet their requirements.

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Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud Description: SEL automatically incorporates seismic loads in load combinations, including the vertical component, redundancy, and system overstrength factors, as applicable. SEL supports ASCE 7’s Base Shear, Demands on Non-Structural Components, and Wall Anchorage. SEL Build 20 subscriptions now include RetainPro’s retaining wall modules – including the substantially upgraded Segmental Retaining Wall module.

Geopier Foundation Company Phone: 704-439-1790 Email: info@geopier.com Web: geopier.com Product: Geopier Rammed Aggregate Pier® and Rigid Inclusion Systems Description: Geopier® provides an efficient and cost-effective Intermediate Foundation® solution for the support of settlement structures. Our systems have become effective replacements for massive overexcavation and replacement or deep foundations, including driven piles, drilled shafts, or augered cast-inplace piles. Thousands of structures around the world are currently supported by Geopier technologies.

IES, Inc. Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: VisualAnalysis Description: Thousands of engineers use VisualAnalysis to design structures for both lateral and gravity loading, including ASCE 7 wind and dynamic analysis for seismic. Customer-proven for over 25 years. the latest version updates material specifications and will help you beat deadlines. Try it today at no cost.

Lindapter Phone: 866-566-2658 Email: inquiries@lindapter.com Web: www.LindapterUSA.com Product: Hollo-Bolt Description: The original expansion bolt for structural steel; ICC approved for Seismic Design Categories A through F. The Hollo-Bolt is quickly installed from one side of the steel by simply inserting the fastener into a pre-drilled hole and tightening with a torque wrench, saving time and money.

Meca Enterprises, Inc Phone: 918-258-2913 Email: rachel@mecaenterprises.com Web: www.mecaenterprises.com Product: MecaWind Software Description: A cost-effective program used by Engineers and Designers to perform wind calculations per ASCE 7-16, ASCE 7-10, and ASCE 7-05. Simple to use and offers a professional looking output with all necessary wind calculations. The software will save you time and is a great tool to have in your business.

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Phone: 800-250-3196 Email: jbarker@ncees.org Web: www.ncees.org Product: Engineering Licensure Description: NCEES is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors.

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Simpson Strong-Tie®

Trimble

Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISA-3D Description: Feeling overwhelmed with the latest seismic design procedures? RISA-3D has you covered with seismic detailing features including full AISC341/358 code checks. Whether using RISA-3D’s automated seismic load generator, or using the built-in dynamic response spectra and time history analysis/design capabilities, you will get designs and reports that will meet all your needs.

Phone: 800-925-5099 Email: web@strongtie.com Web: www.strongtie.com Product: High Wind-Resistant Construction Application Guide Description: This Guide discusses the critical elements of high wind-resistant construction and helps you locate the connectors and fasteners you need for designing in high-wind areas. It also includes information on the effects of wind, corrosion, and uplift to help ensure safe, strong structures.

Phone: 678-737-7379 Email: jodi.hendrixson@trimble.com Web: www.tekla.com Product: Tekla Structural Designer Description: Design a lateral force resisting systems with Tekla Structural Designer’s code based 3-D BIM analysis and design tool. Built-in loading wizards automatically calculate all wind and seismic forces, generate design cases, and optimize the design of steel and concrete members to the latest AISC, ACI, and ASCE 7 design codes.

Struware, LLC

S-Frame Software Phone: 604-273-7737 Email: info@s-frame.com Web: s-frame.com Product: S-FRAME Analysis Description: An industry standard for over 36 years, analyzes and designs structures regardless of geometric complexity, material type, loading conditions, nonlinear effects or seismic loads. Integrated concrete, steel, timber, and foundation design ensures your maximum productivity. Our continued R&D investment gives users the latest advantages and dedicated technical expertise.

Phone: 904-302-6724 Email: email@struware.com Web: www.struware.com Product: Struware Code Search Description: Provides you with all pertinent wind, seismic, snow, live and dead loads for your building in just minutes. The program simplifies ASCE 7 and IBC (and codes based on these) by catching the buts, ifs, insteads, footnotes, and hidden items that most people miss. Demo available at the website.

Phone: 408-439-3283 Email: david@zenithengineers.com Web: zenithengineers.com Product: Seismic Retrofitting Service Description: Zenith Engineers has designed and engineered over 600+ seismic retrofits across the west coast ranging from non-ductile concrete, unreinforced masonry, and soft story buildings.

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6) Availability of advanced modeling and sustainability design aids 7) Integration with structural analysis and detailing software packages 8) Replaceability after a major seismic event, if necessary CoreBrace designs and manufactures all of its products within its own AISC Certified facility utilizing in-house designers, engineers, project management, and sales staff. Added to these capabilities is a strong commitment to collaboration. CoreBrace provides attention to detail that is unmatched in the industry. Through dedication to continuous improvement and innovation, CoreBrace is a progressive company that is always looking for new perspectives, opportunities to improve, ways to excel, and methods to outperform. CoreBrace provides its clients with confidence that their project is built to the highest standards, using the best options and latest modern approaches available. The global success of CoreBrace is the result of a worldwide need for reliable seismic solutions to protect structures from the devastating effects of earthquakes. CoreBrace provides its clients with complete dependability, superior quality assurance, and customized schedule performance in every project.

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oreBrace, as a world leader in the construction industry, offers innovative technology to achieve high-performance, resilient structures. CoreBrace designs and fabricates Buckling Restrained Braces (BRBs), seismic protection devices that provide stable energy dissipation, which helps to create safe and sustainable buildings. BRBs provide a cost-effective and highly efficient solution that allows structures to withstand earthquake demands and to continue to be operational after a seismic event. CoreBrace BRBs have been successfully utilized in a wide variety of structures, including high-rise towers, hospitals, schools, stadiums, and industrial facilities in locations such as Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Thailand, Guam, Chile, Mexico, and nearly every state in the United States. CoreBrace’s continuous R&D program provides unparalleled service and extensive support to Design Teams, Steel Fabricators and Erectors, Detailers, and General Contractors during the various stages of a project. This approach offers numerous advantages, including, among others: 1) Reduced earthquake forces on the structure and foundation 2) Simple connections to the structural system for faster erection 3) Stable hysteretic behavior through multiple design level events 4) Convenient solution for seismic retrofit or upgrade applications 5) Minimized strengthening of existing structural members and foundations

FOUNDATIONS American Wood Council

Geopier Foundation Company

RISA

Phone: 202-463-2766 Email: info@awc.org Web: www.awc.org Product: Permanent Wood Foundation Design Specification (PWF) Description: PWF covers permanent wood foundation systems which are intended for light frame construction, including residential buildings.

This document primarily addresses the structural design requirements.

Phone: 704-439-1790 Email: info@geopier.com Web: geopier.com Product: Geopier Rammed Aggregate Pier® and Rigid Inclusion Systems Description: Geopier® provides an efficient and cost-effective Intermediate Foundation® solution for the support of settlement structures. Our systems have become effective replacements for massive overexcavation and replacement or deep foundations, including driven piles, drilled shafts, or augered cast-inplace piles. Thousands of structures around the world are currently supported by Geopier technologies.

Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISAFoundation Description: The ultimate tool for analysis and design of a variety of different foundation types. Featuring an open modeling environment, finite element analysis, and full integration with superstructure analysis programs; you won’t find a better choice for retaining wall, spread footing, combined footing, mat slab, or pile cap design.

Larsen Products Corp.

STRUCTUREPOINT

Phone: 800-633-6668 Email: jlarsen@larsenproducts.com Web: www.larsenproducts.com Product: Weld-Crete® Description: Weld-Crete chemical concrete bonding agent incorporates polyvinyl acetate homopolymer in a patented formulation. For exterior and interior use, Weld-Crete will bond new concrete, Portland cement plaster, and cementitious mixes to structurally sound concrete floors, walls, columns, beams, steps, and ramps.

Phone: 847-966-4357 Email: software@structurepoint.org Web: www.structurepoint.org Product: spMats Description: Widely used for analysis, design, and investigation of concrete mat foundations, footings, and slabs on grade. spMats is equipped with the American (ACI 318-14) and Canadian (CSA A23.3-14) concrete codes. Utilized by engineers worldwide to optimize complicated foundation design and improve analysis of soil structure interaction.

ENERCALC, Inc. ENERCALC Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/RetainPro/ ENERCALC SE Cloud Description: ENERCALC’s SEL has you covered when it comes to design of individual pad, continuous wall, or combined footings. The foundation design modules feature flexible geometry definition, thorough load combinations, and clear concise output. Instant recalculation allows “whatif ” solutions. Build 20 subscriptions now include RetainPro’s retaining wall modules. Update today!

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• Added stiffness in connection region results in reduction of overall frame weight • Fewer parts and less fit-up in installation process • No field welding or inspection requirements • Fewer parts and less connection weight • Improvement of project schedule • No prescriptive lateral bracing • No seismic compactness requirements • No protected zone in the beam • Reduction of downtime and repair costs following severe earthquake Three benefits unique to DuraFuse Frames: The only fully-restrained (FR) steel moment frames that do not require prescriptive lateral bracing per AISC 341, D1.2b, which saves money by eliminating braces and creates possibilities for frames where braces are not feasible.

The only fully-restrained (FR) steel moment frames that do not have seismic compactness requirements for the beams which enables the use of the most efficient beam shapes and can reduce frame weights.

The only fully-restrained (FR) steel moment frames that do not have a protected zone in the beam.

DuraFuse Frames is available in RAM Structural Systems, Revit, SDS2, and Tekla.

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uraFuse Frames products are unique seismic resilient systems preventing beam and column damage while also providing repairability. DuraFuse Frames offers the ideal moment-frame and dual-frame solutions for all building types in all Seismic Design Categories and provides the most versatile SMF/IMF system on the market in addition to resiliency. The frame design utilizes bottom fuse plates, which protect the beams and columns, becoming the only parts to be replaced following a severe earthquake event. This innovative design allows buildings to be more resilient to major earthquakes. DuraFuse Frames enjoys full compliance with the performance requirements in AISC 341 with code approvals from IAPMO UES ER 610, including 2018 IBC, CBC, and LA Addendum. Its team of highly competent researchers and developers, project managers, and support staff are dedicated to providing professional, timely, and responsive service. DuraFuse Frames products provide economic seismic protection and industry-leading resilience that are easy to incorporate, fast to install, and commercially competitive.

Multiple Technical Bulletins have been published to provide additional details, value analyses, and cost benefits of incorporating DuraFuse Frames products. Unique benefits and features include: • Elimination of typical continuity plates and doubler plates • Reduction of cover plate thickness • Reduction of seismic beam bracing (kickers) • Fewer parts and less fit-up in fabrication process

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H&B Powered by MiTek

Simpson Strong-Tie

Phone: 754-399-1057 Email: atcinfo@atcepoxy.com Web: www.atcepoxy.com Product: ULTRABOND® Anchoring and Doweling Adhesives Description: Now offering four IBC compliant anchoring adhesives. Along with HS-1CC, the world’s strongest anchoring epoxy, we offer new EPX-3CC, a high-performance epoxy for high-volume applications, and new HYB-2CC, the hybrid that cures fast in hot and cold temperatures. ACRYL-8CC provides fast cure and a very broad application temperature range.

Phone: 800-645-0616 Email: tomw@h-b.com Web: h-b.com Product: Thermal Anchor Description: Brick veneer support system reduces thermal bridging in shelf angles. Features job-specific engineering to move the shelf angle away from the wall allowing for continuous insulation behind the shelf angle. 2-SEAL™ Thermal Wingnut Anchor uses a steel reinforced, UL94-rated wing to create a thermal break at the insulation.

Phone: 800-925-5099 Email: web@strongtie.com Web: www.strongtie.com Product: Anchoring, Fastening and Restoration Solutions Product Guide Description: The comprehensive Product Guide features up-to-date products and technical information to locate the ideal product solution for your job. The Anchoring, Fastening, and Restoration Solutions Product Guide provides information on adhesives, mechanical anchors, direct fastening, carbide drill bills, and concrete restoration products for concrete and masonry.

ASDIP Structural Software

IES, Inc.

Phone: 407-284-9202 Email: support@asdipsoft.com Web: www.asdipsoft.com Product: ASDIP STEEL Description: An advanced software for quick and efficient design of steel members, base plates, anchor rods, and shear lugs per the latest ACI anchorage provisions. See immediate graphical results, and condensed or detailed reports with exposed formulas and code references. Save design time and let ASDIP handle the math complexity.

Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: VAConnect Description: Design base plates by AISC Design Guide #1 and anchorage calculations for ACI 318. Both of these, independently, are difficult by hand! With VAConnect you will get the job done quickly and accurately. Works alone or with IES VisualAnalysis.

Product: 304|316 Stainless-Steel Titen HD® Heavy-Duty Screw Anchor Description: Now available in Type 304 and 316 stainless steel. Type 316 is the optimal choice for applications in corrosive environments such as near chemicals or saltwater. Type 304 is a cost-effective solution for less extreme applications, including in wet, moist, or damp environments.

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PROSOCO

Phone: 800-524-3244 Email: melanie.rodriguez@sbdinc.com Web: www.anchors.dewalt.com Product: DEWALT Anchor and Fastening Systems Description: Productivity enhancing, reliable, and code approved. Dust X+™ is an ICC-ES approved system combining DEWALT dust extractors, rotary hammers, and hollow drill bits for installation of adhesive and mechanical anchors. Premium epoxy Pure 110+ and hybrid AC200+. Anchor installation systems supported by DDA™, a no fee, in-house engineered software app.

Phone: 800-255-4255 Email: brian.barnes@prosoco.com Web: www.prosoco.com Product: PROSOCO Stitch-Ties and Grip-Ties Description: PROSOCO offers a variety of masonry anchors and ties for all kinds of wall stabilization projects, on new construction and on retrofits. New construction anchors establish a secure facade on new masonry buildings, and our restoration anchors restore existing buildings by stabilizing the facade.

DuraFuse Frames

RISA

Phone: 801-727-4060 Email: contact@durafuseframes.com Web: www.durafuseframes.com Product: DF360 Description: DuraFuse Frames products are unique seismic resilient systems preventing beam and column damage while also providing repairability. DuraFuse Frames offers the ideal moment-frame and dual-frame solutions for all building types in all Seismic Design Categories, and provides the most versatile SMF/IMF system on the market in addition to resiliency.

Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISAConnection Description: The cutting edge of next-generation connection design software features full 3-D visualization and expandable reports for every limit state. The latest release, v11, includes integration with Hilti Profis for anchorage design, support for column cap plate moment connections, and updated HSS tube connection design according to the Canadian steel code.

ENERCALC, Inc.

ENERCALC

Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud/RetainPro Description: Design of anchors and anchor bolts typically requires a thorough development of applied loads and may require analysis of full structures or connected components. Structural Engineering Library can assist in determining those loads and performing those analyses through its Loads & Forces modules and its many analysis and design modules.

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Trimble Phone: 770-715-3976 Email: jodi.hendrixson@trimble.com Web: www.tekla.com/us Product: Tekla Tedds Description: Automating your everyday structural designs, the Tekla Tedds’ library includes anchor bolt design per ACI 318 Appendix D. The calculation includes comprehensive checks for tensile and shear failure of anchors and is available as part of a free trial by visiting www.tekla.com/us/products/tekla-tedds.

Product: Tekla Structures Description: An open BIM modeling software that can model all types of anchors required to create a 100% constructible 3-D model. Anchors can be created inside the software or imported directly from vendors that provide 3-D CAD files of their products.

Wej-It High-Performance Anchors Phone: 203-523-5833 Email: julien@toggler.com Web: www.wejit.com Product: POWER-Skru Large Diameter Concrete Screw Description: A high-strength screw anchor with self-tapping threads that offers a unique undercutting design for anchoring into concrete and masonry. No secondary setting is needed. The POWER-Skru Large Diameter Concrete Screw provides high-strength performance with low installation torque. A heavyduty mechanically-galvanized finish is available to enhance corrosion resistance.

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U.S. and California Regulations Drive the Evolution of Anchoring Adhesives

Until recently, anchoring adhesives used in transportation infrastructure have been approved at the discretion of state departments of transportation, while those used in vertical construction were subject to compliance with the International Code Council’s International Building Code (IBC) guidelines. Changes in Federal regulation have now substantially altered the approvals landscape for infrastructure projects.

ATC has significantly evolved its adhesive anchoring products in compliance with the new regulatory landscape and offers a full product line to serve the needs of companies building and repairing the country’s vital roadways, bridges, and tunnels.

A Game-Changing FHWA Advisory

Presidential Domestic Content Order In January 2019, an executive order directed government agencies and departments to encourage recipients of federal project dollars to use products made in the United States for every contract, subcontract, purchase order, or sub-award. The order covered many products, including industrial adhesives, which must have 50% or more U.S. content for related projects to qualify for federal funding.

California Weighs In On April 20 of this year, California, the largest recipient of federal construction funds, officially modified the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Authorized Materials List to include only products that are IBC compliant. Because of its size and influence, California is often a bellwether of changes to come in the construction industry, and other states are expected to follow its example in the coming months and years.

ATC is proud that its ULTRABOND® HS-1CC anchoring and doweling epoxy was the first product on Caltrans’ new materials list to be IBC compliant in both bulk and cartridge packaging. With the more recent approval of new ULTRABOND® HYB-2CC, ATC became the only manufacturer to be listed by Caltrans with both an epoxy and a non-epoxy hybrid approved for all threaded rod and rebar diameters.

These products are just a few of the recent developments at ATC, a company that has cultivated a reputation for formulating advanced anchoring adhesives and is considered by many to be the country’s #1 structural adhesives specialist. By focusing on adhesives, ATC has put itself at the forefront of this rapidly evolving sector.

Introducing the Big 4 ATC now offers four IBC compliant anchoring adhesives among a growing list of state DOT approvals. ATC maintains an easyto-use list of DOT approvals sortable by product and state at www.atcepoxy.com/dot-approvals.

ULTRABOND® HS-1CC, the world’s strongest 1:1 mix ratio anchoring and doweling epoxy for cracked and uncracked concrete, and the first code-compliant formula available in both cartridge and bulk. Made in USA. ICC-ES approval report ESR-4094 NEW ULTRABOND® HYB-2CC, a high-speed, high-strength hybrid anchoring adhesive that can be applied in temperatures down to 23 °F and is also qualified for post-installed rebar connections. ICC-ES approval report ESR-4535 NEW ULTRABOND® EPX-3CC, the best high-performance and value-optimized adhesive for high-volume anchoring and doweling applications. Made in USA. ICC-ES approval report ESR-4533 FAST CURE ULTRABOND® ACRYL-8CC provides a full cure rate of 45 minutes at 70 °F, and an extended in-service temperature range of 14 °F to 248 °F. ICC-ES approval report ESR-4249 These four products are just part of ATC’s full line of advanced ULTRABOND® anchoring and doweling adhesives, which is complemented by a full line of CRACKBOND® concrete repair and restoration products.

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The Federal Highway Administration issued a technical advisory in January 2018, establishing new guidelines for the installation and inspection of adhesive anchors under sustained loads. These guidelines bring a new national requirement to the use of postinstalled adhesive anchors in transportation infrastructure and now mandate states to comply, or risk losing federal funding on noncompliant projects. Henceforth, anchors used in federally funded infrastructure projects must qualify under the same standards as adhesives specified in accordance with the IBC.

About ATC Founded in 1978, ATC has a proud heritage of research, development, and manufacture of advanced concrete-related construction materials. They are a founding member of the Concrete and Masonry Anchor Manufacturer’s Association (CAMA), offer NCSEA accredited coursework in anchor design accompanied by free anchor design software (Pro Anchor Design), and provide technical training and support to engineers and contractors through their network of field representatives.

ATC is a subsidiary of Meridian Adhesives Group which offers a broad array of adhesives for the electronics, flooring, infrastructure, and packaging markets.

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Overcome the Hidden Costs of RFIs

are finding early collaboration and cooperation can mitigate RFIs.

Tainted reputations: Developers and owners have reasonable expectations about their investment and, when they are not met, everyone suffers. If a drawn-out RFI process causes project delays or cost overruns, reputations are damaged. Similarly, delayed RFI responses, inaccurate answers, or unanswered RFIs tarnish the image of the responsible companies.

Your Roadmap Forward A new three-part, in-depth RFI guide provides you the blueprint for success. It features advice from experienced industry specialists, case studies illustrating how to deal with RFIs successfully, and strategies and actions to avoid and mitigate RFIs. Get the free guide at newmill.com/RFIguide.

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t is time to fix the problem of incomplete structural drawings. No one likes confusion or misunderstanding or ambiguity. In the construction industry especially, these things lead to damaging results: Project delays. Cost overruns.

Tainted reputations. These are the project risks associated with incomplete structural drawings and the related request for information (RFI) process.

RFIs are nothing new to the construction industry. Arising out of incomplete or inaccurate structural drawings, they have been a necessary and important part of building design and construction for decades. That said, RFIs appear to be The risks associated with the request-for-information process include project delays and increasing in frequency while decreasing in effectiveness. blown budgets, among others. There is a better way forward that avoids these pitfalls.

Navigant Construction Forum researched projects that began between 2001 and 2012 in their paper, Impact & Control of RFIs on Uncover the Solutions Construction Projects. In the 1,362 projects studied, 1.1 million RFIs were submitted for an average of 796 per project. After removing the The problem of incomplete drawings and RFIs is not going away least costly and most costly outliers, the average cost of each RFI was on its own. Progressive firms are pursuing better ways to deal determined to be about $1,080, or $859,680 per project. with them and a better way forward. What is their approach? A The cost impacts are just the beginning. Instead of solving prob- revamped process for project delivery, starting with early design lems as intended, the RFI process has increasingly created other, collaboration with suppliers’ engineering teams. unintended problems.

Know your options: In A Guideline Addressing Coordination and Project delays: Resolving an RFI often ensnares representatives Completeness of Structural Construction Documents, the Council of multiple trades working on a project. Navigant found it takes of American Structural Engineers (CASE) calls for coordination an average of eight days before an RFI receives its first response. between the structural engineer of record and suppliers’ engineers Median response time is 12 days. The RFI back-and-forth con- for successful specification and structural drawings. This upfront tributes to extended project timelines, delaying occupancy and coordination pays off with more accurate drawings and fewer resulting in a loss of residential or business revenue.

RFIs, especially as project complexity escalates.

Change orders: As the RFI process drags on, it often drains a Listen to the experts: STRUCTURE magazine has long been project’s contingency funds. Belated structural design and engi- an advocate for a more collaborative process, as stated in March neering analyses result in the addition, modification, or removal 2010: “Design professionals and engineers should encourage of structural materials, with resulting change orders becoming the questions and should be available to lend their expertise as norm for material costs and fieldwork. As Navigant explains: “It is needed to offer guidance on a project.” Engineers specializing now common to see contractors submitting an exceptional number in long-span floor systems, for instance, can suggest the proper of RFIs and then presenting unapproved change orders which they system needed to achieve optimal spans, support loads efficiently, claim are the result of the design professional’s response to RFIs.” and create shallow floor depths to maximize interior spaces.

Depending on project size, actualized material savings can range from 3 percent to 20 percent, but most commonly between 5 percent and 10 percent.

Put BIM to work: In a July 2016 survey of the impact of BIM use among architects, engineers, and contractors, Dodge Data & Analytics found that 70 percent of those firms reported at least a 5 percent decrease in requests for information during construction. Using BIM, points of discussion are given immediate clarity in the design phase, removing guesswork and their Want to wipe out RFI risks? Progressive firms are taking on the challenge and related costs.

STEEL Advant Steel

CoreBrace

New Millennium Building Systems

Phone: 704-516-1750 Email: tim@advantsteel.com Web: www.advantsteel.com Product: Advant Cold Formed Steel Truss Description: The first and only CFS truss product designed specifically for use in shallow, parallel chord applications – specifically Floors and Flat Roofs.

Phone: 801-280-0701 Email: brandt.saxey@corebrace.com Web: www.corebrace.com Product: CoreBrace Buckling Restrained Braces Description: A sustainable and cost-effective solution to improve seismic performance of structures. This highly ductile system has been used in thousands of projects worldwide for earthquake risk mitigation. CoreBrace’s expert staff works closely with engineers and the entire design and construction team to meet their requirements.

Phone: 260-969-3582 Email: rich.madden@newmill.com Web: www.newmill.com Product: Steel Joists and Deck Description: For multi-story projects, we offer the broadest range of long-span, “thin-slab” composite floor systems, including dovetail composite, deep deck composite, and composite joists. We are the leading provider of special profile steel joists for unique rooflines. And we produce architectural steel deck for highly aesthetic, exposed ceiling applications.

DuraFuse Frames

Qnect LLC

Phone: 801-727-4060 Email: contact@durafuseframes.com Web: www.durafuseframes.com Product: DF360 Description: DuraFuse Frames products are unique seismic resilient systems preventing beam and column damage while also providing repairability. DuraFuse Frames offers the ideal moment-frame and dual-frame solutions for all building types in all Seismic Design Categories, and provides the most versatile SMF/IMF system on the market in addition to resiliency.

Phone: 413-387-4375 Email: christian@qnect.com Web: www.qnect.com Product: Qnect Description: An intelligent, cloud-based connection service giving fabricators, detailers, and engineers fast and flexible connections with significant cost and schedule savings. Connect steel buildings in minutes, with minimal training. Prevent schedule drift, utilize one-station fabrication, and reduce connection material, time to fabricate and erect.

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RISA

Aegis Metal Framing Phone: 314-851-2200 Email: answer@mii.com Web: www.aegismetalframing.com Product: Ultra-Span® CFS/Steel Engine® Description: Our design software does the necessary calculations to determine sizes, shapes, loads, webs, chords, and all the factors involved in your project – bringing ease of fabrication and construction. Sign up for a free account to have access to our specification creator and detail library.

Applied Science International, LLC Phone: 919-645-4090 Email: support@appliedscienceint.com Web: www.appliedscienceint.com Product: SteelSmart Framer Description: Provides designers with a powerful new tool to better design, estimate, and communicate light steel framing on projects using Autodesk® Revit® Building Information Modeling (BIM) software.

Product: SteelSmart System Description: Provides structural engineers with a structural design software tool engineered for optimal design and detailing of light steel framing studs, joists, shear walls, and connectors.

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ENERCALC

Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud/RetainPro Description: Save hours on every steel design with ENERCALC’s Structural Engineering Library. Beams, columns, two dimensional frames, force distribution in bolt groups, and more. The clear, simple user interface make it fast and easy to setup, confirm, and “what-if ” your designs. Member optimization improves your efficiency and saves time!

ASDIP Structural Software

GIZA Steel

Phone: 407-284-9202 Email: support@asdipsoft.com Web: www.asdipsoft.com Product: ASDIP STEEL Description: An advanced software for quick and efficient design of steel beams, composite beams, columns, base plates, anchor rods, shear lugs, and connections. See immediate graphical results and condensed or detailed reports with exposed formulas and code references. Save design time and let ASDIP handle the math complexity.

Phone: 314-656-4615 Email: sales@gizasteel.com Web: www.gizasteel.com Product: GIZA Description: A software tool to help design structural steel connections. The GIZA library covers 415 different connection configurations in the Shear, Moment, Vertical Brace, and Horizontal Brace groups.

GIZA works as a stand-alone tool or can integrate with Tekla Structural Designer. Go to our website to try our FREE 15-day trial.

CAST CONNEX Phone: 416-806-3521 Email: info@castconnex.com Web: www.castconnex.com Product: Innovative Connection Solutions Description: The leading supplier of cast steel components for use in the design and construction of building and bridge structures. Universal Pin Connectors™, Architectural Tapers™, and Diablo Bolted Splices™ bring off-the-shelf simplicity and reliability to AESS, while custom designed components enable unparalleled opportunity for creativity in design.

Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISA-3D and RISAFloor Description: Now includes the ability to design coldformed steel wall panels. Easily specify the sheathing, studs, and design methodology in order to analyze and optimize CFS walls for both gravity and lateral loadings, making RISA the place for the design of multi-story buildings utilizing cold-formed steel.

Strongwell Phone: 276-645-8000 Email: bmyers@strongwell.com Web: www.strongwell.com Product: EXTREN® Description: Pultruded fiberglass structural shapes and plates replace traditional metals in a wide variety of structural applications. A durable, lightweight, cost saving structural material ideal for turrets, spires, or other features on top of tall buildings. EXTREN holds L.A.R.R. approval for construction of RF transparent screenings or enclosures.

Trimble IES, Inc. Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: VisualAnalysis Description: Helps engineers avoid “The Black Box,” with steel design reports to help you understand your project’s behavior. Detailed checks, with intermediate values and code references, minimize your chances of error and maximize productivity. That’s only what we think: customers say, “Easy to Use” and “Excellent Value.”

Phone: 678-737-7379 Email: jodi.hendrixson@trimble.com Web: www.tekla.com/us Product: Light Steel Framing Studs and Connectors Description: Create detailed, constructible 3-D models of any steel structure from industrial and commercial buildings to stadiums and high-rise buildings. Integrates with industry-leading construction management and analysis and design software, as well as most of major advanced production or resource planning and machine automation systems for structural steel. Drawings can be extracted from the updated model.

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trongwell is the recognized world leader in the manufacture of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites utilizing the pultrusion process.

Strongwell manufactures hundreds of FRP structural shapes, plate, fiberglass gratings, FRP handrails and guardrails, and much more, all made in the USA in one of Strongwell’s three U.S. ISO 9001 certified facilities.

Pultrusion Pultrusion is the manufacturing process where raw materials of a liquid thermoset resin mixture (containing resin, fillers, and specialized additives) and flexible textile reinforcing fibers are pulled (hence the name “PULtrusion”) through a heated steel forming die using a continuous pulling device. This results in constant cross-section shapes that are exceptionally strong (especially in the lengthwise direction), corrosion-resistant, lightweight, RF transparent, and virtually maintenance-free.

EXTREN® Product Line EXTREN is the registered trade name for the proprietary line of standard pultruded fiberglass structural shapes and plate produced

by Strongwell. The EXTREN line consists of more than 100 different fiberglass shapes, each with a very specific, proprietary composite design.

Designing with FRP

Temperature and Corrosive Chemicals The coefficient of thermal expansion of EXTREN is slightly less than steel in the 0° direction and significantly less than aluminum. In lower temperatures, EXTREN actually becomes stronger. Independent testing confirms that EXTREN maintains its mechanical and physical properties for temperatures down to at least -60° F. At higher temperatures, engineering and/or resin considerations should be made when the design temperature goes above 150° F. FRP offers resistance to a broad range of chemicals and harsh environments. Strongwell offers a full Corrosion Resistance Guide to ensure the performance of its products in some of the toughest conditions.

Fabricators utilize traditional carpenter’s tools equipped with a carbide- or diamond-grit blade for cutting operations, and carbide tipped drill bits for drilling operations. FRP can be fabricated in many ways, including sawing, drilling, shearing, punching, routing, threading, tapping, grinding, and sanding.

EXTREN can be fastened in multiple ways.

Surface preparation and the use of fastening devices are encouraged for adhesion and connection. Common attachment methods include screwing, bolting, riveting, and adhesive fastening, or a combination.

Installation Costs Total installed costs are a big way EXTREN structures stand out versus other materials. Composites significantly decrease worksite costs by reducing factors such as involvement of specialty trades, additional lifting equipment, transportation, and additional permitting costs. Installed costs for FRP structures are generally up to 15% less than carbon steel, 30% less than galvanized steel, and 50% less than stainless steel.

Resin Choices EXTREN Series 500 and 525 are both premium polyester resin-based products. Both contain UV inhibitors and excellent corrosion resistance properties. Series 525 offers improved fire performance.

EXTREN Series 600 and 625 are both premium vinyl ester resin-based products. Both contain UV inhibitors and are designed for more intensive corrosive environments and higher temperature applications. Series 625 offers improved fire performance.

The resin makeup of EXTREN and Strongwell’s other FRP products can also be modified to meet specific customer requirements.

Strongwell FRP Strongwell’s website is an invaluable resource for designers and engineers, as it offers design guides, specifications, CAD blocks, case studies, corrosion resistance information, brochures, fabrication worksheets, and much more. Visit the website to learn more about EXTREN, and the complete product lines manufactured

by Strongwell.

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Strongwell offers a complete Design Manual for working with EXTREN structural shapes and plate, as well as Strongwell’s other structural FRP products. This manual is available from Strongwell’s website.

FRP Structural Shapes and Connections

CONCRETE American Concrete Institute

IES, Inc.

S-FRAME Software

Phone: 248-848-3800 Email: support@concrete.org Web: www.concrete.org/membership Product: Memberships Description: With 30,000 members in more than 100 countries, ACI is the premiere, global community dedicated to the best use of concrete. With enhanced benefits, ACI membership provides information on engineering and construction practices worldwide.

Individual, student, organizational, and sustaining memberships are available.

Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: ConcreteBending Description: IES offers practical software tools for concrete designers. Whether you are analyzing frames, slabs, walls, or foundations, IES has economical solutions. Reports include code checks, intermediate values, and specification references to help explain the structural behavior as well as your design choices.

Proven by engineers for over 25 years.

Phone: 604-273-7737 Email: info@s-frame.com Web: s-frame.com Product: S-CONCRETE Multistory Designer Description: Shave days off concrete design and detailing projects. Quickly read in all concrete data from an ETABS® model, run a concrete performance assessment to identify problem areas, design and optimize, and generate a detailed engineering report containing all concrete design results.

ASDIP Structural Software

Larsen Products Corp.

Simpson Strong-Tie®

Phone: 407-284-9202 Email: support@asdipsoft.com Web: www.asdipsoft.com Product: ASDIP CONCRETE Description: An advanced software for quick and efficient design of continuous beams, biaxial columns, and concrete or masonry walls. See immediate graphical results, and condensed or detailed reports with exposed formulas and code references. Save design time and let ASDIP handle the math complexity.

Phone: 800-633-6668 Email: jlarsen@larsenproducts.com Web: www.larsenproducts.com Product: Weld-Crete® Description: Weld-Crete chemical concrete bonding agent incorporates polyvinyl acetate homopolymer in a patented formulation. For exterior and interior use, Weld-Crete will bond new concrete, Portland cement plaster, and cementitious mixes to structurally sound concrete floors, walls, columns, beams, steps, and ramps.

Concrete Masonry Association of CA & NV

Losch Software Ltd

Phone: 800-925-5099 Email: web@strongtie.com Web: www.strongtie.com Product: Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Description: FRCM combines a high-performance sprayable mortar with a carbon-fiber grid to create a thin structural layer that doesn’t add significant weight or volume to an existing structure. FRCM can be used to repair and strengthen concrete and masonry structures for seismic retrofit or load upgrades.

Contact us for design support.

Phone: 916-722-1700 Email: info@cmacn.org Web: www.cmacn.org Product: CMD18 Description: Structural design of reinforced concrete and clay hollow unit masonry elements for design of masonry elements in accordance with provisions of Ch. 21 of 2010 through 2019 CBC or 2009 through 2018 IBC and 2008 through 2016 Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures (TMS 402).

ENERCALC, Inc.

ENERCALC Phone: 800-424-2252 Email: info@enercalc.com Web: https://enercalc.com Product: Structural Engineering Library/ ENERCALC SE Cloud/RetainPro Description: Structural Engineering Library (SEL) quickly completes calculations for the design of footings, columns, beams, pedestals, shear walls, etc.

Powerful new quad meshing system in ENERCALC 3D simplifies complex mesh building tasks. SEL Build 20 subscriptions include RetainPro retaining wall modules, which provide detailed concrete earth retention design / calculation tools.

Geopier Foundation Company Phone: 704-439-1790 Email: iinfo@geopier.com Web: geopier.com Product: Geopier Rammed Aggregate Pier® and Rigid Inclusions Description: Geopier® provides an efficient and cost-effective Intermediate Foundation® solution for the support of settlement structures. Our systems have become effective replacements for massive overexcavation and replacement or deep foundations, including driven piles, drilled shafts, or augered cast-inplace piles. Thousands of structures around the world are currently supported by Geopier technologies.

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Phone: 323-592-3299 Email: loschinfo@gmail.com Web: www.LoschSoft.com Product: LECPres Description: Analyze prestressed and/or mild reinforced simple span or cantilevered concrete beams and slabs. Handling analysis is also included. A 30day trial version is available.

Product: LECWall Description: The industry standard for precast concrete sandwich wall design handles multi-story columns as well. LECWall can analyze prestressed and/or mild reinforced wall panels with zero to 100 percent composite action. Flat, hollow-core, and stemmed configurations are supported. Complete handling analysis is also included.

POSTEN Engineering Systems Phone: 510-275-4750 Email: sales@postensoft.com Web: www.postensoft.com Product: POSTEN Description: Efficient and comprehensive posttensioned concrete software; unlike other software, not only automatically designs the tendons, drapes, as well as columns, but also produces highly efficient, cost saving, sustainable designs with automatic documentation of material savings for LEED. The others simply Analyze – POSTEN designs.

RedBuilt Phone: 866-859-6757 Email: info@redbuilt.com Web: www.redbuilt.com Product: RedForm™ LVL and RedForm™ I-joists Description: The characteristics of RedForm LVL and RedForm I-joists make them ideal for working in concrete forming applications. These products are also reliably engineered to withstand multiple reuses.

Visit the RedForm website under Products/ConcreteForming-Shoring for more information.

StructurePoint Phone: 847-966-4357 Email: software@structurepoint.org Web: www.structurepoint.org Product: spMats Description: Widely used for analysis, design, and investigation of concrete mat foundations, footings, and slabs on grade. spMats is equipped with the American (ACI 318-14) and Canadian (CSA A23.3-14) concrete codes. spMats is utilized by engineers worldwide to optimize complicated foundation design and improve analysis of soil structure interaction.

Product: spLearn Description: StructurePoint licensed structural engineers have decades of experience with reinforced concrete design. As such, we have multiple resources on our website for the structural engineer’s benefit, including: detailed design examples, technical articles, video tutorials, webinars, and more. Visit our website to learn more and request a webinar or consultation.

Zenith Engineers Phone: 408-439-3283 Email: david@zenithengineers.com Web: zenithengineers.com Product: Seismic Retrofitting Service Description: Zenith Engineers has designed and engineered over 600+ seismic retrofits across the west coast ranging from non-ductile concrete, un-reinforced masonry, and soft story buildings.

Listings are provided as a courtesy, STRUCTURE is not responsible for errors.

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CAST CONNEX

ixteen years ago, a research group at the University of Toronto was established to explore how steel casting manufacturing could be leveraged to simplify and improve conventionally fabricated structural steel connections. Cast steel alternatives to codified steel connection types ranging from high-seismic to pinned connections were developed through an iterative design process informed by full-scale destructive testing, close understanding of manufacturing, and industry insights from practitioners in design and construction. The work not only supported the hypothesis that castings can provide dramatically improved structural performance and resilience over conventionally fabricated steel connections but also emphasized the architectural potential of the geometric freedom afforded by casting manufacturing.

Elegance in Design

A Variety of Standardized and Custom Solutions CAST CONNEX offers pre-engineered steel connection solutions ranging from strictly functional to those ideal for use in architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS). CAST CONNEX custom cast steel solutions have virtually limitless scope in application, from 10-pound precision-machined fittings for custom facades to 35-Ton nodes for special structures.

Universal Pin Connectors™ (UPC) are sleek, clevis-type standardized fittings designed to connect to round hollow structural section (HSS) elements for use in AESS applications. The connectors are carefully sculpted to provide smooth transitional geometry that is otherwise unachievable using standard fabrication practices.

Architectural Tapers™ (ART) are hollowed, cast structural steel conical tapers also designed to connect to round HSS for use in AESS applications. Both UPCs and ARTs can be used on their own at the ends of steel columns, braces, struts, and ties, or used

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CAST CONNEX was founded in 2007 by two graduate students from the research group with a mission to enable structural engineers and architects to leverage castings in their building and bridge designs. Since then, the company has put tens of thousands of steel castings into service in hundreds of structures, establishing itself as a facilitator of its collaborators’ innovative designs as well as an innovator.

Today, CAST CONNEX is a rapidly growing multinational organization, and elegance in design remains one of the company’s core values. To CAST CONNEX, elegance encompasses everything from utility to aesthetics to manufacturability. All of CAST CONNEX’s solutions are developed to improve overall structural performance and safety, to simplify steel fabrication and field installation, and to beautify the spaces in which the components are used.

CAST CONNEX engineers and Technical Sales personnel bring experience in structural engineering consulting and construction to each interaction with specifying practitioners and the construction team for each project.

together (ART+UPC), lending a slenderer overall appearance to structural elements fitted with the connectors.

Diablo™ Bolted Splices (DBS) are cast steel fittings that enable unobtrusive field bolted splices in round HSS members. The fittings are designed such that the bolted connection is inboard of the outer diameter of the HSS. Splices made with DBSs can be sheathed in thin-gauge plate to conceal the splice completely or can be left uncovered to provide a more technical aesthetic.

Timber End Connectors™ (TEC) are clevis-type fittings designed to connect to the ends of heavy timber or glue-laminated structural elements loaded in predominately tension or compression for use in architecturally exposed applications.

High Strength Connectors™ (HSC) and Cast Bolted Brackets (CBB) are capacity designed connectors for use in Special and Ordinary Concentrically Braced Frames and Special and Ordinary Moment Frames, respectively. Both connector types eliminate the need for field welding, thereby reducing the total installed cost of the structural steel frame while improving quality. High Strength Connectors are also commonly used in AESS, as their use results in smaller gusset plates and because the connectors’ curvaceous appearance is often preferred over slotted-HSS connections that require net section reinforcement.

Scorpion™ Yielding Connectors (SYC) are modular, replaceable, standardized hysteretic fuses that provide enhanced ductility and improved performance in the retrofit of seismically deficient structures or for use in the Seismic Force Resisting System of new structures. The system exhibits a full, symmetric hysteresis characterized by an increase in stiffness at deformations above design level. In multistory structures, this post-yield stiffening can decrease the likelihood of the formation of a soft story and results in a more uniform distribution of inelastic demand over the building’s height when compared to other yielding devises that exhibit a low post-yield stiffness.

High Integrity Blocks® (HIB) are ultra-heavy weldable solid steel components that exhibit a minimum 50 ksi yield strength and elevated notch toughness in all three directions of loading and through the full cross-section of the section. HIBs are ideal for use at the Disturbed Regions of Connections where lamellar defects in conventional rolled plate may compromise quality and strength of the connection or where the lamination of multiple steel plates to build up a section is not advisable due to the need to transmit forces in multiple directions or orthogonal to the laminations. HIBs are supplied fully engineered and detailed by CAST CONNEX to fit project-specific geometries and loading.

Custom Cast Steel Components are designed to address projectspecific needs and can provide economy in-shop fabrication and field erection as well as create connection details that enable iconic architecture. The company’s design-build services related to custom casting supply typically include industrial design and 3-D modeling, engineering including finite element stress analysis, casting detailing, and manufacturing, including oversight.

BRIDGES American Wood Council

Hexagon

Standards Design Group, Inc

Phone: 202-463-2766 Email: info@awc.org Web: www.awc.org Product: Connection Calculator Description: Provides users with a web-based approach to calculating capacities for single bolts, nails, lag screws, and wood screws per the 2015 NDS. Both lateral (single and double shear) and withdrawal capacities can be determined. Woodto-wood, wood-to-concrete, and wood-to-steel connections are possible.

Phone: 346-260-8798 Email: andrea.velazquez@hexagon.com Web: https://hexagonppm.com Product: GT STRUDL Description: A trusted, general-purpose beam and FEA solution. Bridge engineers can leverage the power of the moving load generator, truss wizard for quick model generation, ability to model sloped and skewed geometry, and perform staged construction and cable or dynamic analysis to solve complex projects.

Phone: 800-366-5585 Email: info@standardsdesign.com Web: www.standardsdesign.com Product: Advanced Window Glass Design Description: Performs all required calculations to design window glass according to ASTM E 1300-16 and ASTM E 1300-09, ASTM E 1300-02/03/04, ASTM E 1300-98/00, and ASTM E 1300-94.

Includes computations for the E 1300-16 Analytical Method. Facilitates calculations for three-ply laminates. Most comprehensive analysis and design package for glass to date.

CAST CONNEX

IES, Inc.

Phone: 416-806-3521 Email: info@castconnex.com Web: www.castconnex.com Product: Cast Steel Nodes and Connectors Description: The use of cast steel nodes and connectors in steel bridge structures can provide improved fatigue performance, enhanced structural resilience, and can reduce the total life-cycle cost of pedestrian, road, and rail bridges.

Phone: 800-707-0816 Email: info@iesweb.com Web: www.iesweb.com Product: VisualAnalysis Description: Helps engineers bridge the gap between theory and practice. Get analysis and design results. Engineers praise VisualAnalysis as “easy to learn” and an “excellent value.” Try it free on your next project and get answers you need to succeed.

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Phone: 613-225-3381 Email: rlr@cintec.com Web: www.cintec.com Product: Archtec Description: Complete diagnostic, design, and installation service, using state-of-the-art technology and drilling methods. Specially designed to strengthen masonry arch bridges internally, while preserving historical value. This novel system of internal strengthening involves inserting and grouting stainless steel reinforcing bars into the masonry. Stainless steel and a high-performance grout enhance durability.

LUSAS

Dlubal Software, Inc.

RISA

Phone: 267-702-2815 Email: info-us@dlubal.com Web: www.dlubal.com Product: RFEM Description: Capable of linear, non-linear, static and dynamic analysis, complete with moving load generation (AASHTO library), influence lines, cable form-finding, parametric modeling, and multimaterial design considerations. Powerful yet user friendly FEA software; seamless in the design and analysis of pedestrian and highway cable-stayed, suspension, arch, and beam bridge structures.

Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: benf@risa.com Web: risa.com Product: RISA 3-D Description: With RISA-3-D’s versatile modeling environment and intuitive graphical interface, you can model structures like pedestrian bridges in minutes. Get the most out of your model with advanced features such as moving loads, dynamic analysis, and over 40 design codes. Structural design has never been so easy!

CoreBrace Phone: 801-280-0701 Email: brandt.saxey@corebrace.com Web: www.corebrace.com Product: CoreBrace Buckling Restrained Braces Description: A sustainable and cost-effective solution to improve seismic performance of structures. This highly ductile system has been used in thousands of projects worldwide for earthquake risk mitigation.

CoreBrace’s expert staff works closely with engineers and the entire design and construction team to meet their requirements.

Phone: 646-732-7774 Email: info@lusas.com Web: www.lusas.com Product: LUSAS Bridge Description: Use to analyse, design, and assess all types of bridge structures and investigate soil/structure interaction effects. Recent releases have extended the engineer’s workflow from analysis into steel and RC frame design, and improved prestress, concrete modeling, and vehicle and rail loading capabilities.

STRUCTUREPOINT Phone: 847-966-4357 Email: software@structurepoint.org Web: www.structurepoint.org Product: spLearn Description: As the former software development team of the Portland Cement Association, StructurePoint is uniquely positioned at the heart of the cement industry. Our licensed structural engineers have decades of experience with reinforced concrete design. For assistance, structural engineers will benefit from the multiple resources on our website.

Product: spColumn Description: Visit our Technical Article webpage to see Bridge Pier Design Capacity Evolution where two interaction diagrams using spColumn software are superimposed to compare and contrast capacity before and after the introduction of major code changes at the beginning of the century. This will help bridge designers make money-saving decisions.

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Simpson Strong-Tie® Phone: 800-925-5099 Email: web@strongtie.com Web: www.strongtie.com Product: FX-70® Structural Piling Repair and Protection System Description: Repair damaged concrete, steel, or wood piles in place with the FX-70 system that utilizes custom fiberglass jackets and high-strength grouting materials. The FX-70 system eliminates the need to dewater the repair site or take the structure out of service, dramatically reducing the overall cost of restoring damaged structures.

Phone: 678-737-7379 Email: jodi.hendrixson@trimble.com Web: www.tekla.com/us Product: Tekla Structures Description: Structural software for steel, concrete, wood, and composite bridge structures and details.

Increase productivity: higher automation of fabrication and 4-D product management. Extensive range of steel profiles. Drawings and reports can be automated generally from the constructible 3-D model and the detailed model can bring efficiency to bridge maintenance/repairs.

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