Continuing Education Credits Available – 1.5 PDH Credits
ASCE 7-22 introduces substantial modifications to the way seismic forces on non-structural CFS components are determined. Under the new code, the building’s height and seismic force-resisting system (SFRS) can significantly affect the magnitude of the force. This can lead to adjacent buildings on the same site having vastly different component seismic loads. Sometimes these loads decrease, while other conditions increase to more than 2 times the current seismic load. Unfortunately, interior walls are disproportionately affected. Join this webinar to learn:
- What information is now needed to determine the loads?
- How the new component seismic loads are determined?
- When are the loads higher? When are they lower?
- What CFS non-structural components are most highly impacted?
- How will these modifications affect non-structural CFS interior and exterior framing, along with their connections?
Presenter
Kirsten Zeydel, S.E.
Nevell Group, Inc.
Kirsten Zeydel, S.E. is the director of design at Nevell Group Inc. She is a registered structural engineer in California with over 22 years of structural engineering design and management experience. She specializes in cold-formed steel (CFS) design, detailing, and panelization. Kirsten led the structural engineering group at a startup company where she developed a QA/QC process acceptable to OSHPD, and obtained IAPMO product certification for the framing members, sheathed panels, and pre-finished exterior panels. Her extensive experience in CFS design includes a dorm project with nine multi-story CFS load bearing buildings totaling 800,000-sq-ft, and the CFS non-load bearing interior and exterior framing for a 550,000-sq-ft hospital in California. In addition to the engineering side of CFS design, Kirsten has experience with quality programs, product certification, welding procedures, architectural building code requirements and prefinished exterior panels. Kirsten is a former member of the CFSEI Executive Committee. She is also a proud wife and mother of two children who firmly believes that being a mom has made her a better engineer.
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