Sustainable Design Committee Lunch Meeting on "Sustainability 101 - Structural Steel & Sustainability" December 15, 2017
December 15, 2017
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Coffman Engineers, Inc
1301 Third Avenue, Ste 300
San Diego , CA 92101
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Sustainability 101 - Structural Steel & Sustainability
Course Description:
The course presents a comprehensive view of the cradle-to-cradle structural steel supply chain from a sustainability perspective. Topics include scrap collection, mill production, fabrication, erection, operating energy and deconstruction.
Credit: 1 LU / HSW
AIA Course: A711
Learning Objectives:
- Understand each step of the cradle-to-cradle life cycle of the structural steel supply chain and how during that phase of the life cycle structural steel contributes to a sustainable environment, ultimately resulting in healthier and safer building structures.
- Identify the environmental impact of each step of the cradle-to-cradle life cycle of the structural steel supply and the improvements that have been experienced over the past years.
- Develop a preliminary approach tooptimizethe use of structural steel from a resource and sustainability perspective at the project level.
- Learn the concept of life cycle assessments and the process comparing two similar structures framed with different materials .
Lorena Arce is a Structural Steel Specialist for AISC. She serves the Los Angeles Market; she works with design professionals as an educational resource on the technical and economic aspects of building with structural steel.
Before joining AISC, she worked as a Field Engineer for Hilti, developing application solutions by working with local design and construction professionals in the Los Angeles area. She received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from CSU Long Beach with an emphasis in Structural Engineering. She immediately began her career as a design engineer for VanDorpe Chou Associates in Orange, California. Under this service, she obtained registration as a California Professional Engineer.
Lorena has recently served as a Board Director for the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California and is now an active member on several of its committees.
Contact
Jim Conley
SEAOSD
619-847-3067 cell
[email protected] or [email protected]
Plesae register by December 13 to receive lunch!
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$0.00 Member Registration
$10.00 Non-Member Registration
