Past SEABC Events
A selection of past seminars are available for download.
Upcoming SEABC Events
Seminars and Conferences
SEABC Seminar: Displacement-Based Seismic Design
Date: September 17 & 18, 2010
Presenter: Dr. Nigel Priestley, Dr. Mervyn Kowalsky
Venue: SFU Woodward’s Cinema, 149 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver
This seminar will also be available via webcast
Overview: This 1½ day course will introduce participants to displacement-based seismic design and show how it can be implemented in the design office as a simple and rational alternative to current prescriptive methods of seismic design. It will show that serious conceptual problems with current force-based seismic design are resolved when the design is based on displacement considerations.
Glotman•Simpson is proud to sponsor this important course to help advance structural engineering in British Columbia.
Seminar brochure: Download
Registration: Online registration
SEABC Corporate Seminar: Gen Y Recruitment and Retention –
A Strategic Approach
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Time: 06:45 am to 07:15 am; Presentations from 07.15 am
Presenter: Wilma Marais - HR consultant
Meeting: Presentation will be followed by open-floor discussion.
Venue: Terminal City Club - President's Room, 837 Hastings St West, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1B6
Overview: The SEABC Corporate Members Committee is holding its Inaugural Breakfast Meeting and Seminar on September 22. During the session we will seek to understand Generation Y, or as they are otherwise known, the Millennials. We will discover the unique expectations, strengths and challenges they bring to the workplace and how it influences the way we attract, recruit and retain these employees. All SEABC Members and guests are welcome.
Seminar brochure: Download
Registration: Online registration
Structural Use of Glass II: Advanced Topics
One-day seminar that expands on the successful SEABC seminar "Structural Use of Glass" held in September 2009.
Presenters: Professor Bernhard Weller, Technische Universitat Dresden. Philipp Krampe, Technische Universitat Dresden. Panel of Local Engineers
Date: October 8, 2010
Venue: Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver (to be confirmed)
Registration: Coming soon
Changes in CSA S16-09
SEABC Evening seminar.
Presenters: Andy Metten, P.Eng, Struct. Eng.
Date: October 25, 2010
Registration: Not yet available
APEGBC 2010 Annual Conference and SEA NW Conference
SEABC is hosting the Structural Stream of the APEGBC 2010 Annual Conference, as well as the 2010 Northwest SEA Conference.
Date: October 21-23, 2010, structural stream on October 22
Venue: Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler
More information: APEGBC website
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Industry Events
Seminars and Conferences
CaGBC 3rd Annual National Conference
The Canada Green Building Council is hosting 60 speakers and panelists, and eight different program streams.
Date: June 8-10, 2010
Venue: Vancouver Convention Centre
More information:
Conference website
9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Convened jointly by the Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Date: July 25-29, 2010
Venue: Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto
More information:
Conference website
Engineered Transparency 2010
Advanced glass technologies in architecture and structural engineering with exhibited world leading technology in glass production, processing and products.
Date: September 29-30, 2010
Venue: Glasstec, Düsseldorf, Germany
More information:
Conference website
APEGBC Professional Development Events
Seminars, Webcasts and Distance Education
APEGBC sponsors numerous professional development events during the year.
More information:
APEGBC website
NCSEA Webinars
Monthly NCSEA/SEAOC Webinars on Structural Design Manuals
More information: NCSEA website
Wood Works! Webinars
The Wood First Act in BC
The new Wood First Act in BC requires provincially-funded projects to use wood as the primary construction material where appropriate and within the BC Building Code. Wood WORKS! BC has been asked to assist BC communities with the Wood First Act's "build with wood" requirements, and is pleased to present a Wood First Act webinar, designed to provide you with answers and practical information.
Date: June 15, 2010, 9:30 am
More information: Webinar website
Free Online Seminars
Free online seminars for architects and engineers featuring topical seminars related to wood design.
More information: WoodWorks website
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