2020 ICRI Virtual Spring Convention
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On-Demand Access to 2020 ICRI Spring Convention Presentations – View Anytime!
Call it Virtual Vancouver! We have made significant strides to offer new technical content online since the cancellation of the 2020 ICRI Spring Convention in Vancouver.
Presenters from 14 of our scheduled presentations from the cancelled Vancouver convention agreed to record their presentations and offer them to you, on-demand.
These world-class presentations are offered through the ICRI Learning Center.
Cost
Members: $15 each
Non-Members: $25 each – Get these presentations at the membership rate – Join ICRI Today!
Available Presentations
ERIC HAMMARBERG, Scott Henson Architect
*Communication, Collaboration, Investigation and Follow Through: How to Survive the Denial, Regrets and Revenge of Failures After New Construction
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Conditions documentation
- Communication with clients, contractors and occupants
- Material compatibility
- Constructability and adaptability of repair designs
Bio: Eric has been surrounded by construction his entire life, the third generation of a family of contractors, and later running his own firm. He has worked many facets of construction, including masonry and carpentry, and became involved in preservation as these experiences, education and interest coalesced. Eric’s experience spans from design and project manager for many historic restoration and preservation projects including condition surveys, preservation methodologies, façade evaluations and restorations, project programming, specification research and writing, and reviewing handicap, environmental and landmark rules compliance. Preservation expertise includes protection of historic structures adjacent to new construction, repair.
EDMUND BAUM, B Squared Engineering, LLC
*Using FRP to Correct Construction Errors and Modifications
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Identify where FRP may be a solution
- How to implement an FRP Solution
- Keys to successful FRP installation
- Example repairs
Bio: With more than 40 years of experience in the engineering industry Mr. Baum has attained a unique blend of project management, engineering supervision and practical structural design. He is currently the managing partner of B Squared Engineering, with duties including supervision of the daily design and restoration efforts, project management, and acting as the Quality Assurance Officer. He is an active member of the Technical Committee 330 – Strengthening and Stabilization and has performed hundreds of FRP designs throughout the US and Canada.
DANIEL MAZZEI, Wallace Engineering, Inc And
ADAM LOGAN, FORJAK Industrial
Evaluation & Repair of Three Severely Corroded Service Center Floors
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Determine demand to capacity ratios of the (10) structural systems evaluated
- Create evaluation system and inspection form to rate damage for repair prioritization
- Develop triggers to determine when immediate shoring or closure required per ACI 562
- Evaluations and calculations per AISC 360, ACI 318, ACI 562 and local building codes
Bios: Dan Mazzei received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree from the Virginia Military Institute and his Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree from Mississippi State University. Dan began his career as a construction engineer for the U.S. Military and is now a licensed Professional Engineer in 12 states and Puerto Rico and a licensed Structural Engineer in Oklahoma. Dan has served as the project engineer and engineer of record for a variety of retail, education, industrial and municipal structures. Dan and his team have performed hundreds of forensic investigations and building assessments to include development of applicable repairs required for safe occupancy and code compliance. Dan is a member multiple, professional organizations.
Adam Logan is the owner of FORJAK Industrial – multi-million-dollar company focused on repair and coating of industrial and commercial structures.
BRENT ANDERSON, BDA Associates
Water Control for Newly Constructed Structures
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the most common ways water enter a newly constructed structure
- Understand the most common reasons why waterproofing systems can fail
- Learn about water control methods that can be implemented during the construction process
- Learn about water control methods that can be implemented after the construction process
Bio: Brent Anderson, PE, is a design engineer and specialty contractor involved with interior water control barriers. He has designed and installed membrane systems on commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential facilities. An active member of ACI Committees 332 and 515, Brent is a frequent lecturer at World of Concrete and the University of Wisconsin Extension Division.
JACOB BORGERSON, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Concrete Placement and Finishing Defects: Causes, Evaluation, Repair, and Mitigation
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Identify causes of concrete placement and finishing defects
- Compare techniques for evaluating concrete placement and finishing defects
- Summarize repair methods for concrete placement and finishing defects
- Describe approaches for mitigating concrete placement and finishing defects
Bio: Jacob L. Borgerson is a Senior Associate with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. He received a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Borgerson specializes in providing concrete expertise in multiple areas including low strength, mass concrete, cracking, finishing defects, repairs, in addition to others. He is a member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI). He is a licensed professional engineer in 10 states, including Illinois and Texas.
MIKE TRACY, ARDEX Americas
10 Significant Global Construction Trends
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Promote awareness of emerging technologies
- Provide an overview of new means and methods of design and construction
- Describe new government regulations and tariffs impacting industry
- Identify the impact of changing demographics
Bio: Michael F. Tracy is the Business Development Manager at ARDEX Americas, a global leader in the development and manufacture of high-performance building products, with U.S. Headquarters in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. As a 35-year veteran of the commercial construction, concrete repair restoration industries, Mr. Tracy has established and grown ARDEX businesses in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Basin. Since 2009, Mr. Tracy has led the development and market introduction of ARDEX Engineered Concrete Systems, ARDEX Polished Concrete System, ARDIFLO and ARDEX Concrete Management Systems (U.S Patent 8,857,130 B1). Mr. Tracy is a graduate of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
BILLY JAMES, JQ Engineering
Repair and Reconstruction of a Fire-Damaged, Post-Tensioned Concrete Parking Garage
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Show the types of fire damage that can occur in a post-tensioned cast-in-place structure during construction
- Show the steps that were taken to study the damage and discover the extent of damage
- Show the types of repairs that were undertaken to restore the structure and enable construction to continue
- Discuss the interaction between the owner and the insurance company and the impacts this had on construction schedule
Bio: With a diverse background in structural engineering spanning 42 years, Billy James, PE, brings comprehensive knowledge and expertise to JQ Engineering on a wide variety of project types. In his role as an Associate and JQ’s Engineering Technical Lead, Billy leads the Quality Assurance, Quality Control process for projects ranging from infrastructure and municipal to institutional and commercial. Billy graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering degree. He joined JQ Engineering six years ago. The firm employees 93 people across six Texas offices providing structural engineering, civil engineering, geospatial and facilities performance services.
LEON GEOXAVIER, Walker Consultants
Repair of Concrete Cracking in New Construction
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Cracking terms and definitions
- How to plan for future cracking
- Identifying concrete cracking
- Repair of concrete cracking in new construction
Bio: Leon is an expert in the evaluation, non-destructive testing, and design repairs of a variety of structural, architectural, and material distress related projects. His experience includes nondestructive testing of concrete structures, computer modeling and analysis of steel and masonry structures, design of repairs for steel structures, building envelope assessments, and investigation and repair of parking structures. Leon has over 16 years of experience in the assessment and repair of such structural systems as conventional reinforced concrete, steel frames, and masonry. His experience related to façade evaluation and repair design includes working with different stone cladding materials, curtain walls, brick, and concrete.
SCOTT GREENHAUS, Structural Technologies
Hard Hats to Helmets
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Review current standards and requirements for head protection in the construction industry
- Review improvements to the standards and testing that indicates the degree of improvement that can be achieve.
- Current efforts to change the industry acceptance of helmets as an alternative to hard hats
- Examination of new technologies utilized in other activities such as biking and football and how this research can be applied to construction helmets
Bio: Mr. Greenhaus has 40 years of experience in the concrete repair industry and has been involved with all manner of repair, restoration and protection projects. Mr. Greenhaus has also worked extensively in the field of safety as Chief Risk Officer of Structural Technologies. He is a member University of Maryland Civil Engineering BOD and has been on the Board of Directors of the Post-tensioning Institute (PTI), International Concrete repair Institute (ICRI) and American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) and served as the Chairman of the ASCC Safety and Risk Management Council. He is also a member of ASCE, ACI, ANS, and ASSE. Mr. Greenhaus was past president of PTI and has chaired many committees in these trade and technical associations.
NATHANIEL RENDE, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Nondestructive Evaluation and Repair of Concrete Retaining Walls at New Subway Station
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the use of NDE methods for assessment of internal concrete distress
- Understand effective data presentation and reporting of NDE results
- Understand how construction records can be helpful in determining the cause of observed distresses
- Understand the fusion of field assessment, laboratory testing and structural analysis to develop a solution for distress in existing structures
Bio: Mr. Rende is an Associate Principal with WJE and has managed a broad range of assignments, including structural condition assessment, failure investigation, testing and instrumentation, and repair design. He specializes in applying nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods to the evaluation of concrete, stone and masonry structures. Mr. Rende is affiliated with several professional societies and has given technical presentations and seminars in nondestructive evaluation throughout the US.
KHIAM SARWAR, Fawchem
Repairs in New Construction: Waterproofing of ACP Roof Joints
Presentation Overview
Learning Objectives:
- Unseen Challenges in new Construction
- Waterproofing of Vibrating Roof Structure
- Waterproofing with Aesthetics
- Working on operating stations with challenges like Rainy Season and Height
Bio: Khiam Sarwar has been working in the field of specialty construction for nearly 14 years with over 90 projects of Refurbishment to his name Including Structural Strengthening with CFRP Systems, Flooring, Waterproofing anchoring etc. After getting graduation degree in chemical engineering from University of engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan he started working in composite materials. In 2011 he founded company “FAWCHEM” He worked on numerous projects including Structural strengthening Concrete repair Flooring (Epoxy & PU) Waterproofing Jetty Structures, Lighthouse, High-rise Buildings, Production Facilities, Data Centers, Cement Plants, Power Plants, Gas Fields, Schools, hospitals are to name a few.
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