Speaker: Jerod Johnson

RULES OF THUMB - COMMON DESIGN AIDS FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

By: Jerod G. Johnson, PhD, SE, SECB

This presentation presents common design aids for use in structural design.  The presentation will establish the rational basis for the development of the presented design aids and will set forth the context under which each can be used.  It will present the basis and reasoning why the aids are practical, what the common usages are, and the limitations of each the user should be mindful of.  Content addresses concrete design, steel design, wood design, analysis and some SE business management.

Speaker Bio:

Jerod G. Johnson is a principal with Salt Lake City based Reaveley Engineers + Associates and has over 27 years of design and construction experience.  He received all of his degrees at the University of Utah where he serves as an adjunct professor teaching courses in Concrete, Masonry and Timber Design.  He has played a key role in some of the most significant projects of the region including the Salt Palace Expansion, Crocker Science Center at the University of Utah and the Utah State Capitol Renovation and Base Isolation.  Dr. Johnson is well known in the region’s structural engineering community and has served as a member of the board and is a past president of the Structural Engineers Association of Utah.  He has also been a regularly featured author in Structure Magazine, produced by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations.  Jerod has served as a member of the board for the Utah Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and as a past member and chair of the Salt Lake City & County Building Conservancy Committee.

Speaker Company: Reaveley Engineers + Associates