ACEC Coalitions Summer Meeting

August 3-4, 2022, Salt Lake City, Utah

This year’s CASE Summer Meeting will offer the opportunity to connect and network while earning some PDH credits too!

The 2022 Meeting includes:

  • CASE Roundtable addressing trending industry topics.
  • In-depth presentation on the Salt Lake Temple seismic upgrade and construction project, which includes new additions, revamped grounds, seismic upgrades and steel additions, along with an updated mechanical and electrical system. The presentation will give an overview of the project and its purpose, and a review of the base isolation system.
    It will discuss the unique design and construction efforts for this extraordinary project.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn how base isolation systems protect buildings.
  2. Learn ways to minimize building movement during load transfer.
  3. Learn the importance of proper shoring to meet project needs.

This project will utilize massive concrete footings and transfer girders to support the temple on the base isolators. The presentation will discuss the measures taken to meet the ACI code requirements for mass concrete, bending, shear, and torsion.

  • Education sessions will focus on Green Energy trends and how engineers can identify projects and opportunities for their firms.

Registration opening the last week in May.  Visit www.acec.org for more details.

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