ASEP Plenary Lecture: Prestressed Concrete Design & Construction: A State of the Art Report

ASEP Summit 2012 invites you to an A.CONCEPT lecture on:

What: PLE-02: Prestressed Concrete Design & Construction: A State of the Art Report

When: June 8, 2012

Time: 11:00-12:00 AM

Where: La Breza Hotel, QC

Who: Resource Speaker – Brian Lim (VSL-Intrafor, HK)

About the lecture:


Post-tensioning has been one of the most significant developments in the 20^th Century. It has contributed greatly to the economical construction of bridges, through the use of innovative construction methods such as cantilever construction, incremental launching and in particular through precast segmental construction methods in bridges. In buildings, prestressed precast and in-situ post-tensioning are the preferred construction method in many countries for many types of building structures such as offices, shopping centres, convention centres, warehouses, car parks, hotels and resorts. Recent developments in national codes, construction material and emphasis on sustainable construction, have led to a significant departure in the way we design and construct prestressed concrete structures. In this paper, a state of the art prestressed concrete design and construction of buildings, bridges and special structures will be examined.


Keywords: State of the art, prestressed, concrete, design, construction, bridges, buildings. 


About the lecturer: 


Brian Lim is concurrently the Senior Business Development Manager, VSL Hong Kong Limited, HKSAR, China, and the Regional Chief Marketing Officer of VSL Asia Pacific. He is involved in the business development and marketing of VSL core activities in the Asia Pacific Region  including the post-tensioning works in buildings and bridges, structural products, construction systems and construction engineering.  He obtained both his Master of Civil Engineering (1983) and Bachelor of Civil Engineering (with Distinction, 1980) from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.  He is an accredited Hong Kong BEAM Professional and an Institutional Member of the Hong Kong Green Building Council. His professional experience include:

Design, construction and marketing works include:
·         2,500,000m² of post-tensioned floors (since 1988)
·         Design of building structures
·         Design of civil structures 

Repair and strengthening works:
·         Strengthening of structures using external post-tensioning
·         Making opening, demolition and strengthening of post-tensioned structures.


Heavy lifting works:
·         Heavy lifting works include lifting, sliding and launching of precast beams, planks, floors, roofs, formworks systems and bridges. 

Research and Development works includes:
·         Representing VSL Asia Pacific in VSL Group Commercial & Technical Committees
·         Getting approvals for VSL products: GC Anchorages, CS anchorages, VSL EC_R removable external anchorages, VSL Retained Earth system etc.


Training:
         Training engineers and assisting consultants in prestressed concrete design and mechanized construction methods.  

E-mail:   brian.lim@vsl-intrafor.com

ASEP Continuing Education Lecture: Modelling and Analysis of Buildings and Bridges using SAP2000

ASEP Continuing Education Summit 2012 invites you to a lecture on:

What: CEL-03: Modelling and Analysis of Buildings and Bridges using SAP2000

When: June 9, 2012

Time: 10:30-12:00 AM

Where: La Breza Hotel, QC

Who: Resource Speaker – Alden Paul Balili

About the lecture:

Advanced Modelling Techniques

• Using Extrusion of Points to Lines, Lines to Areas, Areas to Solids
• Using Automesh for Lines and Areas
• Using Body Constraints
• Using Rigid End Offsets
• Using Section Cuts to Get Resultant Forces from Shell Elements
• Linear and Area Springs
• Modelling of Loads from Prestressing

Advanced Analysis Techniques

• Buckling Analysis
• Time History Analysis for Earthquake and Pedestrian Loads
• Analysis of Creep and Shrinkage Effects using Staged Construction Module
• Response Spectrum Analysis

About the lecturer:

Alden Paul D. Balili obtained his MS in Civil Engineering major in Structural Engineering from the De La Salle University in 2009.  He is currently teaching  at the DLSU Matrix Theory of Structures, Finite Element Method, Strength of Materials, Earthquake Engineering and Bridge Design since 2010.   His research specializes on optimization of structures and creating computer programs for Structural Engineering. He is experienced in the design of buildings, bridges and telecommunication structures and has designed structures for Philippine, American, New Zealand, European and Australian Structural Codes. He worked for seven years in Parsons Brinckerhoff before joining DLSU Manila and has 8 years of continuous design experience.

ASEP Continuing Education Lecture: The NSCP Geotechnical Engineering Provisions Explained

ASEP Continuing Education Summit 2012 invites you to a lecture on:

What: CEL-02: The NSCP Geotechnical Engineering Provisions Explained

When: June 9, 2012

Time: 8:30-10:00 AM

Where: La Breza Hotel, QC

Who: Resource Speaker – Mark Albert H. Zarco, Ph.D.

About the lecture:

Objectives:

      1.      Give a general overview of the Geotechnical Engineering provisions contained in the NSCP;

      2.      Provide a detailed explanation of new or revised provisions in the following specific areas:

a.       Excavations and Fills

b.       Foundation Investigations

c.       Allowable foundations and lateral  pressures

d.       Foundation construction in seismic zone 4

e.       Special  foundation , slope stabilization and material construction

In particular, a participant will learn about the following specialized geotechnical engineering provisions given in the NSCP:

a.      Protection of property adjacent to excavations;

b.      Selection and compaction requirements for fill materials;

c.      General guidelines for determining the recommended number and depth of boreholes  for    a subsurface investigation;

d.      Identification and mitigation of problematic (expansive, compressible and liquefiable) soils;

e.      Minimum information contained in subsurface investigation reports;

f.       Recommended geotechnical (Laboratory and Field) and Geophysical Tests;

g.      Determination of allowable foundation and lateral pressures from geotechnical site    investigation and lateral earth pressures;

h.      Geotechnical investigations and foundations systems in Zone 4; and

i.       General provisions for ground improvement and special foundation systems.

About the lecturer:

Mark Albert H. Zarco, Ph.D., is a Professor and Group Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Group, Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman.  He has been with UP-Diliman since 1987 and also served as the Chairman of the Department of Engineering Sciences, College of Engineering, UP, Diliman, from June 1994 to May 2000 and June 2004 to September 2007.

He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering – major in Geotechnical Engineering) in August 1993 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA. Both his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (cum laude, April 1985) and Master of Science in Civil Engineering (April 1987) were obtained from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Email:  mark.zarco@gmail.com

ASEP Continuing Education Lecture: Establishing and Managing Your Structural Engineering Consultancy Firm

ASEP Continuing Education Summit 2012 invites you to a lecture on:

What: CEL-01: Part A - Establishing and Managing your Structural Engineering Consultancy Firm

When: June 9, 2012

Time: 8:30-10:00 AM

Where: La Breza Hotel, QC

Who: Resource Speaker – Engr. Adam Abinales, M.Eng., P.P., F.ASEP

About the lecture:

Most civil engineering graduates who have passed the board examination and most practicing

civil engineers are generally employed either locally or abroad. This is because the general

training and orientation of Filipino engineers is that they must finish and earn their civil

engineering degree to find a good paying job. This paper intends to provide an alternative

perspective for the civil engineers to consider a complete paradigm shift to entrepreneurship

while at the same practicing their chosen field of profession and specialization.

At the end of the presentation, the participants are expected to be able to:

• Understand the forms of business entity
• Know the government agencies where to register a business
• Know the procedures of registration with the BIR, understand bookkeeping requirements and tax activities such as tax mapping and tax forms
• Know the ins and outs of business permitting and licensing
• Know the information on the minimum basic consultancy fees

Keywords: entrepreneurship, civil engineering, professional practice

About the lecturer:

Adam C. Abinales, M.ENG., F.ASEP, PICE, runs his own consulting firm as Managing Principal of Adam Abinales Engineering & Consultancy. He is an accredited civil-structural engineer/consultant of Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART), Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (SUN CELLULAR), Bayan Telecommunications (BAYANTEL), Bell Telecommunications (BELLTEL), Ericsson Communications, Inc. (ERICSSON), ABC Development Corporation (TV5), GMA Network(GMA7), Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWCI), Phinma Property Holdings Corporation (PPHC) and other various local construction companies like First Balfour, Inc., , Thaison Builders, etc. He is presently a member of the PICE National Board. He served as President of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines in 2009-2010. He graduated from the Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) with the degrees of BSCE and BSEnSE in 1980 and 1984, respectively. He finished his Master of Engineering, Major in Civil Engineering (Structural) at Adamson University in May 2011. He worked as faculty member / associate professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental & Sanitary Engineering at the MIT from 1981 to 1987, 2007 to 2009 and taught structural engineering design subjects.

E-mail: aaeplusc@yahoo.com; adamabinales.aaeplusc@gmail.com.