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ATC-20, Post Earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings
Date:	Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time:	Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 - 9:00 am Seminar 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (Lunch will be provided)
Location:	Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre 180 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC Phone: (604) 681-2211
Instructor:	Robert A. Bruce, Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, California
Credit:	6.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH)
Cost:	APEGBC Members (after February 6, 2008) and Non-Members: $469.00 + GST = $492.45 MAPS Members pricing available. Please contact Shirley Chow at 604-430-8035 ext. 241.
Advanced registration for this session is now closed. A limited number of on-site registrations will be accepted at the door.

Seminar

This session explores the evaluation of building damage conditions, particularly the assessment of risk of entry and occupancy from damage after an earthquake. In addition, evaluation and risk assessment of building damage from wind, flood and fire will be discussed.

Topics to be covered include:

Introduction to ATC-20 Methodology
Posting System
Evaluation Procedures
Structural Basics
Wood Frame Structures
Masonry Structures
Concrete Structures
Steel Frame Structures
Nonstructural Elements
Geotechnical Hazards
Other Hazards - Wind, Flood and Fire
Hazardous Materials
Field Safety

A complimentary copy of the pocket-sized ATC-20-1 Field Manual: Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings will be included.

Instructor

Robert A. Bruce, Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, California

Mr. Robert Bruce is an affiliated Senior Associate at Wiss, Janney, Elstner & Associates, Emeryville, California. There he directs various design, investigation, research and publication projects related to seismic adequacy of buildings.

Mr. Bruce has Masters Degrees in Structural Engineering and Architecture from the University of California and is a registered Structural and Civil Engineer in California.

Mr. Bruce has thirty-five years' experience in structural engineering design, investigation and construction and he served as a post earthquake safety evaluation engineer after the California earthquakes in Coalinga in 1983; Morgan Hill in 1984; San Francisco in 1989; Cape Mendocino in 1992; Los Angeles in 1994; and Lima, Peru in 2007. He also served as a post-landslide safety evaluation engineer in Oakland after the 1998 winter rains.

Active since 1984 in developing procedures and writing and editing documents for post earthquake safety evaluation of buildings, Mr. Bruce has presented the ATC-20 post earthquake safety evaluation methodology more than 300 times to over 8000 seminar participants.

APEGBC is an AIBC/CES registered provider offering an AIBC-Accredited activity for 6 Core Learning Units.