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 ACI 318-08 Building Code

n Defnitionoexposurecategories

andclassesordurabilityn Enhancedstructuralintegrity

reinorcement

n Headedshearstudreinorcement

andheadeddeormedbars

n Newdesignrequirementsormost

SeismicDesignCategoriesn ExpandedandenhancedAppendixD,

AnchoringtoConcrete

n Andmuchmore!

Topics to be covered include:

 ACI/PCA One-day Seminar Attend this seminar to learn the new Code provisionsand how to implement them correctly in your day-to-

day work. Instructors will explain each change, why it was made, and what it means to you as a designer and specifer o structural concrete.

locations & dates

 ACI/PCA Seminar—ACI 318-08 Building Code

Earn continuing education credit by attending this seminar!

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Chicago, ILOctober 1, 2008

Washington, DCOctober 2, 2008

Portland, OROctober 9, 2008

Dallas, TX October 14, 2008

 Albany, NY October 16, 2008

Minneapolis, MNOctober 21, 2008

Kansas City, KSOctober 23, 2008

Orlando, FLOctober 28, 2008

Denver, COOctober 29, 2008

St. Louis, MONovember 6, 2008

Phoenix, AZNovember 13, 2008

New York, NY November 18, 2008

Charlotte, NCNovember 20, 2008

Des Moines, IA December 2, 2008

Cleveland, OHDecember 4, 2008

New Brunswick, NJDecember 9, 2008

Miami, FLDecember 11, 2008

San Francisco, CA December 16, 2008

Additional ACI/PCA 318-08Building Code seminarsare being offered nextspring. Please see www.

concreteseminars.com  for dates.

 

Ronald A. Cook PhD, PE, FACI,isaProessorocivilengineeringattheUniversityoFlorida.

Charles W. Dolan, PhD, PE,

FACI,istheH.T.PersonProessoroEngineeringattheUniversityoWyoming,CollegeoEngineering,Laramie,WY.

Catherine E. French, PhD, FACI, FPCI,isITDistin-guishedProessor,DepartmentoCivilEngineer-ing,UniversityoMinneapolis,MN.

S.K. Ghosh, PhD, FACI,isPresidentorS.K.GhoshAssociatesInc.,Palatine,IL,andLagunaNiguel,CA,andanAdjunctProessorocivilengineeringatUniversityoIllinois,Chicago,IL.

 James R. Harris, PhD, PE, FACI,isPrincipalatJ.R.Harris&Company,StructuralEngineers,Denver,CO.

Neil M. Hawkins, PhD, FACI,

FPCI, MASCE,isaProessorEmeritusocivilengineeringattheUniversityoIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,IL,andanAdjunctProessorattheUniversityoWashington.

Dominic J. Kelly, MS, PE, SE, isaConsultingStructuralEngineerorSimpsonGumpertz&HegerInc.,Boston,MA.

Cary Kopczynski, PE, SE, FACI, is President of Cary Kopczynski &Company, Inc., P.S., Bellevue, WA.

Lawrence C. Novak, MS, SE, SECB, LEED® AP, Manager, Building Structures, Portland CementAssociation, Skokie, IL.

Basile G. Rabbat, PhD, SE, FACI, is the Manager,Structural Codes at Portland Cement Association,Skokie, IL.

 Julio A. Ramirez, PhD, FACI, is a Professor in theSchool of Civil Engineering at Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN.

 James K. Wight, PhD, PE, FACI, FASCE,istheF.E.Richart,Jr.CollegiateProessoroCivilEngineeringattheUniversityoMichigan.

 ACI/PCA One-day Seminar ACI 318-08, Building Code

TherearemanyimportantchangesinACI318-08.Thelicenseddesignproessionalisrequiredtoassigneposurecategoriesandclassesbasedontheseverityotheanticipatedeposureostructuralmemberstoachievedurability.Requirementsarepresentedtoselecteectivestinesstodeterminelateraldelections.Anewsimpleprocedurehelpsdetermineicompressionmembersareconsideredbracedorunbraced.Provisionsareintroducedorthedesignoheadedstudassemblies.DesignanddetailingrequirementsarecorrelatedwiththeSeismicDesignCategoriesintheIBC.Theuseohigh-strengthconiningsteelispermittedtohelpreducecongestion.Thebeneicialeectosupplementaryreinorcementandanchorreinorcementonthecapacityoanchorsisquantiied.

Someothemajortopicscoveredinthisseminarinclude:

Newprovisionsorheadedshearstudreinorcementandheadeddeormedbars

Licenseddesignproessionaltoprescribeneweposurecategoriesandclassesordurabilityrequirements

Enhancedstructuralintegrityrequirements

Modelingprocedureorevaluationolateraldisplacements

Increasedallowableconcretecompressionstressimmediatelyaterprestresstranser 

Useosupplementaryreinorcementandanchorreinorcementtoenhancethecapacityoanchors

Ductilityrequirementsoranchorsinseismiczones

ReorganizedandenhancedprovisionsorEarthquake-ResistantStructuresinorderoincreasingSeismicDesignCategory

Increaseddesignyieldstrengthorconfnementreinorcementtohelpreducecongestion

Alsocoveredinthisseminararetheollowingtopics:

Introductiono“shearcap”anddierentiationwith“droppanel”ortwo-wayslabs

Strengthtestbasedonthree48in.cylindersortwo612in.cylinders

A12-monthlimitsetonhistoricaldatausedtoqualiymitureproportions

Modifedstrengthreductionactorsorspirallyreinorcedcolumnsandplainconcrete

Simpleproceduretodefnebracedandnonbracedcompressionmembers,andreorganizedcolumnslendernessprovisions

Limitsondepthsobeamsandhollowcoreunitseemptedromtherequirementorminimumshearreinorcement

Steelfber-reinorcedconcreteasanalternativetominimumshearreinorcement

Modifedlimitonshearrictionstrengthormonolithicallyplacedconcreteandconcreteplacedagainstintentionallyroughenedconcrete

Modifedloadactorsorrequiredtestload

seminar topics

 All instructors served on the committee that approved ACI 318-08.For more detailed information on the faculty, go towww.concreteseminars.com.

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Two of the followin will be your instructors:

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Engineers,architects,speciiers,buildingoicials,andothersinvolvedwithstructuralconcrete.

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Registrationbeginsat7:45a.m.,withtheseminarrunningrom8:00a.m.to5:00p.m.Continentalbreakast,lunch,coeebreaks,andreepublicationsareincluded.

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ThisseminarisajointeortotheAmericanConcreteInstituteandthePortlandCementAssociation.ACIpublishesthe318BuildingCodeandotherconcretecodesandstandards.LonganactiveparticipantinACICommittee318,PCAhasmaintainedthecommitteeSecretariatorover50years.PCAproducestheNotes on ACI 318toassisttheengineerandarchitectintheproperapplicationotheACI318designstandard.Since1983,PCAandACIhavepresentedseminarsonchangesintroducedineachneweditionothe318Code.TheseminariscosponsoredbyyourlocalACIChapterandotherlocalgroups.

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ACI318-08:BuildingCodeRequirementsorStructuralConcreteandCommentary

PCANotes on ACI 318-08

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ILF CHICAgO, IL—October 1, 2008

Instructors:NovakandRabbat

DCF WASHINgTON, DC—October 2, 2008

Instructors:HarrisandNovak

ORF PORTLAND, OR—October 9, 2008

Instructors:KopczynskiandRabbat

TXF DALLAS, TX —October 14, 2008

  Instructors:KopczynskiandRabbat

NYF  ALBANY, NY —October 16, 2008

Instructors:KellyandRabbat

MNF MINNEAPOLIS, MN—October 21, 2008

Instructors:FrenchandRabbat

KSF KANSAS CITY, KS—October 23, 2008

Instructors:FrenchandNovak

FLF ORLANDO, FL—October 28, 2008

Instructors:RabbatandRamirez

COF DENvER, CO—October 29, 2008

Instructors:DolanandNovak

MOF ST. LOUIS, MO—Noember 6, 2008

Instructors:HawkinsandRabbat

AZF PHOENIX, AZ—Noember 13, 2008

Instructors:HarrisandRabbat

NYF NEW YORK, NY —Noember 18, 2008

Instructors:NovakandWight

NCF CHARLOTTE, NC—Noember 20, 2008

Instructors:GhoshandRabbat

IAF DES MOINES, IA —December 2, 2008

Instructors:DolanandRabbat

OHF CLEvELAND, OH—December 4, 2008

Instructors:RabbatandWight

NJF NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—December 9, 2008

Instructors:KellyandRabbat

MMF MIAMI, FL—December 11, 2008

Instructors:RabbatandRamirez

CAF SAN FRANCISCO, CA —December 16, 2008

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Fall 2008 ACI Educational Seminars

TROUBLESHOOTING CONCRETE CONSTRUCTIONOne-day seminar or contractors, design engineers, specifers,

 government agencies, and material suppliers. This seminar will

provide attendees with solutions to problems with concrete.

The seminar will cover placing reinorcement, preventing

most cracks, making unctional construction joints, vibrating

concrete properly, detecting delaminations, and identiying

causes o deteriorating concrete. Complimentary publications

include: ACI 301, ACI 302.1R, ACI 303R, ACI 303.1, ACI 308R, ACI

309.2R, and Course Notes.

CONSTRUCTION Of CONCRETE SLaBS ON GROUNdThis one-day seminar will ocus on construction o concreteslabs as reported in ACI 302.1R, “Guide or Concrete Floor and

Slab Construction.” The purpose o the seminar is to provide

contractors and engineers with practical, useul inormation or

construction o concrete slabs on ground. Topics covered

will include desirable slab properties, concrete materials,

joints and cracks, minimizing curling, reinorcement installation,

load transer systems, achieving atness and levelness

tolerances, surace treatments, curing, and much more.

Complimentary publications include: ACI 302.1R and

Course Notes.

CHaNGES IN 318-08 BUILdING COdEOne-day seminar or engineers, architects, specifers, building ofcials, and others involved with structural concrete.

Cosponsored by PCA, this intensive seminar will guide you

step-by-step through the signifcant changes in the 2008

edition o the ACI 318 Building Code Requirements or

Structural Concrete. Instructors will explain each change,

why it was made, and what it means to you as a designer

and specifer o structural concrete. A portion o the day

will be set aside to discuss Appendix D, Anchoring to

Concrete. Examples will be presented to illustrate

applications o the new Code provisions. Complimentary

publications include: ACI 318-08, PCA Notes on 318, and

seminar lecture notes.

SEISmIC dESIGN Of LIqUId-CONTaININGCONCRETE STRUCTURESOne-day seminar, based on the ACI 350.3-06 Code , or designers,engineers, and academia. At this intensive seminar, you

will increase your design efciency and learn to avoid

common design errors. Instructors will illustrate the

practical applications o the recently adopted provisions

or seismic design o liquid-containing structures by working

through extensive design examples. Complimentary

publications include: ACI 350.3-06 and Course Notes.

CONTINUING EdUCaTION CREdIT Seminar attendees will receive 0.75 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), worth 7.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Professional Engineers can convert

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 ACI/PCA 318-08 BuIldIng Code

One-day seminar  (3188)

Chicago, IL ILF  October 1, 2008 Washington, DC DCF  October 2, 2008 Portland, OR  ORF 

October 9, 2008 Dallas, TX  TXF 

October 14, 2008 Albany, NY  NYF 

October 16, 2008 Minneapolis, MN MNF 

October 21, 2008 Kansas City, KS KSF 

October 23, 2008 Orlando, FL FLF 

October 28, 2008 Denver, CO COF 

October 29, 2008 St. Louis, MO MOF 

 November 6, 2008 Phoenix, AZ AZF 

 November 13, 2008 New York, NY  NYF 

 November 18, 2008 Charlotte, NC NCF 

 November 20, 2008 Des Moines, IA IAF 

 December 2, 2008 Cleveland, OH OHF 

 December 4, 2008 New Brunswick, NJ NJF 

 December 9, 2008 Miami, FL MMF 

 December 11, 2008 San Francisco, CA CAF 

 December 16, 2008 

SeISmIC deSIgn of lIquId-ContAInIng ConCrete StruCtureS One-day Seminar  (ENV8)

St. Louis, MO MOF 

 November 6, 2008 Cincinnati, OH OHF 

 November 14, 2008 Denver, CO COF 

 November 21, 2008 Phoenix, AZ AZF 

 December 5, 2008 Pittsburgh, PA PAF 

 December 12, 2008 

t rouBleShootIng ConCrete ConStruCtIon

One-day Seminar  (TRO8)

Milwaukee, WI WIF 

October 2, 2008 Atlanta, GA GAF 

October 8, 2008 Portland, OR  ORF 

October 23, 2008 Austin, TX  TXF 

October 28, 2008 Boston, MA MAF 

 November 12, 2008 San Francisco, CA CAF 

 December 3, 2008 Minneapolis, MN MNF 

 December 10, 2008 

ConStruCtIon of ConCrete SlABS on ground

One-day Seminar  (SLC8)

San Diego, CA CAF 

October 15, 2008 New York, NY  NYF 

October 22, 2008 Omaha, NE NEF 

October 29, 2008 Houston, TX  TXF 

 November 11, 2008 Little Rock, AR  ARF 

 November 13, 2008 Tampa, FL FLF 

 November 19, 2008 Washington, DC DCF 

 December 3, 2008 Indianapolis, IN INF 

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