I am pleased to announce that Andrew Adelman, the new General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, will be our guest at the Feb. 4 SEAOSC Dinner Meeting. President-Elect James Lai and I extended the invitation at an introductory liason meeting with Mr. Adelman. This will be an excellent opportunity for our membership to meet this energetic, forward-looking professional engineer. His biographical information is included in this NEWSletter. We look forward to hearing about Mr. Adelman’s vision for improvement of the Building Department.

Steve Perlof, Chair of our Convention Committee, and his wife Gordana, have returned from their European winter vacation and are stepping up the planning activities. We urge members to call Steve and join the committee now. The 1999 Convention, organized and presented by SEAOSC will be the last convention of the century and will be, with our efforts, the most interesting and unique event of its kind preceding the Millenium. I can attest from personal experience that the best way to obtain the most enjoyment from a convention is to be a member of the Convention committee.

Andrew A. Adelman, newly named General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, will be SEAOSC's special guest at the Feb. 4 dinner meeting. Members and friends are encouraged to take advantage of this special opportunity to meet and welcome Mr. Adelman to SEAOSC and Southern California.

Mr. Adelman graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with B.S. degrees in civil and nuclear engineering and an M.S. in structural engineering. He also holds a Management Certificate from Harvard.

From 1992 to 1997, he served as Chief Building Official for the City of San Jose, the 11^th largest city in the nation with a budget of over $15 million per year. He has received several awards for outstanding management work in streamlining building department operations. He is currently vice-chair of the State of California Building, Fire and other Codes Committees and recently completed three years as chair of a national committee on earthquake and wind design of buildings.

SEAOSC welcomes Mr. Adelman and his wife, Jennifer, and their two daughters.

L.A. Dinner Meeting

Location: Luminarias Restaurant, 3500 Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park

Time: Social hour: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Program: 8 p.m.

Menu: Shrimp scampi (Vegetarian meal available if requested by Noon Feb. 2.)

Cost: $22 (Full-time undergraduate students: $10)

Wednesday: Feb. 11

Program: Long Beach Waterfront Development

Speaker: Dennis Drag, P.E., Moffatt & Nichol Engrs.

Time: Social hour: 5:30 p.m., Dinner: 6:30 p.m., Program: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Alexander's Restaurant, 1050 Schooner Dr., Ventura

Cost: $22, $10 for students

The SEAOSC Wood Subcommittee is hosting a half-day seminar on the wood provisions of the 1997 Uniform Building Code from 8 a.m. to Noon Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 5757 Telegraph Rd., Commerce. Speakers: Doug Thompson and Bill Nelson. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Prices include continental breakfast and seminar notes. Cost: Members: $80 before Feb. 14, $90 after Feb. 14; Non-members: $110 before Feb. 14, $125 after Feb. 14. Students: $50 before Feb. 14, $60 after Feb. 14.

Ghosn, Samir Y., Member, KGA Inc., 385 Second St., Laguna Beach, CA 92651;714-497-2749.

Jurjis, Seimone, Member, City of West Hollywood,8300 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069-4314; 213-848-6334.

Lu, James J., Member, Lim & Nascimento, 1971 E. Fourth St., Ste. 200, Santa Ana, CA 92705; 714-542-8700.

Massey Jr., John A., Member, J. Massey Inc., 211 Avenida Valencia, San Clemente, CA 92672; 714-498-2600.

Rubenacker, Karl J., Member, Boyle Engineering, 1501 Quail St., Newport Beach, CA 92660; 714-476-3569.

Stewart, Jonathan D., Member, UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 5731 H. Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90065; 310-206-2990.

Stumpf, Ernest A., Industry Member, Powers Fastening Inc., 18320 Mt. Baldy Circle, Fountain Valley, CA 92708; 714-437-5000.

Teixeira, Adriano J., Affiliate, The Austin Company, 27 Technology Dr., Irvine, CA 92618; 714-453-1000.

Tran, John, Associate, KPFF Consulting Engineers, 2401 Colorado Ave., Ste. 315, Santa Monica, CA 90404; 310-828-1536.

"Dynamic Load Welds for the Repair of Existing Steel Moment Frame Building Damaged from Earthquake" , a 59-page report, by the volunteer group Dynamic Load Weld Task Group, is available for $45 from Sitech Ltd., P.O. Box 3532, Winnetka, CA 91306.

Members of the DLW Task Group include SEAOSC Member SE Peter Maranian, Brandow & Johnston Associates, and Associate Member James Anderson, University of Southern California, in addition to Warner Simon, Sitech Ltd., Jack Compton, College of the Canyons, and Walter Hayes, Metals Technologies, Inc.

The group’s goal was to develop weld repairs capable of sustaining the severe demands of earthquakes. Their research and testing resulted in repair methods using shielded metal arc weld overlays applied over flux core arc welds. The Dynamic Load Weld uses a tough overlay designed to take the full dynamic load if necesssary.

Date Time Meeting Location

Feb. 3 2 p.m. SEAOSC Board Meeting SEAOSC Office

Feb. 4 4 p.m. EQ Damage Assmt. Com. SEAOSC Office

5:30 p.m. L. A. Dinner Meeting Luminarias Restaurant

Feb. 10 3 p.m. Quality Assurance Subcom. SEAOSC Office

4 p.m. Existing Buildings Com. SEAOSC Office

Feb. 11 5:30 p.m. Tri-Counties Dinner Mtg. Alexander's Restaurant, Ventura

Feb. 19 3 p.m. Testing Standards Com. SEAOSC Office

Feb. 21 8 a.m. Wood Provisions Seminar Wyndham Garden Hotel, Commerce

The meeting dates for the Orange County dinner meetings have been changed from the first Thursday to the second Wednesday of the month. The following dates are scheduled for the remainder of the 1997-98 season:

Mar. 11, 1998

May 13, 1998

The Orange County meeting is held at the Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Dr., Costa Mesa. For more information, please refer to the orange flyer in the NEWSletter.

Do you know someone who wants to join SEAOSC but doesn't have three references? For a limited time, SEAOSC is requiring only one member reference on tis membership applications. The reference must be a SEAOSC Member SE or Member. This is a great opportunity for younger engineers or those new to the area to join. So, spread the word.

Tritech Associates Inc. seeks civil engineer needed, grading plan, street plan, experience and AutoCad knowledge required. Fax resume to 626-570-1212.

Grossman & Speer Associates Inc. of Glendale is expanding and is interested in engineers at all levels with a minimum of C.E. license and good communication skills. Please, no calls. Fax resume to 818-507-1556.

Scott Wallace Structural Engineers seeks responsible engineers with two to six years experience in structural analysis, design and detailing utilizing all structural materials. Excellent verbal and written communication plus creative design ability required. AutoCad and computer knowledge helpful. Flexible firm with personable atmosphere. Fax resume to 714-455-9852 or call 714-455-9875.

We have insisted on a high level of quality in Field Inspections. We are a small firm who chooses not to sacrifice quality for volume; a tightly knit group of dedicated professionals who would like the opportunity to work with your organization. Our list of references grows daily with every contact and inspection.

Our office and support staff is highly trained and includes computer professionals for as-built plan development and maintaining an information base. Our prompt reporting keeps all designated parties fully informed of the inspection results on the project. Materials testing is performed at our direction by an independent, autonomous, City of Los Angeles approved, licensed and accredited testing laboratory.