In the summer of 1997, SEAOSC was invited to send a structural engineer to serve on a Blue Ribbon Committee that was to provide oversight to the Los Angeles Unified School District's spending of a $2.4 billion bond. To have a structural engineer as a member of this extremely political committee says much about the respect structural engineers have earned in this community. Richard Phillips, Hillman Biddison & Loevenguth, was the individual selected to represent SEAOSC on this committee. He has spent hundreds of hours volunteering his time over the past two years. His service has been very helpful to the committee and keeps us structural engineers visible to our political partners.

The following is a reprint of Richard’s report to the SEAOSC Board of Directors in February of this year. YES, SEAOSC is doing something, thanks to people like Richard Phillips!

SEAOSC Letterhead

"Board of Directors

Structural Engineers Association of Southern California

5360 Workman Mill Rd.

Whittier, Calif. 90601-2298

Subject: Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles

Gentlemen:

The SEAOSC "BB Committee" consists of just myself as SEAOSC's appointed committee member of the Blue Ribbon Citizen's Oversight Committee. This committee was created in the latter part of 1996 when the $2.4 billion bond issue submitted to voters in November of 1996 failed. At the L.A. City Major's suggestion, this committee was formed to calm the citizen's fear that the school board would not spend the money in an appropriate manner. This strategy was successful because in April 1997 the bond issue was passed.

This committee consists of Steven Soboroff as Chairman, an appointee of the Major, Tim Lynch, Deputy Controller of the City, two members from the Parent Teachers Association, a representative from the Howard Jarvis Tax Payer's Association, a representative of the AIA, usually the president from the local AIA, a representative of the AGC, a representative from the L.A. County Auditor's office, a representative of the AFL-CIO, a representative from the L.A. area Chamber of Commerce and an appointee from SEAOSC.

I think it is a tribute to the regard and respect that the community holds towards structural engineers that they would appoint one of us to this highly political group.

Generally, this board is an advisory committee to the LAUSD School Board on matters concerning Proposition BB. However, we meet formally and follow the "Brown Act" as far as the actions of a public body are concerned.

For the first six months, the work was quite onerous; I would receive eight faxes every day and have to attend about four meetings every month. However, since then it has dwindled to something more manageable -- one or two meetings a month and not nearly the amount of reading material that we initially received. For instance, we were charged by a Superior Court Judge to determine whether or not the Belmont High School project was worthy of spending BB money on, given only a week to read a foot-high stack of documents concerning that adventure.

There are several other issues that we had a great deal of influence on or instigated. One was giving the air conditioning projects to a design-build group headed by PG&E that promised some savings of $200 million. The second was rethinking the idea of asphalting all the school grounds, which the school board had done to save maintenance money and with volunteer effort, design landscaping and shrubbery to soften these institutional appearing schools that the L.A. Board had been building. The third and most important was probably the organization of a team of people to manage the work, which consisted of a BB Program Manager and ten project managers. Each of these individuals represent firms that do the onerous task of managing 6,000 individual projects valued at $2.4 billion.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard J. Philips

BB Committee"

For those that are counting, this is my second "monthly" President’s Message. The purpose of these messages is to provide a status/summary of State and National items of concern to the membership. This message will focus on the SEAOC 99 Convention, the SEAOC Committee’s One- and Five- Year Plans, and timeline for meetings and committee reports.

The SEAOC 99 convention will present the last technical session of the 20^th Century. The main theme of the Technical Program is "Structural Solutions for the New Millennium". It will be held in Santa Barbara (the American Riviera) with direct train access to the hotel as a method of transportation. The convention will take place from Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, to Sunday, Oct. 30, 1999, at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, a garden-style destination resort hotel, directly across from the beach.

The technical program will be selected to be practical, current and applicable to the everyday practice of the vast majority of engineers practicing structural engineering. Papers will also be selected to present newer, more sophisticated analysis methods, systems and materials. The technical program will make you say "I can’t afford not to attend"; while the recreational and social programs will be so enticing and irresistible that you won’t want to miss it.

There will be a two-track technical program on Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and Saturday morning. There will also be a third track program of vendors demonstrating their software and/or products on a small stage in the vendor area. Proceedings will be available at the convention or may be purchased separately from the registration card/form.

With over 300 days of sunshine each year, 35 miles of white sand beaches, the Santa Ynez Valley and its wineries (there will be a special wine tasting event), golf at the Sandpiper Course (Pebble Beach of Southern California), horseback riding, sailing, President’s Cup and a special croquet tournament with gin fizzes on Sunday morning, choosing what to do (besides the technical sessions) is like a kid in a candy store.

Also as a special attraction for all those who register for all the social events and are present at the Saturday night dinner, there will be a $1,000 cash raffle -- one number takes all.

Please visit the convention web site at http:www.seaoc-convention for additional information, registration and hotel reservations and to request a copy of the proceedings. Come early and stay late at special convention hotel room rates.

Interested parties should submit brief abstracts (300 words or less) of their papers on or before March 1, 1999 to:

Tom Harris, Technical Program Committee, 1999 SEAOC CONVENTION HARRIS ENGINEERING, 1000 Business Center Circle, Suite 100, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; Phone: 805/499-4484; Fax: 805/499-7303;

Email: harrisengr@aol.com.

The SEAOC committees have posted 1-year and 5-year plans on the SEAOC web page for your information,review, and/or comment. The purpose of these plans is to provide guidance for the work of the committees and to inform the membership of planned committee activities. The way to get on a SEAOC/State technical committee is to first become active on the respective regional association technical committee. The way to become active on a regional committee is to contact the committee chair and show up at the meeting. All meetings are open to all members -- observers are always welcome.

SEAOC Committee timelines need to be completed, see Table posted on SEAOC website. Committee chairs are requested to complete the timeline so that members can adjust their schedules and calendar the event they plan on attending. Note that the timeline will be sorted and posted by both committee title and meeting dates.

Seismic design manual: Volume 1: Code Application examples are scheduled for completion by February 1999 and available for purchase by March 1999. Seminars will be scheduled for April/May 1999.

Seismic design manual: Volume II : Design Examples and the SEAOC Blue Book 1999 are scheduled for completion by March/April 1999 and available for purchase by May/June 1999. Seminars will be scheduled for July/August 1999.

Salary survey questionnaires/forms were approved at Jan. 23, 1999, SEAOC Board Meeting. The schedule is to send to firms and members by April with response due back by mid-June 1999. The information will be sorted by zip code and reported by county/region. The final report will be published/posted by July 1999.

A membership drive is essential both for the organization and for those engineers practicing structural engineering without the benefit of all the latest information and design guidelines to help clarify the current building codes. Even a document as clear and unambiguous as the UBC 97 needs a little help to fully understand and apply the various sections. The seismic design manuals may be viewed as an example of a translation from "code language" to "English". Approximately only one-half of the engineers practicing structural engineering are members of SEAOC. We must all work towards having all the engineers who are practicing structural engineering as members of SEAOC.

The format for the SEAOC convention has been presented at the January SEAOC Board meeting as a topic for discussion. The concept, or at least one concept, is to have a technical and social convention every two years (maybe hosted by SEAONC and alternately by SEAOSC) and a technical only convention on the alternate years (may be hosted by SEAOSD and alternately by SEAOCC). The intention is to make the convention experience more attractive and more affordable to a broader base of engineers. Alternate suggestions, review, comments are requested. Please post to seaocboard@seaint.org and/or email, fax, or send a letter to your directors.

Both the Publications Committee and the Computer Applications Committee are looking for a "few good engineers". Check the SEAOC web site for scope of work (1-year and 5-year plans) and contact Douglas Thompson (chair of Publications) or Mark Deardoff (chair of Computer Applications) if you are able to help. Like all volunteer organizations, the quality of our products is directly related to the number and quality of our volunteers.

Check the SEAOC website for the electronic Roster.

In closing, mark your calendars for the next SEAOC Board Meetings:

DATE LOCATION

24 APRIL SACRAMENTO

24 JULY SAN DIEGO

29 SEPTEMBER SANTA BARBARA

Observers are welcome. A time for members to address the Board "for the good of the association" (similar to city council meetings) is scheduled at the start of each meeting. Four observers attended the Jan. 23, 1999, SEAOC Board meeting in San Francisco. Also note that I will be attending the SEAONC membership meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, the SEAOSC membership meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 1999, and the SEAOSD membership meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 20, 1999.

Thank you,

John G. Shipp

On one Sunday morning a few months ago, my wife proudly informed me the news of one of her high school mates Dr. Dan Tsui who was honored as one of the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Physics. What intrigued me most was an article which I read afterwards giving the biography of Tsui while he was preparing for his university entrance examination in Hong Kong, which was equivalent to an advanced SAT. Together with several of his schoolmates, Tsui enrolled in 1957 in a special class designed to assist selected students from Chinese middle schools in studying English and other subjects in preparation for the university entrance examination. Since many of the science subjects including advanced physics were not specially tutored in the special class, Tsui and others resorted to studying a college physics text book on their own. Of course Tsui and his friends passed the examination and were admitted to universities.

What was inspiring to me about that was realizing that in the frontier of research, new discoveries and new knowledge come with no time limit. Even if their superiors are poor teachers, younger engineers must be able to read and learn new information on their own. The skill of learning independently is useful for any young engineers striving to striving to keep pace with the new knowledge of tomorrow. Dr. Dan Tsui's great achievement should inspire many of us that only you yourself control your future. Knowledge has no class distinction, no age, no boundaries and no limits. Your dream may come true one day and the glass ceiling can be broken if you set your mind to it. Together we can make a better world!

SEAOSC's February dinner program on the Eiffel Tower II was an excellent presentation. Without a doubt, the steel erector would have to overcome numerous erection problems. The combined effort of the structural engineer and the contractor on advanced planning was essential to the successful completion of this intricate structure. Methods and means have traditionally been considered the responsibility of the contractor. Often times the erection sequence plays an important factor to the completed structure in minimizing the effects of structural volume change. Structural observation is but the beginning of understanding the construction process. An engineer’s role does not and should not stop at the completion of construction document.

The recent trend in design-built projects puts a general contractor in charge of bringing a team of design professionals together with specialty contractors. Only through sharing of engineering knowledge and the practical construction experience can a construction project be completed within a committed budget and time restraint. I encourage the removal of the wall between engineers and contractors just as the Berlin wall was torn down in our not too distant past.

I want to thank all the individuals and companies who contributed so generously to the new SEAOSC scholarship fund. This is an important way for us to aid our profession. I look forward to watching the fund grow in years to come and encourage every member to donate to next year's fund.

Scholarships can be named after companies who donate certain amounts and all donors will be recognized.

James Lai,

SEAOSC President

SEAOSC Letterhead

February 3, 1999

TO: MEMBERS OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

FROM: QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMITTEE

SUBJECT: QUALITY IN THE CONSTRUCTED PRODUCT

Structural engineers who observed damage of buildings that did not perform well during the 1994 Northridge earthquake concluded that the majority of those buildings were not constructed as intended. It is the opinion of the California Seismic Safety Commission and a consensus among all structural engineers that there would have been significantly less damage from the earthquake if buildings had been constructed in accordance with code requirements and the approved plans.

In regard to building code compliance, the Quality Assurance Committee of SEAOSC would like to have the special inspection requirements enforced. The inspection provisions of the Uniform Building Code (Sec. 106 and 1701 '97 UBC) require the building owner or the engineer of record/architect as the owner's agent to employ special inspectors. The present common practice of the contractor hiring or firing the special inspector may confirm a conflict of interest, and is in violation of the building code. This basic code provision was provided to protect the owner and specifically aimed at Quality Assurance for the owner's project for assurance of construction quality for both materials and workmanship.

The engineer of record shall delineate on the plans all special inspection requirements to be communicated to the construction team at the pre-construction meeting and to be enforced continuously during construction. It is the responsibility of the building official to enforce compliance of the special inspection provisions of the code. The goal of the building team is to facilitate this enforcement.

QAC Committee, David Breiholz, Chairman Materials Testing: Lionel Vincent

Construction Documents: Steve Cloke Inspection Practice: Sandy Pringle

Materials Specifications: Doc Nghiem Structural Observation: Dave Taubman

Agenda Item No. 5 - Report of Flexible Diaphragm Subcommittee

The next meeting of the subcommittee is scheduled to be Feb. 12, 1999. Richard Hess will send the markups to other sections when available. The Appendix Chapter 5 (tilt-up) will be sent with a cover letter stating "for your review and comments". Richard Hess mentioned that nothing for flexible diaphragms has been received from Northern California. John Kariotis added that there are some retrofits being done on tilt-ups in the Bay area not necessarily mandated by the cities.

Richard Hess reported that there is nothing currently included in UCBC for Non-Ductile Concrete. Given the shortage of time, he suggested that at least applicable references be listed … Shirin Ader presented a list of possible resources. Attendees agreed that a proper name other than Division 95 should be used when referring to UCBC appendix Chapter number.

Soft Story: Richard Hess added that EBC should also include some soft story chapters in UCBC. However, the Hillside (Div. 94) may not be suitable for UCBC at this time. In summary, there will be three revisions: URM, Cripple Wall, and Flexible Diaphragm; and two new chapters: Non Ductile Concrete and Soft Story.

URM: John Kariotis mentioned that the tests specified in the UCBC may not be feasible in other parts of the country since the masonry tests are based on tension failure. Richard Hess suggested that John Kariotis' document be submitted. John Kariotis iterated that there is a need to rejuvenate a sub-committee for this task and to prepare a document to discuss with Northern California. Shirin Ader mentioned the deadline being so close (Apr. 30) may be a problem. John Kariotis voluntteered to temporarily chair an ad-hoc committee. Attendees discussed possible members…

The Jan. 19 meeting minutes were approved with the following modification:

4.1 Item 4.2 of the Jan. 19, 1999 meeting minutes should read "code type of analysis be used (linear static or linear dynamic analysis), as prescribed by IBC 2000, and reduce to 75% of this value."

5.0 - Appendix Chapter to the 2000 UCBC - The discussion of how to develop the appendix chapter to the 2000 UCBC was continued:

5.1 It was suggested to define 3 tiers of analysis:

5.1.1 Tier 1: Utilize IBC 2000 to define ground motion for a given building. Utilize FEMA 310 evaluation statements for concrete shear walls, concrete frame buildings, and concrete frame buildings with infill walls.

5.1.2 Tier 2 -- Utilize IBC 2000 to conduct analysis. Reduce ground motion to 75% of IBC 2000 value for demand on a given building.

5.1.3 Tier 3 -- Utilize Los Angeles Division 95 pseudo non-linear dynamic procedure using ground motion from IBC 2000 with a reduction to 75% of prescribed value. FEMA 273 and ATC 40 non-linear static procedure will be an alternative procedure.

6.0 Writing assignments for appendix - The following assignments were suggested for writing the various sections of the appendix: Albert Chen,Alina Nasatir: Tier 2 analysis (linear static/linear dynamic); Chukwuma Ekwueme/Chris Geier: Tier 3 analysis using ATC 40 document; Balram Gupta: Tier 3 analysis using FEMA 273 document; Ed Gonzales: Tier 1 analysis using FEMA 310 document; John Kariotis/Doc Nghiem: Tier 3 analysis using Division 95 document; Albert Chen: introduction.

6 2 p.m. COLA/UCI Testing Com. SEAOSC Office, Whittier

7 10-6:30 SEAOSC Computer Expo Luminarias Restaurant, Monterey Park

2:30 p.m. SEAOSC Board Meeting Luminarias Restaurant, Monterey Park

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

13 2 p.m. Quality Assurance Com. SEAOSC Office, Whittier

4 p.m. Existing Buildings Com. SEAOSC Office, Whittier

14 5:30 p.m. Tri-Counties Dinner Mtg. Harbortown Resort, Ventura

15 3 p.m. Testing Standards Com. SEAOSC Office, Whittier

6 p.m. CSES Dinner Meeting Taix's Restaurant, L.A.

24 9 a.m. SEAOC Board Meeting Sacramento

28 Noon Deadline for June Newsletter

Top vendors, free seminars and door prizes will highlight SEAOSC's Computer Expo 99 Wednesday, April 7 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. See yellow insert for details.

To attend our annual convention at the DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara Sept. 30 - Oct. 3. (Because we know you'll find it beneficial!)

And knowing that money talks…

We've established a poster board competition for current SEAOC members under 35 years of age.

Any interesting or informative structural engineering project, whether in the design stage, under construction, or already built.

The abstracts and sketches will be reviewed by the Younger Members Grant Program Committee; awardees will be notified by July 15 regarding acceptance. Detailed instructions for the completion of the poster boards will be sent to prospective awardees with the acceptance notice.

The SEAOSC Nominating Committee, chaired by Senior Past President Mel Green, has announced the following nominations:

Dirk Bondy, Albert Chen and Saiful Islam for two Member SE positions on the Board of Directors; Dan Novak for Board Treasurer; Shirin Ader for one Member position on the Board.

Additional nominees may be submitted by the membership per the procedures outlined in the SEAOSC Bylaws Article VI, Section 2. For more information, contact Don Gilbert at the SEAOSC Office.

Program: The Need for Codes

Speakers: Rick Ranous, EQE, and Hassan Sassi, URS/Greiner

Menu: Mahi mahi. (Vegetarian meal available if requested by Noon Apr. 5.)

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

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

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

(See blue insert for reservation form and details.)

Program: Jan. 25, 1999, Columbia Earthquake

Speaker: Mauricio Ciudad-Real, EERI Reconnaissance Team Member

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

Time: 5:30 p.m.: social hour; 6:30 p.m.: dinner; 7:30 p.m.: dinner

Menu: Beef or chicken

Cost: $22 pre-registered; $28 at the door. (Full-time undergraduate students $10)

For the first time, SEAOSC via the SEAOSC Auxiliary has awarded cash scholarships to outstanding area-engineering students in addition to awarding SEAOSC memberships. Three $1,000- and one $2,000- scholarships were presented at the Feb. 3 Student and Spouse Night dinner meeting.

The SEAOSC Gold Merit Scholarship ($2,000) went to David Fischer from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was announced by James Lai, SEAOSC President, who spearheaded the establishment of a scholarship fund as one of his goals for the year.

David has a 3.98 GPA, tops among seniors at his school, where he is majoring in civil engineering. He successfully completed the Pacific EERC's 1998 Earthquake Engineering Undergraduate Scholars Course (PEER), a prestigious award involving multi-campus education of talented undergraduate engineering students.He has worked for Wiss, Janey Elstner, the Port of San Francisco and County of San Diego during summers and enters graduate school next year.

Bryan Seamer, USC, received the $1,000 Holmes and Narver scholarship presented by Peter Kang. Bryan has a major in civil engineering with a 3.95 GPA. He belongs to numerous honors groups and is a National Merit Scholar. He is working as an assistant site engineer for the L.A. County Sanitation Districts.

Theng Le, Cal State Northridge, was presented the $1,000 Martin Associates Group scholarship by Farzad Naeim. Thang also has a 3.95 GPA in engineering. He has passed the E.I.T. exam and is active in school and ASCE projects.

Avik Ghosh, Cal Poly Pomona, received the third $1,000 SEAOSC scholarship, which was formed by a group of engineering companies in support of SEAOSC and its scholarship program. Avik will receive his B.S. degree in civil engineering this year and will pursue graduate work in structural engineering in the fall.

Students receiving one-year memberships in SEAOSC are David Fischer, Michael Alvarez, Thang Le, Rudy Emami, Avik Ghosh, Bryan Seamer, Manuel Aguilar, and Eric Freund.

SEAOSC expresses its gratitude to the SEAOSC Auxiliary, and especially Nancy Cochran and Diane Thompson, co-chairs of the Student Night committee. Many thanks go also to contributors to the 1999 Scholarship Awards: James S. Lai, John and Judi Shipp, Holmes & Narver, Inc., Hillman, Biddison & Loevenguth, Martin Associates Group Inc., Nabih Youssef & Associates Inc., Seismic Structural Design Associates Inc., and Brandow & Johnston Associates.

Photo captions: Auxiliary members present at Student/Spouse Night included, from left, Betty Christensen, Pat Narver, Millie Stockinger, Fong Lai, Diane Thompson, Nancy Cochran and Judi Shipp.

Peter Kang, left, of Holmes and Narver presented a $1,000-scholarship to outstanding student Brian Seamer, USC.

Farzad Naeim, left, of John A. Martin & Associates, presented a $1,000-scholarship to Theng Le, Cal State Northridge. (Rear: Nancy Cochran, co-chair of the Auxiliary's scholarship committee, who emceed the program.)

SEAOSC has now automated an online reservation system enabling anyone to make a reservation for a dinner meeting or seminar by completing the form that can be found on the SEAOSC Web page at the seaint.org Web site. Members are encouraged to utilize this method to expedite the reservation process.

1998 SEAOC Proceedings Available from SEAOC Office

Reprints of individual convention papers also available at no charge.

(Not available from SEAOSC Office.)

SEAOSC welcomes its newest members:

Peter Arencibia, Member SE, K.B. Leung & Assoc., Alta Loma

Mary Bessette, Member, EMG, Huntington Beach

Loretta Duvall, Member, City of Santa Monica

Jeffrey Marr, Member, AllWest, Santa Ana

Eric Stovner, Member SE, The LZA Group/Thornton-Tamasetti Engineers, New York City

New student members from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are Erin Callaghan, Jorge Covarrubias, Angela Hernandez, Claudia Imhof, Ayhan Irfanoglu, Mike Martinez, Danya Mohr, Barry Speer, and Scot Weiss.

John Peter Nelson, 46, a 20-year member of SEAOSC, died Feb. 23 in Camarillo after a long illness. He was responsible for several seismic upgrade projects in the Camarillo area such as the Ojai Arcade, Santa Barbara Railroad Station and the Leonis Adobe in Calabasas. John was instrumental in developing the seismic retrofit program for St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, which will be the first fixed-base hospital in the country to use viscous dampers to reduce eathquake forces. He was also active in youth soccer anda track organization. He is survived by his wife Stacy, daughters Nichole and April, son Jared.

Thomas C. Benson Jr., P.E. G.E., has been named a Principal at Lowney Associates, a firm specializing in geotechnical and environmental consultation. Benson, who joined the firm in March 1998, heads Lowney's Pasadena office. He was formerly senior vice president at Converse Consultants in Monrovia. Over the last 16 years, Tom has worked on several challenging projects including the parabolic antenna for NASA's Deep Space Network, the Mount Wilson CHARA telescope array in Angeles National Forest, and the Dulzura water conduit reconstruction for which his project team won the California Geotechnical Engineers Association Outstanding Project Award in 1996. He has been a SEAOSC member since 1989

Topics will include Background and Intent of SB 1953, Overview of SB 1953 Regulations (Field Work, Testing, Rapid Evaluation, Detailed Evaluation, Rehabilitation, Submittal Requirements), Case Studies, and SB 1953 Options/Strategic Planning.

ICBO Evaluation Service Inc. (ICBO ES) has announced the creation of a new company to coordinate the international activities for ICBO (International Conference of Building Officials). International Evaluation Service Inc. (IES), a wholly owned subsidiary of ICBO ES, will provide the full range of services available from ICBO and ICBO ES. Initial efforts have already begun in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.

"We created IES in response to member requests," explained IES President John Nosse, SEAOSC member since 1961. "As more and more building products from many different countries appear in construction projects throughout the world, local jurisdictions need up-to-date information. Providing the appropriate information to assist the code official in determining compliance of these products with building laws in a nondiscriminatory manner will be one of IES' top priorities."

According to Nosse, a Spanish version of the Uniform Building Code ™ is underway and will be available later this spring.

Rick Okawa, SEAOSC member since 1982, will serve as Director International Programs and Services. Sergio Barrueto, a native Argentinean, is director of International Programs and Services for Latin America. Nosse, Okawa and Barrueto have toured the Latin American countries where ICBO and ICBO ES have established relationships including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela. They talked to government officials, university professors and building professionals to determine their special needs.

"While IES work in Asia currently relates to trade and building products, efforts in Latin America lean more towards the needs of local governments to regulate building construction in a more organized and effective manner," said Barrueto.

In addition to publishing the Spanish version of the building code and related construction documents, IES offers training seminars, videos, technical support services, a voluntary certification program and product evluation.

A nonprofit organization, ICBO ES evaluates construction technology for compliance with codes and standards and is a subsidiary corporation of ICBO. The nonprofit ICBO publishes the Uniform Codes and is a founding member of the International Code Council. The ICBO membership consists of code enforcement officials, building industry representatives, architects and engineers who meet annually to enact code provisions consistent with the latest advances in building technology and fire and life safety. Headquartered in Whitter, Calif., ICBO has offices in Bellevue, Wash.; Austin, Tex.; Kansas City, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; and Pleasanton, Calif.

DASSE Design, with offices in San Francisco and Irvine, is seeking engineers for its expanding Orange County office. Candidate must have two years minimum design office experience. Send resume to DASSE Design, 8001 Irvine Center Dr., Ste. 825, Irvine, CA 92618 or fax to 949-450-0448.

Taylor & Gaines seeks P.E. (prefer M.S.) with two to three years experience in wood, steel and concrete. Written communication skills, teamwork skills and computer proficiency required. Send resume to 320 N. Halstead, Ste. 200, Pasadena, CA 91107. Fax: 626-351-5319, attention: Ed Gharibans.

VanDorpe Chou Associates Inc., Orange, has immediate openings for entry level and experienced structural designers for the design of Type V residential and commercial projects. Applicants must have good communication and computer skills. Fax resume to Tom VanDorpe at 714-978-9788.

Fast-growing Glendale firm, freeway close to all Southern California, is looking for you. Work in private and public sector. Needs structural engineers at all levels. Flexible working hours allow you to cut your driving time. Opportunity to grow. Modern working environment. Grossman & Speer Associates. Fax resume: 818-507-1556.

Scott Wallace Structural Engineers, a small expanding firm, seeks responsible engineer with two to six years experience in structural design and detailing utilizing all structural materials. Excellent communication skills along with creative design ability are required. Flexible firm with personable atmosphere. competitive salaries. Fax resume to 714-455-9852 or call 714-455-9875.

Robert Englekirk Consulting Structural Engineers Inc. seeks creative, self-motivated design engineers. Good team communication skills required. M.S. degree in structures and design classes in concrete, steel and seismic systems preferred. Three to five years experience. Alan Shiosaki, Robert Englekirk Inc., 2116 Arlington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90018. Fax: 323-733-8682.

Sacramento's largest architecture-engineering firm seeks qualified engineers. Minimum two years experience structural design and detailing of buildings California C.E. and S.E. preferred. Three positions available. Strong communication and teamwork skills essential. Project management skills a plus. Mail resume to Lionakis Beaumont Design Group Inc., 1919 19^th St., Sacramento CA 95814.