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• 24th Annual ACFA Golf Tournament

  • When
    October 17, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley 100 Sunbelt Parkway Birmingham, AL 35211

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  Join us on October 17th, 2019 for the 24th Annual ACFA Golf Tournament Sponsored by The Prewitt Group!

  The Annual ACFA Golf Tournament is held at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail every October. All proceeds benefit the ACFA’s educational programs & student scholarships. We have awarded $91,750 in scholarships since 2007. The mission of the Alabama Center for Architecture is to advance the enjoyment of architecture and design through engagement, education and collaboration.

  Date: 

  Thursday, October 17th, 2019 

  Location:

  Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley 100 Sunbelt Parkway Birmingham, AL 35211

  Programs: 

  10:00am - 11:30am - Registration

  10:00 am - Driving Range: Free Range Balls

  10:30am - 12:00pm - Box Lunch

  12:00pm - Shotgun Start

  5:00 - 7:00 pm - BBQ Dinner, Awards, and Door Prizes, plus Live Music! 

  Cost:

  $150 per person    |    $580 per team of four

  Make Checks payable to: Alabama Center for Architecture Golf Tournament 

  Address for ACFA: 109 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd South Birmingham, AL 35233

  All playing spots include 3 mulligans per player, green fees, cart with baggage service before play, range balls, lunch, and dinner. 

  Don't Golf? Beer, Balls, & BBQ 

  5:00-7:00 PM at the clubhouse $30 per person, includes food, drinks, & live music! 

  Sponsorship:  Due October 9th, 2019 

  To pay for a sponsorship or a team, follow the link provided: https://squ.re/2nUFzdw

  $400 Hole Sponsor

  $500 Drink Cart Sponsor

  $500 Meal Sponsor

  $350 Music Sponsor

   

  Please contact Rhea Williams, Executive Director or Katie Parker, Executive Assistant with questions.

  Alabama Center for Architecture 

  (205)322-4386

  Katie@karmamanagementinc.com

  www.alcfa.org

  
  

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• 2019 SEAoAL Winter Seminar

  • When
    December 03, 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Alabama AGC Conference Center 5000 Grantwood Road Irondale, AL 35210

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  2019 SEAoAL Winter Seminar 

   Shear Wall Design 

  Tuesday, December 3, 2019 

  AL & FL 6 PDH's 

  8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.   Registration 

  8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  Narrow Wall Bracing & Alternate Pre-Manufactured Solutions, Brief review of lateral forces and failure modes for wood frame residential structures with discussion on limitations and design issues  for IRC-compliant designs, Keith Cullum, LEED, P.E.

  10: 00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Morning Break  

  10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Shear Wall Design Using AWC SDPWS,  Review of code and standard provisions for the design of site-built shear walls, Keith Cullum, LEED, P.E.

  11:45 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch sponsored by Simpson Strong-Tie

  12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Cold Formed Steel Design and the IBC 2018,  Adopted into IBC 2018 are both updates and new design standards for cold-formed steel member and connection design, Dr. Roger LaBoube 

  1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Afternoon Break 

  1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Design of Cold Formed Steel Shear Wall Systems, Design guidance will be discussed for both wind and seismic loading of shear wall assemblies, Dr. Roger LaBoube    

  2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break 

  3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Frequently asked Design Questions, This lecture will discuss some of the common questions posed to the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute Hotline, Dr. Roger LaBoube 

  Keith Cullum, LEED, P.E.  Keith is a Structural Engineer at Simpson Strong-Tie’s McKinney, TX branch covering the Southeast region of the US where his primary responsibilities include product testing, technical support, education and training, and post-disaster assessment. After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Architectural Engineering, he worked for a consulting firm in Southern California designing multi- and single-family residential structures out of cold-formed steel and wood. Prior to joining Simpson Strong-Tie in 2012, he worked for a steel deck manufacturer performing R&D and providing product technical support and promotion. He is a LEED Accredited Professional (AP) and a registered Professional Engineer in eight states (AL, AR, CA, KS, MO, MS, TX, and OK).

  Dr. Roger A. LaBoube  Roger is Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Director of the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla).  Dr. LaBoube holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.  Dr. LaBoube has an extensive background in the design and behavior of cold-formed steel structures.  His research and design activities have touched on many facets of cold-formed steel construction to include: cold-formed steel beams, panels, trusses, headers, wall studs as well as bolt, weld, and screw connections.  Dr. LaBoube is active in several professional organizations and societies, including a member of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI), American Iron and Steel Institute’s Committee on Specifications for the North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members and chairperson of the AISI Committee on Framing Standards.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Missouri.

  Register here >>>2019 WinterSeminarRegistrationForm 1.pdf

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