News & Updates

Save the Date for SEAoAL Annual Winter Seminar

"Don't Get Blown Away by Wind Changes"

November 21st, 2024 at AGC 8:00 - 4:00.

More info coming soon on Speakers.

Exciting Opportunity: Apply for the SEAoAL Scholarship to Attend the 2024 NCSEA Summit!

We are thrilled to announce the SEAoAL Scholarship for the 2024 NCSEA Summit! This incredible opportunity includes registration for the prestigious conference and a $1,000 stipend for travel expenses (to be reimbursed).

Eligibility Requirements:

Application Details: To apply, please complete the following form.

SEAoAL Scholarship Application for 2024 NCSEA Summit.pdf

More information about the summit here: www.ncseasummit.com

SEAoAL is partnering with the Alabama Center for Architecture for the 2nd Year in a row for the Building with Bricks.

The event runs from March 23^rd - 29^th (Saturday, then Tuesday-Friday).  There are mid-day timeslots for engineers and architects to fill, and the sign-up sheet can be found here: https://www.alcfa.org/event/building-with-bricks-exhibit-2/

SEAoAL would love to see a strong showing of volunteers, and organizers are aiming to have at least one engineer and one architect at each session.  We need your help to represent our profession.

ALSO – This event is free to the public, if you know of any aspiring architects / engineers who might be interested in attending, please feel free to spread the word!

Join us for the first site visit of the year.  SEAoAL Board Member, Stewart Lee, PE Structural Design Group and Brittany Foley, AIA, WilliamsBlackstock Architects who both worked on The Restoration and Renovation of the Hardwick Building -

March 6th, 2024| 4:30-5:30| 2308 1st Ave. South

Hardwick Building Site Visit.jpg for more info.

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Let’s SHAKE it for the kids!!

SEAoAL is participating in the 13th Annual Engineering Showcase at McWane Science Center. The event is geared toward students of all ages and schools. Typically, the students are K-5th grade. McWane expects around 1,000 kids, teachers, and chaperones.

Other engineering firms, organizations, and university groups will be participating as well. Lunch is provided for volunteers and they offer parking tokens, and tickets to the IMAX film, Cities of the Future. This is a great opportunity to inspire future engineers and meet other professionals in the industry! Students will build LEGO structures, and test them to see how they behave under “seismic” loading.

The event is on Friday, February 23rd from 9:00am – 2:00pm at the McWane Science Center (200 19th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203).

Please sign up with your desired time slot here: bit.ly/3SF3x7k

Save the date for our Spring Seminar  Wednesday April 3rd, 2024 with keynote speaker, Ronald D. Ziemian, Ph.D., P.E., Professor at Bucknell University and Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Constructional Steel Research. More info coming in 2024!

Happy New Year to all our incredible members and sponsors! We are so excited to see what 2023 brings for our organization. Save the dates below for our upcoming seminars.

Save the Dates 2023

March 2, 2023, Masonry – AGC

August 24^th, 2023, Annual SEAoAL Conference & XPO - Codes – Pelham Civic Center

November 16^th, 2023, Bringing back the Joint SEAoAL & ICRI Joint Event!

Register here!

At its August 2, 2022 meeting the Board determined to propose changes to its Administrative Rules.

Link to proposed rule changes:

https://bels.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Proposed-Rule-Changes.pdf

A public hearing regarding the proposed rule changes will be held at 9 am on Tuesday November 15^th. You can attend in person at the Board 's office, 100 N. Union Street, Suite 382, Montgomery, AL 36104, or virtually by clicking on the words "Board Meeting- Nov 15, 2022" on the Board's website. The below link will take you to the Board's website homepage.

https://bels.alabama.gov/         

If you wish to speak at the hearing, you must provide an email address or phone number by responding to this email prior to November 1st. A speaker order list will be displayed at the beginning of the hearing, and the order will be based on the order the email request to speak was received. 

You can also post questions during the hearing using the Q&A feature.

1. Just select the Q&A button on the right side of the screen.
2. Type your question in the compose box, and then select Send. If you want to ask your question anonymously, select Ask anonymously.