Design & Construction of the rainier square redevelopment project
58-story performance-based seismic design mixed-use tower
September 19, 2022 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Presenters
Ron Klemencic, PE, SE, Hon. AIA, Dist. m. asce, nac, nae
Ron Klemencic is Chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), an award-winning, 185-person structural and civil engineering firm founded in 1920 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. He has designed projects in 29 states and 25 countries, with some as large as 11.5 million square feet and as tall as 112 stories, including San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower, St. Regis Chicago, and Rainier Square in Seattle.
An industry innovator and one of the preeminent high-rise structural engineers practicing today, Ron is sought by developers, architects, and contractors worldwide for his creativity, "big picture" approach, and unique ability to consistently produce cost-effective and inventive designs. He has championed numerous innovations throughout his career—from implementing Performance-Based Seismic Design for high-rise buildings, to the development and successful application of the first-of-its-kind, non-proprietary SpeedCore structural system, to recent advancements in Performance-Based Wind Design and Structural Fire Design.
Dr. Amit H. Varma
Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of CE
Director, Bowen Lab of Large-Scale CE Research at Purdue University
Dr. Varma is originally from Mumbai, India. He received his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Bombay in 1994. He received his M.S. in civil engineering (structures) from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1996. He completed his Ph.D. in civil engineering (structures) from Lehigh Univerisity in 2001. He joined Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng. in 2001.
He joined Purdue University as an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil Engineeing in August 2004. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and Full Professor in 2014. He was appointed Associate Director of Bowen Laboratory in 2015, and since 2017 he has been serving as the Director of the Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research.
In Fall 2018, he was ratified as the Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of Civil Engineering.
Prof. Varma has dedicated his academic and professional life to the development of innovative steel-concrete composite structures for the built infrastructure including commercial and residential buildings, and industrial structures such as nuclear power plants. He has conducted fundamental research including large-scale experimental investigations and numerical analyses to evaluate and improve the structural behavior of steel-concrete composite members, connections and overall structural systems subjected to various extreme loading conditions including seismic, fire, blast, and missile impact loading. His research products are the basis of (and directly cited in) several AISC codes / specifications for the design of steel-concrete composite structures for building structures and safety-related nuclear facilities. These codes / specifications govern the design and construction of all steel building structures and safety-related nuclear facilities in the US, and are also used / referenced extensively around the world by engineers, consultants, regulators, and building officials.
Prof. Varma has conducted fundamental experimental and analytical research on the behavior of structural components and systems under various loading conditions. His areas of research interest include: (1) development of innovative steel-concrete composite structures, (2) seismic behavior, analysis, and design of structures, (3) fire behavior, analysis and design of structures, (4) design, analysis, and testing of structures for safety-related nuclear facilities, (5) testing, analysis and design for impactive and impulsive loading, (6) fatigue and fracture behavior of bridge structures, (7) repair, retrofit, and rehabilitation of damaged or deteriorating transportation structures.