2024 CFSEI EXPO | MAY 20-22, 2024 | TUCSON, ARIZONA

2024 EXPO SCHEDULE



Monday, May 20, 2024
   
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
West Parking Lot
 CFS - Tool Time Hands-On Demo
   
5:00 pm. – 6:00 p.m.
Ventana Heights Terrace
Welcome Reception (Margaritas, Chips, Guac, & Salsa)
Sponsored by ClarkDietrich
   

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
   
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration in Grand Ballroom Foyer
   
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Cascade Terrace
   
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Grand Ballroom
Salons B & C
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU
AIA ApprovedSpecialty Engineering from the Contractor’s Perspective
Don Allen, P.E., S.E., LEED AP
Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI)
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break with Sponsors in Grand Ballroom (Salons B & C)
   

Salon A
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedFasteners / Anchors in Seismic Design
Robert Madsen, P.E., Devco Engineering, Inc.
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  

Catalina Ballroom
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedExpectations from Prefab CFS Manufacturer/Installer on Structural Drawings
Venkata Charan, P.E., Digital Building Components LLC
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11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch: Annual Meeting & Awards in Grand Ballroom (Salons B&C)
   

Catalina Ballroom
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedCold-Formed Steel Classroom: Intro to AISI S100
Reinhold Schuster, Ph.D., P. Eng., University of Waterloo 
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1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  

Salon A
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedHow Curtain Wall & Storefront Design Interfaces with Cold-Formed Steel
Jamie John, P.E., Excel Engineering, Inc.
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2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break with Sponsors in Grand Ballroom (Salons B & C)
   

Salon A
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedEngineering Progressive Collapse in Cold-Formed Steel Buildings
Nabil Rahman, Ph.D.,P.E.,  FDR Engineers, PLLC
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2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.  

Catalina Ballroom
Earn 1 PDH / 1LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedASCE 7-22 And The effect On Cold-Formed Steel Trusses
Jacob Thompson, P.E., S.E., TrusSteel
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3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break with Sponsors in Grand Ballroom (Salons B & C)
   
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Grand Ballroom
(Salons B & C)
Earn 1 PDH / 1LU|HSW
Keynote
AIA ApprovedDevelopment of standards for Australian Steel Framed Houses Subject to Wildfire Attack
Ken Watson
National Association of Steel-Framed Housing
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5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Dinner and Social Event
   
   Pima Air & Space Museum
Sponsored by ClarkDietrich, SSMA and USG
   
   

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
   
7:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Registration in Grand Ballroom Foyer
   
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Cascade Terrace
   
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Grand Ballroom
(Salons B & C)
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU
AIA ApprovedApplied Ethics for Engineers
Brett Stewart
AXA XL
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break with Sponsors in Grand Ballroom (Salons B & C)
   

Salon A
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedCFS-NHERI Project Update
Tara C. Hutchinson, PhD., P.E., University of California, San Diego
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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  
 
Catalina Ballroom
Earn 1 PDH  /1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedDeep Learning-Based Damage Detection in Concealed Cold-Formed Steel Structures using Ground Penetrating Radar
Muhammad Taseer Ali, University of Houston
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11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch: Award Winners 1st Place Presentations - Grand Ballroom (Salons B & C)
   

Salon A
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedCold-Formed Steel Diaphragm Design
Zane Clark, P.E., S.E., McClure
Ian Micklethwaite, P.E., ASC Profiles
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1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  

Catalina Ballroom
Earn 1 PDH  /1 LU|HSW
AIA ApprovedResidential Design Beyond AISI S230
W. Donald Wheeler, Wheeler Steel Framing Supply
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2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break with Sponsors in Grand Ballroom (Salons B & C)
   
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Grand Ballroom
(Salons B & C)
Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU
AIA ApprovedCFS - Ask An Expert
Don Allen, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI)
Patrick M. Hainault, P.E., R.A. Smith, Inc.
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3:15 p.m. Expo Closes.
   
   
   
 
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