PROPERLY SPECIFYING STEEL DECK: HOW TO GET WHAT YOU REALLY WANT

CONTINUING EDUCATION: 1 PDH

OUTLINE

There is a right way to specify steel deck products in your project, and there are many wrong ways. Properly specifying the steel floor and roof deck is quite simple, and one way to gain economy in your project. That is the Good Way. Then there are the Bad and the Just Plain Ugly ways, which cost the project in time, money, and performance. This session will show how to properly specify steel deck using information from the Steel Deck Institute (SDI) standards and provide other tips and ideas to make specifying steel deck easy, including various architectural, acoustical, and fire resistance related topics.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Thomas Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.
Steel Deck Institute
Sputo and Lammert Engineering, LLC

Thomas Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., S.E. is president of Sputo and Lammert Engineering, LLC in Gainesville, FL, designing and investigating buildings and other structures, and the technical director of the Steel Deck Institute. Additionally, he is a Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he taught structural design for over 20 years. He has over 32 years of experience in varied areas of structural design, including specialty engineering of manufactured components. He is a licensed Professional Engineer or Structural Engineer in 13 states, and a Special (Threshold) Inspector in Florida.