WHAT EVERY ENGINEER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PANELIZATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION: 1 PDH

OUTLINE

Panelization is a big part of construction and will continue to expand and grow as skilled labor continues to decline and contractors/owners desire faster construction techniques. Whether it is wall panels, floor panels or prefinished exterior panels, the options are endless. As engineers, we now not only have to design structures that meet the building code, but which can also be built offsite and put together like Legos. What things should we look out for? What challenges do we face? What additional items will we need to design? Join me for a practical presentation about cold-formed steel panelization.


ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Kirsten Zeydel, S.E.
ZO Consulting, Inc.

Kirsten Zeydel

Kirsten Zeydel, S.E. is a registered structural engineer in California with over 21 years of structural engineering design and management experience. She specializes in cold-formed steel (CFS) design, detailing, and panelization. Spending the last five years with a startup CFS panel company, Kirsten has seen what it takes to get panels built, delivered to the job site, and installed successfully. Her extensive experience in CFS design includes a dorm project with nine multi-story CFS load bearing buildings totaling 800,000-sq-ft, and the CFS non-load bearing interior and exterior framing for a 550,000-sq-ft hospital in California. In addition to the engineering side of CFS design, Kirsten has experience with quality programs, product certification, welding procedures, architectural building code requirements and prefinished exterior panels. She is also a proud wife and mother of two children who firmly believes that being a mom has made her a better engineer.