What is Hot on the Hotline?

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Cold-formed steel (CFS) design typically is not a course topic offered at universities. Therefore, engineers are on their own to self-educate. How? By attending a seminar or webinar on a specific topic. And by getting answers to a specific project questions.

Many engineers take advantage of the highly successful CFSEI “Ask an Expert” page on the CFSEI website or the CFSEI Hotline, 1-800-79STEEL. Inquiries cover the gamut of CFS applications, and we respond to them promptly.

This interactive Q&A session will focus on FAQs and your cold-formed steel design questions.

Hotline topics that may be discussed are:

• Rules of thumb when designing cold-formed steel
• When should an eccentricity be considered when designing stud packs

Plan to attend and participate.

Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E.
Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute

Dr. Roger A. LaBoube is Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and former director of the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Missouri University of Science & Technology. Dr. LaBoube holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He has an extensive background in the design and behavior of cold-formed steel structures. His research and design activities have touched on many facets of cold-formed steel construction, including cold-formed steel beams, panels, trusses, headers, and wall studs as well as bolt, weld, and screw connections. Dr. LaBoube is active in several professional organizations and societies. He served as chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Committee on Framing Standards and is an emeritus member of the AISI Committee on Specifications for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members. He is a registered professional engineer in Missouri.

Patrick M. Hainault, P.E.
R.A. Smith, Inc.

Patrick Hainault is the Co-Director of Structural Services at raSmith in Brookfield, Wisconsin. His experience includes engineering design and staff management with raSmith and Matsen Ford Design Associates, Inc., where he was a principal and senior engineer for 21 years. His expertise includes application of the latest technologies and design concepts to a wide variety of primary and secondary structures, including prefabricated systems. His engineering systems design experience includes structural steel, reinforced concrete, engineered masonry and wood. He was a structural designer for a concrete reinforcement supplier and a technician for a national material-testing firm. Hainault is past-chair of the CFSEI Executive Committee, a member of the SFIA Technical Committee and the AWCI Construction Technology Committee. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and several other states. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Marquette University.

Andrew Newland, P.E.
ADTEK Engineers, Inc.

Andrew has more than 15 years of experience in both cold-formed steel manufacturing and design. He is a Principal at ADTEK Engineers, Inc. and the specialty structural team leader for the Charlottesville, VA, Fairfax, VA, Frederick, MD and Bay City, MI offices, which specialize in the design of load bearing and non-load bearing cold-formed steel framing in low & mid-rise construction as well as cold-formed steel framing and structural ceiling support for Data Centers.

Andrew is a member of the ASCE-SEI Committee on Cold-Formed Steel. He is a former member of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Committee on Specifications. He is a past chairman and current member of the CFSEI Executive Committee and serves as chair of the Technology, Education, and Expo Planning Committees. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering.

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