Confined Masonry & Build Change Mini-Seminar

A Mini-Seminar on Confined Masonry Construction will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m. September 17, 2009, at the office of Arup, 560 Mission Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Co-sponsored by EERI and the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, the presentation will include an overview of confined masonry construction, an introduction to the Confined Masonry Network, and a presentation of the work performed by Build Change as part of the earthquake reconstruction efforts in China and Indonesia (see page 4 of the June EERI Newsletter).

The mini-seminar fee is $25.00 payable at the door. SEAONC requests reservations in advance by emailing office@seaonc.org so that building security will have everyone’s names.

The speakers will be Tim Hart, a senior associate with EERI Subscribing Member Forell Elsesser Engineers of San Francisco, and EERI member Elizabeth Hausler, the executive director of Build Change. Tim has worked as a pro bono engineer for Build Change since 2005 and is also a member of the Confined Masonry Network. Build Change, also a Network member, is an award-winning nongovernmental organization established in 2004 with a mission to reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses in developing countries by training builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to use confined masonry construction.