In-House Seminar Series

The series, which includes seminars on office standards, technical engineering mini-courses, and presentations from vendors, is organized by engineers from each level of the firm to ensure topics are relevant and varied. See a complete list of Completed Seminars following the list of these upcoming Seminars.

Upcoming Technical and Office Standards Seminars

Technical Seminars allow Paradigm’s engineers a chance to share areas of expertise with their peers.

• Concrete (Sustainable design, code changes, etc.)
• Special Moment Resisting Frames
• ASCE 7 Chapter 13
• Design of Damper for (E) Buildings
• Tilt Up Building Design
• DSA
• Reinforced Concrete Detailing
• Computer/RAM Modeling
• Building Types
• Building Irregularities
• Biotech
• Concrete (Sustainable design, code changes, etc.)
• Standard Templates
• Construction Administration
• Updated Calculation Binder
• Revit
• Communication and Presentation Skills (External to the office)

Upcoming Open Format Seminars

• Project Presentation – UCD Bookstore/Revit

Upcoming Vendor Seminars

Vendor Seminars keep our engineers current with the latest technologies in engineering and construction.

• Hilti – Deck
• Zone 4
• RAM – FRAME
• RAM – Advanse
• CSI – ETABS
• DIS – BASE ISOLATION
• Simpson – Anchorage
• HILTI
• Vulcraft
• Trus Joist
• APA
• Dampers
• Cold Formed Steel – Dietrich
• BRBF
• Verio Deck
• Hardy Walls
• Onvia
• ISAT

Completed Seminars

Completed Technical and Office Standards Seminars

• Changes to 13th Ed. AISC Manual
• Changes to 2007 CBC Seismic
• Design of Wood Structures for Lateral Loads
• EBF Design with CBC & Seismic Design Manual
• Design of Precast/Shear Wall (CHI III)
• LEED Certification
• Wood and Cold Formed Steel Structures
• ASCE 31
• Changes to IBC 2009 Ch 16
• SCBFs and Seismic Connections
• Office Field Trip to Oyster Point
• Data Centers
• Anchorage per Appendix D
• Paradigm Budgets
• CAD Setup/Detailing Suggestions
• Communication and Presentation Skills (Internal to the office)
• Project Outline
• Drawing Sheet Setup/Detail Layout/Sheet Numbering

Completed Vendor Seminars

• Dampers – Taylor Damping Systems
• Simpson – Connectors
• HILTI
• Simpson – Connectors – Continuous Tiedowns
• Verco
• KIECON
• Fiberwrap
• Verco