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Length: 1.5 hrs
Can seismic dangers open avenues for opportunities? Instead of paresis before an impending peril – how can our community rise to enact preparations – to seek creative, forward-looking initiatives?
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1) Articulate requirements of seismic up-grading for large existing masonry buildings.
2) Articulate how programs of seismic improvements can be implemented in phases for an existing building? .
3) Describe how seismic improvements for areas of cities be undertaken selectively, in stages, over periods of time
4) Describe how education can help prepare the public to support seismic improvement programs.
Subject Matter Experts
Panel Introduction: Professor Martin Segger, Associate Fellow Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria.
Martin Segger’s administrative and academic career has included the positions of Director of Art Galleries and Collections at the University of Victoria, and adjunct professor in the Department of History in Art, Faculty of Fine Arts. He holds a B.A. in English Literature and a Diploma of Education (Secondary Curriculum) from the University of Victoria, and a Master of Philosophy in Renaissance Cultural Studies from the Warburg Institute, University of London, where he studied under Prof. Sir Ernst Gombrich. In 1982, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and 1999 a Fellow of the Canadian Museums Association. He has served as president of the Society of Architectural Historian, Pacific North West Chapter and President of the Commonwealth Association of Museums. He has consulted and taught historic preservation planning in South America and Africa. His areas of academic research, teaching and curatorship are architectural history and decorative arts, also heritage and museums studies.
Panel Moderator: Gregor Craigie, CBC Commentator, and the author of “On Borrowed Time, North America’s Next Big Quake”.
Gregor Craigie is no stranger to Vancouver Island. He covered many stories on the island during his time as CBC TVs Victoria reporter. He studied history at the University of Calgary, and Broadcast Journalism at the B.C. Institute of Technology. His first radio job was reporting for CKWX in Vancouver. In 1999 he moved to the United Kingdom where he joined the BBC World Service in London as a news announcer and producer. While in London, Gregor also reported for the American network CBS radio as well as freelancing for CBC Radio. When it got really busy, he would file for all three news organizations, occasionally working twenty hours a day. For rest and relaxation, he traveled to Europe, Africa, and Asia to work as a freelancer. Following his BBC/CBC/CBS days, Gregor returned to Canada and to the CBC exclusively. Most recently he has worked as a producer on The Current and a radio reporter in the Kootenays.
Panelist: Kate Ulmer P Eng, Herold Engineering – will present a case study on the Seismic Improvement program for Victoria High School.
Kate is a registered professional engineer and a Principal with Herold Engineering. She has over 18 years of experience as a structural consultant and works on a wide variety of local institutional, commercial, industrial, and residential projects including new builds and seismic retrofitting. Kate volunteers with the Women in Construction executive committee, the City of Victoria Civic Heritage Trust Board, and Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
Panelist: Leon Plett P Eng, MIStructE, Struct.Eng., LEED® AP | Managing Principal, Reid Jones Christopherson Engineering
Leon values creativity, collaboration, and improvement through incremental change. He is a highly regarded structural engineer in Victoria, delivering creative, economical structural design solutions and exemplary client service on many of the city’s most important buildings. Leon quickly recognizes key project issues and proposes structural solutions, while simultaneously bringing a spirit of cooperation into project teams. His strong communication and mentorship skills serve him well as Managing Principal of RJC’s Victoria Structural Engineering Team. Leon continually pushes the boundaries of structural engineering, and his supportive approach to creative architects has resulted in numerous design awards. Leon has special expertise with seismic upgrading of heritage buildings and with mid-rise and heavy timber wood-frame buildings. His commitment to efficient design and good communication has earned the respect and repeat business of local architects and developers. His work is evident in projects such as the Hudson Bay Redevelopment and Brentwood College Visual Arts Centre, a project that incorporates heavy timber and structural glass. Leon joined RJC after graduating from Lakehead University. He is a passionate volunteer, regularly helping local and international charitable organizations. In the last few years, he has travelled to Brazil, Haiti, Cambodia, and Guatemala, to provide structural design for new buildings. He is also an active member of numerous local industry and business associations.
Panelist: Dr. Ken Elwood
Dr. Ken Elwood serves as the MBIE Chair in Earthquake Engineering and Director of the newest Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE), QuakeCoRE: Centre for Earthquake Resilience. Ken joined the University of Auckland in July 2014 after 11 years as a faculty members at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Ken was drawn to New Zealand to pursue the numerous opportunities for research and implementation in earthquake risk reduction. He in actively involved in research related to the seismic response of existing concrete and masonry buildings. Ken received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002, M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995, and a BASc. from the University of British Columbia in 1993. Ken is a member of several national and international code committees including the seismic provisions of the American Concrete Institute Building Code (AC! 381). He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and Chair of the EERI Learning from Earthquakes program.
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