Floored: Innovative Options With CFS Floor Systems (1.0 PDH) Don Allen, P.E. Super Stud Building Products
Cold-formed steel (CFS) framed floor systems used to be simple and straightforward: joists at 16” or 24” on center aligned over wall studs with the joists braced with blocking/strapping every few feet, all topped with plywood or pan deck and concrete. But now the rules have changed. With the advent of ledger framing and load distribution members and composite CFS floor systems, we are seeing true innovation in floor systems, as well as how they are built/supported/topped. With new products being developed at a rapid pace, engineers must keep up with the latest developments to select economical and lightweight systems that can now compete with the efficiencies of open-web bar joist and composite deck systems. This session will provide an overview of several CFS floor framing systems and methodologies that are starting to win back floor framing from other materials, as well as other potential efficiencies that can be gained from the inherent versatility and constructability of CFS floor framing.
About the Speaker
Don Allen, P.E. currently serves as Director of Engineering for Super Stud Building Products, Inc., where he oversees product development, testing, engineering, and technical services. Having worked in the cold-formed steel industry since 1990, Allen served as a CFS specialty engineer, Engineer-of-Record, and industry representative before his current position with a stud manufacturer. He concurrently served for more than nine years as Technical Director for three associations in the cold-formed steel industry ─ the Steel Stud Manufacturers Association (SSMA), the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA), and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI). He chairs the Education Subcommittee of the American Iron and Steel Institute’s Committee on Framing Standards and Committee on Specifications, and was the recipient of the 2013 CFSEI Distinguished Service Award. He has given presentations on CFS in China, Colombia, Egypt, Hawaii, and South Africa, and has been involved in design projects in North America, Africa, and Europe.
Acoustic And Cold-Formed Steel Design (1.0 PDH) Andrew Schmidt United States Gypsum Corporation
The presentation will begin with review of the standards used to measure airborne and impact sound transmission through both walls and floor/ceiling assemblies. Special attention will be given to factors that affect sound transmission through cold-formed steel, and a comparison will be made to wood-framed systems. Several building systems will be highlighted and examples will be provided of factors that affect acoustic performance. Discussion will focus on factors that assist designers with acoustics in cold-formed steel, and a demonstration of ongoing machine acoustic learning algorithms will be provided.
About the Speaker
Andrew Schmidt is a Senior Acoustical Researcher at USG with experience in a wide array of commercial and residential construction types. With an engineering degree from the acoustics and music program at University of Hartford, he spent his early years as a consultant at Jaffe Holden Acoustics under the mentorship of the late Chris Jaffe. Schmidt’s expertise spans all areas of architectural acoustics including sound isolation, room acoustics, and mechanical systems noise and vibration control. He joined USG Corporation in 2017 as a senior researcher with the Building Science and Technology Commercialization group.
The Rise of Worldwide Permanent Modular Construction (1.0 PDH) Michael Lynch, P.E. Murray Engineering
Modular buildings are now being constructed in Europe with materials sourced in North America and shipped to the far corners of the earth. This is the new world of permanent modular construction (PMC). This presentation will begin with a brief description and history of the PMC market, with the spotlight on the benefits of this form of construction to project owners and builders worldwide. Framing detail challenges will be highlighted with a review of recent modular developments such as new tailored modular fire designs. Examples of these modular challenges will be explained with several case studies.
About the Presenter
Michael Lynch, P.E. joined Murray Engineering in the spring of 2016 as a Senior Structural Engineer. Lynch brings design expertise in the area of modular buildings, institutional renovations and additions, and building restoration. He has over 25 years of experience in the design of modular structures, from small additions to 100,000-square-foot office and academic facilities. He is currently the lead Project Engineer for the world's largest modular hotel at 842 6th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York.
Working With Remote Employees (1.0 PDH) Jeffrey M. Klaiman, P.E. ADTEK Engineers, Inc.
In today’s business world, people talk about, and outright push, telecommuting or working at remote locations as options to the traditional workplace. As a business owner or manager, you can only say no for so long, and then you must get with the times. If you want to attract and keep employees, you are going to have to consider adding this practice to your company. The good news is that it can work in engineering firms. This presentation will provide guidance for setting up and working with remote employees and offices, along with actual successful (and some not so successful) examples in the presenter’s own experience.
About the Presenter
Jeffrey M. Klaiman, P.E.has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. His responsibilities include building maintenance and engineering, on-site engineering for a concrete contractor, Manager of Technical Services and Versa-Truss Product Manager for Dale/Incor (national manufacturer of cold-formed steel framing products and systems), participation on the American Iron and Steel Institute’s Committee on Specifications for the Design of CFS Structural Members and Committee on Framing Standards, and membership in CFSEI for more than 10 years, ASTM International and the Steel Framing Alliance. He serves as chairman of the Standard Practices Subcommittee of the AISI Committee on Framing Standards and is also the president of MASFA. He is a past president of CFSEI. In his position at ADTEK Engineers, Inc. as Principal in Charge of Specialty Engineering, Klaiman oversees the design and coordination of all cold-formed steel design documents. He also manages in-house staff in three offices for CFS framing design, develops project schedules, and coordinates quality control reviews with project managers on his team. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Eastern Michigan University.
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Roundtable: Framing for the Future - Beyond 24" on Center (1.0 PDH)
Moderator Thomas Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., S.E. Steel Deck Institute
Panelizer Kirsten Zeydel, S.E. Digital Building Components
Designer Don Allen, P.E. Super Stud Building Products
Researchers Kara D. Peterman, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kim Olsen, P.E. Steel Tube Institute
We get stuck in the mindset that the way we currently do things is the way that we must continue to do things. Why 16" or 24" on center? Why not 48" on center? Why not use steel deck as part of a wide-spaced framing system? Can the entire wall and floor system be panelized with the deck in place?
The Steel Deck Institute is currently funding research on steel deck floor diaphragms on cold-formed framing spaced at 48" on center. With 8-foot by length as required floor modules, this can be combined with 48" gravity wall framing.
Success occurs when preparation meets opportunity. What do we need to do to advance cold-formed steel framing into this arena? Join us for a roundtable discussion of this topic, and come prepared with questions and ideas. Let’s take control of OUR future.
About the Moderator
Thomas Sputo, P.E. is the Technical Director of the Steel Deck Institute, a trade organization of steel deck manufacturers representing over 95% of the volume of steel deck manufactured in the U.S. each year. Additionally, he is a consulting structural engineer with the Gainesville, FL firm of Sputo and Lammert Engineering, LLC, and an Emeritus Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He is SECB certified and holds a P.E. license in 12 states plus an S.E. license in Illinois. He graduated from The Citadel with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and from the University of Florida with M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Structural Engineering.
About the Panelizer
Kirsten Zeydel, S.E. is a registered structural engineer in California with over 17 years of structural engineering design and management experience. She is the Structural Engineering Manager for Digital Building Components in Phoenix, AZ and a Structural Consultant for S.K. Ghosh Associates Inc. in Palatine, IL. She also spent 15 years as a Senior Project Engineer for a medium-size structural design firm in Southern California.
Kirsten specializes in cold-formed steel design, detailing, and constructability. She has led over 200 projects, including an 800,000-sq-ft project of multi-story CFS load bearing dorm buildings and the CFS non-load bearing interior and exterior framing for a 550,000-sq-ft hospital. Kirsten thrives on challenging projects and has successfully overseen many projects through the rigorous California Hospital approval process. She has also given many in-person presentations and web seminars on various cold-formed steel topics to engineers, architects, owners, and contractors.
In addition to her extensive experience with cold-formed steel, Kirsten has experience designing with other building materials including concrete, steel, and masonry which led to her collaboration with Dr. Ghosh at S.K. Ghosh Associates. Their most recent project provided all-day seminars throughout California on the changes in the new 2016 California Building Code.
Kirsten is a member of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute, where she has served as a member of the Executive Committee for the past two years.
She is also the proud wife and mother of two who firmly believes that being a mom has made her a better engineer.
About the Designer
Don Allen, P.E. currently serves as Director of Engineering for Super Stud Building Products, Inc., where he oversees product development, testing, engineering, and technical services. Having worked in the cold-formed steel industry since 1990, Allen served as a CFS specialty engineer, Engineer-of-Record, and industry representative before his current position with a stud manufacturer. He concurrently served for more than nine years as Technical Director for three associations in the cold-formed steel industry ─ the Steel Stud Manufacturers Association (SSMA), the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA), and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI). He chairs the Education Subcommittee of the American Iron and Steel Institute’s Committee on Framing Standards and Committee on Specifications, and was the recipient of the 2013 CFSEI Distinguished Service Award. He has given presentations on CFS in China, Colombia, Egypt, Hawaii, and South Africa, and has been involved in design projects in North America, Africa, and Europe.
About the Researchers
Kara D. Peterman, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she experimentally investigates the behavior of steel structures, specifically cold-formed steel systems and sub-systems. Her postdoctoral work at Northeastern University focused on designing, implementing, validating, modeling, and experimentally testing thermal break strategies for steel cladding systems. She has published several articles on full-scale testing of CFS-framed buildings, sub-systems, and connections. Dr. Peterman is a member of the AISI Committee on Framing Standards, and is active with the Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC) as Chair of Task Group 05: Thin-Walled Structures. In 2018, she won the ASCE Norman Medal, the highest honor for a technical paper published in an ASCE journal, and was given and Honorable Mention for the 2018 SSRC McGuire Award for Junior Researchers.
Kim Olsen, P.E. has over 18 years of experience as a structural engineer, including her current position as a Structural Engineer at FORSE Consulting. Currently she offers design, consulting and other support services to architects and engineers. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Kim worked for Bentley Systems, providing technical demonstrations and product trainings for structural engineers worldwide on each of the RAM structural engineering software programs. She was a practicing engineer at Martin/Martin, Inc. in Denver for seven years managing and designing a wide variety of structures including research laboratories, sporting grandstands, recreation centers and schools. Kim is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the state of Colorado and a member of the NASCC Planning Committee and AWS D1.1 TG7 Tubular Committee.
As a technical advisor to the HSS Committee of The Steel Tube Institute, Kim works to educate architects and engineers on the many benefits of HSS.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Young Engineers Forum (1.0 PDH)
Moderator Julie Lowery, P.E. Zabik Turner Engineering
Panel Members:
Andrew Newland, P.E. ADTEK Engineers, Inc.
Daniel Stadig, P.E. The Leffler Group
Cold-formed steel is not typically taught in college. So, how does our industry attract its next generation of engineers? This panel discussion will feature three younger engineers active in CFSEI. Each of the panel members will discuss their path to cold-formed steel including their background and what drove them to and/or who helped them get into cold-formed steel engineering. Hear how they made the decision to branch into CFS, who they used as mentors, and how they identified that all-important mentor. They will also discuss their go-to resources for attaining continued professional growth in CFS design. Those attending will be encouraged to participate in discussion with the panel and share their experiences and ideas to be successful.
Who should attend? Engineers who are new to cold-formed steel, those who would like to get more engineers engaged in cold-formed steel engineering, and most importantly, engineering managers interested in growing their engineering team.
About the Moderator
Julie Lowery, P.E. is a Project Manager for Zabik Turner Engineering based out of Winter Garden, Florida, specializing in exterior cold-formed framing design. She has eight years of previous experience in the residential and commercial roof and floor truss industry, specializing in cold-formed steel truss member and connection design. Julie has been active in CFSEI since 2005 and has served as a member of the Executive Committee for the past two years. She has also served as CFSEI Florida Chapter President (2012), Vice President (2011), and Secretary (2007 – 2011). She authored CFSEI Technical Note TN F501-11 “Cold-Formed Steel Truss to Bearing Connections” and is currently co-authoring a CFSEI Technical Note on exterior CFS curtain wall design and movement-enabling hardware. Julie is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Florida, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida.
About the Panel Members
Andrew Newland, P.E. has nearly 10 years of experience in both cold-formed steel manufacturing and design. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on Structural Engineering and Materials.
Upon graduation, Andrew worked for LiteSteel Technologies (LiteSteel) in Troutville, VA. LiteSteel manufactured a cold-formed steel hollow flange beam (LSB). At LiteSteel, Andrew worked with architects, engineers, code officials, and contractors to educate them on using LSB and cold-formed steel. Additionally, Andrew performed in-house testing on LSB and worked with outside agencies on code approvals.
Andrew moved from LiteSteel Technologies to ADTEK Engineers, Inc. in Fairfax, VA where he is now the Team Leader of the Fairfax specialty department. His team provides design services to contractors for cold-formed steel projects ranging from small retail to mid- and high-rise curtain wall framing, and multi-story load-bearing projects. One of Andrew’s designs was selected as the 2017 Innovative Detail Award by CFSEI. Andrew is currently working on an article based on this design to be published in STRUCTURE Magazine’s August Cold-Formed Steel Issue.
Currently, Andrew is a member of the ASCE-SEI Committee on Cold Formed Structures and has participated in the development of a new design guide titled “Best Current Practices for Cold-Formed Steel Connections to Other Materials.”
Daniel Stadig, P.E. is an Associate at The Leffler Group Consulting Structural Engineers in Colorado. His experience with CFS extends over 10 years, managing design of CFS on 30+ structures in CO each year.
His CFS project experience ranges from mid-rise load bearing systems and highly loaded custom component configurations to complex BIM coordination and interior support of specialty items. Stadig has design experience in all structural systems including cast-in-place concrete, precast concrete, structural steel, timber, masonry, blast resistant design. He is currently focused on CFS component design, as his love for the intricate nature of its problem-solving capabilities.
He holds a B.S. degree from Marquette University, and will complete his M.S. degree in May at Mississippi State University, where he studied Blast Resistant Structural Design under researchers at the US. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).
The Life Cycle of a Steel Trusses System(1.0 PDH) Aegis Metal Framing
How to get from Concept to Completion and Enjoy the Process
This presentation will share the way a cold-formed steel truss project can and should be developed from the cocktail napkin through design, manufacture, installation and coordination with other trades. The architect, structural engineer, contractor, component manufacturer and other trades all have a role in the successful completion of a commercial construction project. Steel truss systems are no exception. Each role should understand what to provide and what information is critical from the others involved. Learn the stages of development, the questions to ask and the potential pitfalls that can be avoided with proper planning.
6:00 PM
Evening Event
6:00 p.m. to ? – Join us on the Ft. Dearborn Vessel for a riverboat tour of some of Chicago’s finest skyscrapers and bridges. Learn how the great Chicago Fire jumped a river and allowed several visionaries to bring Chicago back from the ashes.
But the evening doesn’t stop on the boat! Just a short walk from the dock, we’ll gather at a local jazz club for an evening of great music and networking hosted by United States Gypsum Corporation.
8:30PM to 11:30PM
Evening of Chicago Jazz Music; Hosted by USG Structural Panel
Come enjoy a high note of the CFSEI 2019 Expo – an evening of food, drink and plenty of live music.
Private Event – 2019 CFSEI Expo Badge required for admission. Everyone must be registered with the Expo to attend.
Thomas Sputo, P.E. 
Kara D. Peterman, Ph.D. 
Kim Olsen, P.E. has over 18 years of experience as a structural engineer, including her current position as a Structural Engineer at FORSE Consulting. Currently she offers design, consulting and other support services to architects and engineers. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Kim worked for Bentley Systems, providing technical demonstrations and product trainings for structural engineers worldwide on each of the RAM structural engineering software programs. She was a practicing engineer at Martin/Martin, Inc. in Denver for seven years managing and designing a wide variety of structures including research laboratories, sporting grandstands, recreation centers and schools. Kim is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the state of Colorado and a member of the NASCC Planning Committee and AWS D1.1 TG7 Tubular Committee.
Julie Lowery, P.E.
Andrew Newland, P.E. 
Daniel Stadig, P.E. 
