CFSEI to Host Webinar on “Post-Installed Anchor Testing, Qualification and Design Procedure” on December 17, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Post-Installed Anchor Testing, Qualification and Design Procedure” on Thursday, December 17, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. The webinar is designed for architects, engineers, building officials and contractors. Participants are eligible for 1.5 PDHs.

The webinar will discuss the process for testing and qualification of post-installed concrete anchors; relevant building code and acceptance criteria; and the design procedure, failure modes, and factors affecting the failure mode.

The webinar will be conducted by Natasha Zamani, Ph.D., P.E., Codes and Standards Senior Manager/Modular Systems for Hilti North America. Natasha is responsible for implementing and driving the code and approval strategy for the Hilti installation product line and related cold-formed systems. She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Southern Methodist University with a focus on numerical analysis of seismic soil-foundation-structure interaction. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

More information is available at https://www.cfsei.org/webinar_on_post-installed_anchor_testing_qualification_and_design_procedure.

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute comprises hundreds of structural engineers and other design professionals who are finding a better way to produce safe and efficient designs for commercial and residential structures with cold-formed steel. CFSEI members work together to develop and evolve industry standards and design methods, produce and issue technical bulletins, and provide seminars and online training to improve the knowledge and skills base of engineers and design professionals. For more information, visit www.cfsei.org.

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Contact: 

Debbie Bennett
Senior Manager, Construction Communications
American Iron and Steel Institute
Tel: 202.452.7179

Rose Kuria
Manager
Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute
Tel: 202.452.7133