Structural Design and Repair Concepts

SPEAKER: Chris Moulder, P.E. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:  Basic concepts of structural engineering design and tips for recognizing good construction versus bad construction.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Identify and name fundamental structural members.
• Recognize load bearing members versus non-load bearing members
• Identify likely causes of structural movement based on distress patterns
• Identify likely repairs required for structural movement

SPEAKER BIO:

Mr. Moulder is a war-time veteran of active-duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Wyoming, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Lousiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. 

His professional construction and engineering experience spans more than 25 years and has focused on forensic evaluations of buildings, preparing new and existing building structural engineering design and consulting services, providing roofing consultant services, providing building envelope design and consulting services, providing forensic investigation services on multiple building issues and serving as an expert witness on multiple plaintiff and defense cases.  Mr. Moulder has broad experience in all aspects of rehabilitation and repair contract negotiation, planning, design, and construction. He has been involved in projects including single-family, multi-family, commercial, retail, medical, hospitality, assembly, education, industrial and clerical.  The projects ranged in size from small single-family homes to high-rise buildings to large campus facilities. Mr. Moulder’s structural design experience includes wood (light frame and heavy timber), light-gauge steel, structural steel, structural concrete and masonry. In addition to his structural experience, Mr. Moulder has roof, building envelope and below-grade waterproofing design experience on multiple projects in different States and climate zones. He has been the engineer of record on numerous repair and rehabilitation projects from simple repairs to complete reconstruction of all different complexities.  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-moulder-p-e-82339312/

Meeting Location: Grapevine Chamber of Commerce

Meeting Address: 200 Vine St E, Grapevine, TX 76051

Registration start time: 11:30 am

Presentation begins: 12:00 pm

Cost: $40