Priscilla Nguyen of Martin Moore Engineers presented on Sustainable Design & Embodied Carbon last month. Thanks for a great presentation breaking down what structural engineers need to know. Next we can look forward to our March meeting with Roy Frederick of The Engineered Wood Association presenting Shear Exhilaration: Lateral Design in Wood Framed Construction, which will give an overview of wood-framed lateral design, with a focus on shear walls. Whether you’ve never done any timber design or could just use a refresher or update, this is a great topic as wood framed construction is being used on a growing variety of projects.
In other news, if you have renewed or checked the roster at TBPELS lately, you may have noticed an announcement at the top of the page:
Public Information Act Changes:
Please note, effective September 1, 2023, all mailing addresses and phone numbers of individual professional engineer licensees, engineers-in-training, professional land surveying registrants, and surveyors-in-training are being removed from the Board’s published roster in order to comply with the requirements of Senate Bill 510 (88th Regular Session). This information, in addition to individual’s e-mail addresses, is no longer disclosable under the Public Information Act. The Board appreciates your understanding as it complies with these Legislative-mandated changes to the Public Information Act.
The link provided is to Senate Bill 510, which you may read in its entirety. I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping this can cut down on some spam/solicitation calls and emails, without hindering access to design professionals when they need to be contacted for a legitimate reason. TBPELS still has all the contact info it had before, but now certain data, such as the registrant’s home address, are no longer public information (with appropriate exceptions which you can read in SB510).
Until next time,
Jennifer Martin-Logan, PE
President
SEAoT Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter
