Conference on architectural iron and steel

"Architectural Iron and Steel in the 21st Century:
Design and Preservation of Contemporary and Historic Architecture"
MIT
Cambridge Massachusetts
April 2-4, 2016

An intensive two-day conference exploring the use, performance,
maintenance, and preservation/restoration of

    Cast iron
    Wrought iron - structural steel
    AESS, stainless steel, and other steels used in new and existing
    buildings and monuments

plus an optional 1-day tour program on April 4, 2016 focusing on
fabrication facilities and on structures using these material

This international conference, organized by Technology and
Conservation, the MIT Department of Architecture's Building
Technology Program, and the Boston Society of Architects' Historic
Resources Committee, will be held on the MIT campus in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.  Continuing education credits will be available.

The conference schedule, registration form, and other details are
shown below.  In addition, a conference information brochure is
available at

     <URL:https://www.architects.org/sites/default/files/2016%20Arch.Iron&Steel%20Conf.-Revised%20Info%20Flyer.pdf>

Schedule:

Saturday, April 2, 2016

    7:30-8:15am     Check-in

    8:15-8:20       Welcome

                        Susan E. Schur, Hon AIA, FAPT
                        Publisher-Editor, Technology and
                        Conservation,

                    and

                        Prof. John Ochsendorf
                        MIT Department of Architecture and
                        Department of Civil and Environmental
                        Engineering

    8:20-9:05       Wrought Iron and Cast Iron in Architectural
                    Applications: Material
                    Properties/Characteristics and Overview of
                    Historic Usage

                        Chris Topp
                        Director, Topp and Co. Ltd.

    9:05-9:45           Architectural Perspectives:  Structural
                        Steel

                        Jonathan Clarke
                        Building Historian

    9:45-10:15          Mechanical/Structural Properties

                        Prof. John Speer
                        Colorado School of Mines, Steel Metallurgy
                        Center

    10:15-10:35     Posters and Coffee Break

    Developments in Materials, Technology, and Care

    10:35-11:00     Corrosion and Weathering

                        Dr. Ronald Latanision
                        Vice-President/Senior Fellow, Exponent

    11:00-11:30     Selecting Steel Wisely: Site Assessment to
                    Ensure Long Life

                        Catherine Houska
                        Senior Development Manager, TMR Consulting,
                        and Consultant to SSINA

    11:30-12:00     Forms and Connections

                        Akbar R. Tamboli, PE, FASCE
                        Consultant and Principal Emeritus, Thornton
                        Tomasetti

    12:00-12:10     Q&A

    12:10-1:50      Luncheon - MIT Faculty Club

    1:50-2:15       Redeveloping the Oldest Iron-Framed Buildings in
                    the World

                        Geoff Rich
                        Managing Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley
                        Studios

    2:15-2:35       Steel Life Cycle, Sustainability, and Recycling

                        Mark A. Thimons, PE, LEED AP-BD&C
                        Vice-President, Sustainability, Steel Market
                        Development Institute

    2:35-2:50       Seismic Upgrading

                        Ronald O. Hamburger, SE
                        Senior Principal/Director, Western Region SE
                        Head, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger

    2:50-3:15       Cathodic Protection for Heritage and Modern
                    Buildings

                        Prof. Paul Lambert, CEng, FIMMM, FICorr
                        Sheffield Hallam University

    3:15-3:30       Posters and Coffee Break

                    Conservation/Preservation of Cast and Wrought
                    Iron Buildings and Decorative Components from
                    Past Centuries to More Recent

    3:30-3:45       Cast Iron Storefronts

                        Edward A. Gerns
                        Principal, WJE

    3:45-4:05       Restoration and Replication of Steel Windows:
                    The 1916 MIT Main Group - Building 2 Project +
                    Building 10 Skylight Restoration Project

                        Gary Tondorf-Dick, AIA, LEED AP
                        Program Manager, MIT Department of
                        Facilities

    4:05-4:15       Efficient Access and Documentation Strategies
                    for Tall Buildings

                        Kelly Streeter, PE
                        Partner, Vertical Access LLC

    4:20-4:35       The Iron Pillar of Delhi

                        Prof. C.(Ravi) Ravindran, FCAE, FASM, PEng,
                        Ryerson University

    4:35-4:50       Cast Iron Lighthouses: A Case Study in Repair

                        John M. Wathne, PE
                        President, Structures-North Consulting
                        Engineers Inc.

    4:50-5:15       St. Martin-in-the-Fields: Historic and
                    Reconfiguration/ New Entrance Structure

                        Henry Moss, AIA, LEED
                        Principal, Bruner/Cott,

                    and

                        Eric Parry, RA
                        Founder and Principal, Eric Parry Architects

    5:15-5:40       Restoration of the Breakers' Gates, Newport, RI

                        William C.S. Remsen, RA,
                        Chief Preservation Architect, International
                        Preservation Associates, Inc.

    5:40-6:20       Longfellow Bridge - A Five-Part Presentation:
                    Historical Background of the Bridge and 106
                    Compliance Process

                        Stacey Donahoe
                        Senior Historic Resource Specialist, MassDOT
                        Highway Division

                    Structural Engineering Considerations: Repairing
                    and Strengthening the Steel and Iron Components
                    and Upgrading to 21st Century Requirement

                        Mark Ennis, PE
                        Chief Structural Engineer, STV Inc.

                    Cast Iron Repair and Replication

                        Harry Dodakian
                        Owner/ Project Executive, DeAngelis Iron
                        Work, Inc.

                     A Design/Build Project Approach: Turning Ideas
                     and Requirements into Reality

                        Robert J. Collari
                        Project Manager, White-Skanska-Consigli
                        Joint Venture

                    Historic Preservation of Steel and Iron on
                    America's Oldest Mass-Transit and Vehicular
                    Bridge

                    Wendall Kalsow
                    AIA LEED Green Associate, President/Principal,
                    McGinley Kalsow and Associates, Inc.

    6:20-6:30       Q&A

    6:30-8:00       Reception - Marriott Hotel

Sunday, April 3, 2016

    7:30-8:00 am    Film presentations on steel manufacturing and
                    fabrication including case histories of the
                    Unisphere and of the AcelorMittal Orbit

    New Technologies and Innovations in Design

    8:00-8:30       Steel in the Information Age

                        David Fixler, FAIA, LEED, AP-BD&C
                        Principal, Design and Preservation, EYP

    8:30-8:55       Color/Finishes

                        L. William Zahner
                        CEO/President, A. Zahner Co.

    8:55-9:25       Galvanizing

                        Dr. Thomas Langill
                        Technical Director, American Galvanizers
                        Association

    9:25-9:40       Contemporary Fire Protection Procedures

                        Prof. Maria Garlock
                        Princeton University

    9:40-10:10      Curved Steel Forms and Castings

                        Prof. Terri Meyer Boake
                        University of Waterloo

    10:10-10:30     Posters + Coffee Break

    10:30-10:45     Iron Market in Haiti

                        John McAslan, CBE, RIBA
                        Executive Chairman, John McAslan and
                        Partners

    10:45-11:15     Architectural Iron and Steel: Lessons Learned
                    from a Structural Practice

                        Edmund P. Meade, PE, FAPT
                        Director of Historic Preservation/Principal,
                        Silman

    11:15-11:45     Supersize Contemporary Buildings

                    tba, Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill

    11:45-12:00     Q&A

    12:00-2:00      Luncheon
                    MIT Faculty Club

    Bringing Architectural Iron and Steel into 21st Century
    Architectural Design and Ornamentation

    2:00-2:20       King's Cross Station
                    John McAslan, CBE, RIBA
                    Executive Chairman, John McAslan and Partners

    2:20-2:40       Structure in King's Cross Major Redevelopment
                    Zone

                        Eric Parry, RA
                        Founder and Principal, Eric Parry Architects

    2:40-3:00       Canadian Museum for Human Rights

                        Neb Erakovic, PEng
                        Principal, Global Buildings Group, CH2M HILL

    3:00-3:15       Tensile  Systems - Cabling, Cross Bracing, and
                    Suspension Case Histories

                        Prof. Terri Meyer Boake, University of
                        Waterloo

    3:15-3:35       Posters + Coffee Break

    3:35-4:00       Public Art Works/Conservation Aspects of Steel
                    Sculpture

                        Rosa Lowinger
                        President/Chief Conservator, Rosa Lowinger
                        and Associates

    4:00-4:30       July 7 Memorial, Regents Place Pavilion, and
                    Artist Studio

                        Andrew Groarke
                        Principal, Carmody Groarke

    4:30-4:45       Broadcasting Place Student Housing: Use of
                    CorTen

                        Geoff Rich
                        Managing Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley
                        Studios

    4:45-5:00       Construction Challenges: The Gateshead
                    Millennium Bridge, and Construction Innovations:
                    Biological Inspired Developments/Robotics

                        Paul Kassabian, PE, PEng, CEng
                        Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger, and Lecturer,
                        MIT Department of Civil Engineering

    5:00-5:25       Similarities and Differences in
                    Treating/Restoring Historic vs. Contemporary
                    Structures

                        Robert Silman
                        PE, President Emeritus, Silman

    5:25-5:40       Q&A

    5:40-6:00       Summation

                        John A. Fidler, RIBA, FAPT, FRICS
                        President and Chief Technical Officer, John
                        Fidler Preservation Technology Inc.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Optional program    Program will focus on iron and steel structures
8:00am-2:00pm       and on fabrication facilities, as well as on an
                    on-going restoration project.

Registration Fee:

    $495 USD/person prior to Jan. 25, 2016
    $565 USD/person after  Jan. 25, 2016

Hotel Accommodations: Hotel accommodations are attendees'
responsibility.  However, a number of rooms at the nearby Cambridge
Marriott Hotel are available at a special rate (valid til March 7,
2016) of $179 (+tax)per night (single or double room). The group
booking code is: tactaca

If you have any questions, please contact

    Susan E. Schur, Hon. AIA,
    FAPT, Conference Organizer/Chair
    617-623-4488
    ses_tec_con<-at->msn<.>com

Registration Form:

Registration fee:  $495 USD/person until Jan. 25: 2016 $
                   $565 USD/person after Jan. 25, 2016$

Basic fee covers:

    The 8:00am - 6:00pm conference program - April 2-3, 2016
    The April 2-3, 2016 luncheons, and
    The Saturday evening, April 2, 2016, reception

Please indicate any special accessibility or dietary needs:
    Vegetarian meals
    Other needs

Guest tickets for the April 2, 2016 reception can be purchased at
$50/ticket $

Optional Program, April 4, 2016--no charge for persons registered
for the conference

I would like to attend the galvanizing plant and foundry visits and
bus tour program

Total registration fees plus any guest tickets $

Check or money order for $     USD funds (drawn on a USA bank) for
registration fee (and for any guest tickets for the Saturday, April
2, 2016 reception, is enclosed.

Check or money order should be made payable to: The Technology
Organization, Inc.

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    2016 "Architectural Iron and Steel in the 21st Century"
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Refund policy:

    Prior to January 25, 2016: 100% of the registration fee less $50
    service charge

    January 25-February 28, 2016: 50% of registration fee

    After February 28, 2016: No refund.


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