This seminar will cover all of the items coming in ASCE 7-22 which will be adopted by the 2024 IBC. There are significant changes that were made to the seismic, wind and snow chapters that will have impacts on designs of all building types. Some of these changes include the new multi-period response spectra, non-structural anchorage design force equations, new snow load maps, and ASCE 7 hazard tool (now free). In addition the seminar will cover changes to the 2024 IBC chapter 16 including some significant changes to the risk category table. The seminar will also highlight updates to the wind chapter including the new Tornado chapter and the completely re-written flood chapter which is part of supplement 3 (targeting the 2027 IBC adoption).
About Seth Thomas
Seth Thomas, P.E., S.E., works at KPFF Consulting Engineers and is a licensed structural engineer. Seth has been involved in code development his entire career and was a part of the team that developed the first tsunami provisions as part of ASCE 7-16. Seth served as a member of the tsunami, flood, seismic and main committees for the ASCE 7-22 and a member of the SEAO code committee that assisted the Oregon building codes division in the adoption of the 2019 and 2022 OSSC. Seth is a member of the provisions update committee (PUC) and serving as Issue Team 1 lead for the 2026 NEHRP seismic provisions and will be vice chair of the ASCE 7-28 seismic subcommittee. Seth has been involved in multiple tsunami and performance based seismic design projects including OSU Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building (first tsunami vertical evacuation projects in Oregon), Ocosta Middle School (first tsunami evacuation project in Washington), the Portland International Airport PDXNext Project, Multnomah County Central Courthouse (MCCCH), and the VA Portland Hospital Seismic Retrofit. Seth is also a past president of SEAO.