SEA-MW upcoming events

Project Awards Intent to Enter 2027 (Monday, August 24, 2026)

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Thank you for your interest in submitting a project for the 2027 Excellence In Structural Engineering Awards.

Please register for this event to indicate what project categories you are entering. You will also be asked to provide the project name, a short 1-2 sentence description, and approximate cost. Judging criteria this year is based on technicality, innovation, sustainability, and collaboration. Please note you do not have to meet all the criteria to submit.

Sustainability Spotlight: Under Armour HQ (Tuesday, August 25, 2026)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:30:00 GMT

How do ambitious sustainability goals become successfully built projects? Join the SEA-MW Sustainable Design Committee for a presentation by Douglas Schweizer, Liz Resenic, and Ira Cohen, who will share how cross-disciplinary collaboration enabled one of the largest mass timber office buildings in the US while achieving bold embodied carbon, operational carbon, and wellness goals. Light snacks and beverages will be provided!

Sustainability goals are often established early in a project, but delivering on those commitments requires alignment across every project stakeholder. This panel brings together perspectives from architecture, structural engineering, and construction management to discuss how integrated teams can successfully translate sustainability ambitions into built results. Through the lens of the 287,000-square-foot Under Armour Global Headquarters, panelists will share how early embodied carbon analysis informed key design decisions, why mass timber was selected over conventional structural systems, and how collaboration between Gensler, Thornton Tomasetti, Whiting-Turner, and specialty partners helped overcome technical, logistical, code, and procurement challenges. The discussion will highlight lessons learned around mass timber design, prefabrication, constructability, MEP coordination, cost management, carbon accounting, and achieving high-performance building certifications. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to establish sustainability goals early, maintain them throughout project delivery, and leverage emerging solutions such as mass timber to create resilient, healthy, and low-carbon buildings.

Speakers:
Liz Resenic, Senior Associate and Sustainability Director at Gensler
Douglas Schweizer, Senior Associate at Thornton Tomasetti
Ira Cohen, Senior Project Manager at Whiting Turner

Space is limited, so be sure to register early!

Next Step Forum 2026 (Friday, September 18, 2026)

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

A FORUM FOR FUTURE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

This free event held in Washington, DC on September 18, is a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to learn more about the structural engineering profession, connect with other local structural engineering students, meet with local professionals, participate in the career fair, and get exposure to future potential employers. The program will include presentations by local engineers and a keynote speech. Presentations will touch on a variety of introductory and in-depth topics within the field of Structural Engineering.

There will also be a career fair attended by many of the premier local (and global) structural engineering firms. With the local construction market heating up and structural engineering offices busier than ever, this will be a great opportunity to get your resume in the hands of local companies and secure a full-time or internship position for the coming year.

There will be a 100 student limit for Next Step 2026, with registration on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration Deadline: September 11, 2026

Next Step Forum 2026 Company Career Fair Registration (Friday, September 18, 2026)

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT

GROW YOUR TEAM WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT

This event held in Washington, DC on September 18th, is a great opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to learn more about the structural engineering profession, connect with other local structural engineering students, meet with local professionals, participate in the career fair, and get exposure to future potential employers.

The afternoon career fair will provide member firms a unique opportunity to present themselves to a concentration of 100 structural engineering students from universities across the mid-Atlantic.

*Please note that you must be logged in to a valid SEA-MW member account to complete your company's registration successfully*

Good Vibrations? Measuring, Feeling, and Fixing Building Motion (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Ever felt a floor bounce underfoot and wondered whether it's a problem? In this hands-on session, you won't just hear about building vibration—you'll measure it, feel it, and see it controlled in real time. Vibration is often an afterthought until occupants complain, equipment malfunctions, or adjacent construction raises alarms, but for design engineers it's a practical, everyday design consideration. We'll work through the full stack of vibration concerns—from vibrations that cause structural damage, to those that cause human annoyance, to those that disrupt sensitive equipment—with floor vibration as the central thread. Along the way we'll cover common sources like footfall, mechanical equipment, fitness uses, transit, and construction, and ground the discussion in the criteria engineers actually use: AISC Design Guide 11, ISO-based human comfort criteria, construction vibration limits, and criteria for sensitive equipment.

The heart of the session is live demonstration. Using seismographs, wired and wireless accelerometers, an active mass damper, and potentially a laser vibrometer, you'll watch vibration measured, processed, and interpreted as it happens—and experience controlled vibration levels firsthand, connecting abstract design criteria to what your body actually perceives. We'll close with a practical look at how vibration problems get modeled and fixed: model calibration, stiffening, added mass, damping, tuned mass dampers, active control, and the judgment behind retrofit decisions. Come ready to feel the difference between a number on a page and a floor moving under your feet.

Schedule:

6:30-7:00 - Networking and Dinner

7:00-7:15 - Main Organization Announcements

7:15-8:15 - Presentation

8:15-8:30 - Q&A

1 hour PDH will be offered.

Speaker:

Richard Lindenberg, P.E., S.E., is an Associate Principal at WJE in Washington, D.C., specializing in structural instrumentation, health monitoring, and sound and vibration evaluation. Over two decades at WJE, he has investigated and mitigated floor, stadium, and construction vibration problems across offices, laboratories, hospitals, museums, sports venues, and historic structures, pairing field instrumentation with finite element modeling—including the design of tuned mass dampers. He has authored papers and delivered presentations on floor vibration assessment and mitigation, and is a member of ASCE, ASA, and IEST.