This “hands-on” seminar will show how to connect joists, posts, guardrails, railings, stairs and planks to the deck structure in accordance with the latest CT Building Codes. Lou will actually build a deck in class.

The stair details, footings and anchorage to the building structure will be covered in this 4 hour workshop. There will also be time for questions and answers. Slides will be shown on some of the worst construction practices that must be avoided.

CBS News quoted deck experts who estimated that "decks are separating from homes at a rate of one per week. And, since decks are elevated structures, usually 8 to 12 feet off the ground, injuries almost always occur..."

"The deck is the most dangerous part of the house," says Don Bender, director of the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University. "Decks cause more injuries and loss of life than any other part of the home structure..."

• Ledger
• Railings
• Posts
• Stairs
• Framing
• Foundations
• Flashing
• Bracing
• Guardrails

• Fasteners
• Durable Woods
• Metal Connectors

• Failed Decks
• Rehabilitated Decks

Lou Daviau, a technical representative from Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc. for the past seven years, has prior experience being a truss designer as well as a builder/ remodeler. Lou speaks at many seminars and conferences about the Simpson Strong- Tie products and high wind requirements in the building codes.

Howard I. Epstein, Ph.D., P.E., is a recognized authority in structural engineering with nearly one hundred published technical papers in the field. Howard is a professor in UConn’s Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers and recipient of CSCE’s Benjamin Wright Award for lifetime achievement. His contribution to this firm can be summarized as follows: “Education is the foundation of all great engineering endeavors”

Jose-Miguel Albaine, M.S., P.E., has more than twenty years of experience in design of diverse structures using steel, reinforced concrete, masonry and wood. Mr. Albaine also teaches structural design courses at The University of Connecticut to Graduate and Undergraduate students.

Time
Sign-in: 7:45 - 8:00 am
Breakfast: 8:00 - 8:30 am
Course: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch (optional): 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

From 95N:
Take Exit 82 (Broad Street).
Turn right onto Hartford Turnpike (CT-85). Bear right onto Jefferson Avenue.
Turn right onto Coleman (Rt 1 South).
Turn right to follow Rt 1 South.
Turn left onto Lee Avenue.
Turn right onto Ocean Avenue.
Turn right onto Neptune Avenue
Ocean Beach will be on your left.

From 95S:
Take Exit 84 SNE (Downtown New London) towards 84S/Downtown.
Continue on Eugene Oneill Drive.
Turn right onto Governor Winthrop Boulevard.
Turn left onto Huntington Street.
Turn right onto Jay Street.
Continue on Truman Street.
Bear right onto Bank Street.
Bear left onto Ocean Avenue.
Turn right onto Neptune Avenue
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