Webinar Presenter.‎ Colin Blaney, S.E., is an Executive Principal at ZFA Structural Engineers in San Carlos, California. He has 25 years of experience in the field of structural engineering with a special interest in wood frame residential construction. Colin is a past president of the Structural Engineer’s Association of Northern California (SEAONC) and was chair of SEAONC’s Existing Building Committee between 2007 and 2010. During that time, he led the update to Plan Set A which is a prescriptive plan set developed to assist homeowners and contractors with evaluating and strengthening existing non-compliant cripple walls. Colin is the principal author of FEMA P-1024/RA2, and is currently serving as the co-Project Technical Director for the ATC-110 Project, Development of a Prestandard for the Evaluation and Retrofit of One- and Two-Family Light Frame Residential Buildings.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Each participant of the webinar on Earthquake Strengthening of Cripple Walls in Wood-Frame Dwellings will receive an electronic certificate documenting 1.5 PDHs. Each additional participant sharing the registrant’s computer may obtain PDH documentation using a form that will be provided as one of the handouts.

Registration Information. The webinar is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, free to U.S. registrants, and limited to 1,000 registrations. To register online, click here.

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