From ceginfo@u.washington.edu Wed Sep 19 14:54:07 2001 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.52]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8JLs0N122966 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:54:01 -0700 Received: from homer03.u.washington.edu (daemon@homer03.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.37]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8JLrvq66690 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:53:58 -0700 Received: from localhost (ceginfo@localhost) by homer03.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8JLrvA69868 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:53:57 -0700 Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:53:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Civil and Environmental Engineering To: Subject: Struc Engr Assoc of Wash (SEAW): September Dinner meeting (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > SEATTLE CHAPTER > > SEPTEMBER DINNER MEETING > > > > Make your reservation today! > > > > Speakers: Members of the Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire >Football/Soccer > > Stadium design team > > > > Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 > > > > Place: Tour at Stadium site: > > (meet at North entry to jobsite on King Street at 5:30 pm) > > Dinner at College Club > > 505 Madison, Downtown Seattle > > > > Time: 5:30 - 7:00 Site tour > > 7:00 - 7:30 Social > > 7:30 - 8:30 Dinner > > 8:30 - 9:00 Program > > > > Menu: Grilled Salmon > > > > Cost: $27.00 before reservation deadline > > $30.00 for late reservations > > Students admitted at half-price > > > > Attendance by Reservation Only! Please e-mail your reservation by noon > > Thursday, Sept 20! > > E-mail attendee names to: seaw@seaw.org, or call and leave names at > > 206/682-6026. > > No-shows and reservations cancelled after the deadline are subject to a >$10 > > charge. > > > > Come to the September meeting and tour the jobsite for the Washington >State > > Football/Soccer Stadium=97the Seattle Seahawks=92 new home starting in = 2002. > > Structural designs for the stadium and adjoining exhibition center/garage > > were provided by Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire. > > > > When complete, the football/soccer stadium together with Safeco Field=97also >a > > Skilling project=97will comprise the largest professional sports comple= x in > > the country. > > The new Seahawks stadium boasts: > > =B7 the smallest plan footprint for any 70,000+ seat stadium in the NFL > > =B7 the largest upper deck cantilever in the NFL (56 feet) > > =B7 the longest one-way roof span in the country > > Each tied box arch main roof element is post-tensioned with130=970.60 i= nch > > 270k, seven-wire PT strands, and is attached to its stiffening truss below > > by =93A-frame=94 struts. Each end of each tied arch is supported on a >friction > > pendulum damper bearing, which effectively =93base-isolates=94 the roof= from >the > > stadium seating bowl structure in the north-south direction. > > Meet at 5:30 pm, Tuesday, September 25, 2001, outside of the north (main) > > entry to the jobsite - the =93old Kingdome north parking lot=94 on Kin= g St, > > Seattle. Obtain a tour ticket and sign-in with a tour guide before >entering > > the jobsite. > > The tour, which will include presentations from the Skilling structural > > design team, will end at 7:00 pm. Cocktails will follow at the College >Club > > (a 10-15 minute walk from the tour site) with a grilled salmon dinner t= o >be > > served at 7:30. Parking is available at the Club after 5:00 pm. > > > > Wear long pants (no skirts, shorts), sturdy shoes, a hard hat, and safety > > glasses. > > > > > > ********************************************************** Frank Y. Ashby Director Student & Community Relations (SCORE) College of Engineering, University of Washington 362 Loew Hall, Box 352180 Seattle, WA 98195-2180 206-616-0996 FAX 206-616-8554 ashby@engr.washington.edu www.engr.washington.edu/ .