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ABS Consulting & EQECAT Sponsors 11th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering

May 13, 2009

ABS Consulting and EQECAT are gold sponsors at the upcoming 11th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering June 22-26, 2009, in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the Conrad Hotel & Casino. The conference provides a unique opportunity for professionals to exchange ideas and establish contacts with colleagues from different countries in the areas related to wind engineering. ABS Consulting and EQECAT are making significant contributions to the conference by presenting nine papers, including:

• Regional Economics and its Impact on Vulnerability
  (Dabral, Kumar, Khemici)
• Gust Factor and its Implication on Damage
  (Dabral)
• Hurricane Ike: Model Performance
  (Dabral & Khemici)
• Impact of Hurricane Ike on Industrial Facilities
  (Konz & Vega)
• Extreme Wind Climatology in Mixed Climates
  (Vega & Letchford)
• Wind Load Factors and the Wind Directionality Analysis in Mixed Climates
  (Vega & Letchford)
• Probabilistic Analysis of the ASCE 7 Wind Directionality Factor
  (Vega & Letchford)
• Cladding Performance of High-Rise Buildings in the Houston Central Business District during Hurricane Ike
  (Vega & Konz)
• Introducing the ICC/NSSA Standard for Design and Construction of Storm Shelters
  (Kiesling, Levitan & Vega)

Visit ABS Consulting/EQECAT at the Conrad Hotel & Casino exhibition during the conference. For more information on the conference, visit www.pupr.edu/11acwe.

Download Conference Program

For more information, Contact:

Rebecca Rieansnider
Marketing Communications Supervisor
ABS Consulting
1-281-673-2948 | rrieansnider@absconsulting.com

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