John "Buddy" Showalter, P.E.
Senior Staff Engineer, Product Development
Abigail Wong
Customer Success Specialist - Structural Engineering
About this event
This is part 5 of Load Design in Practice: 2024 IBC Chapter 16 and ASCE 7-22, a seven-part series with the International Code Council (ICC). The series covers the proper evaluation of structural loads under the 2024 International Building Code (IBC) and the IBC-referenced ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures. Each session gives an overview of the topic, the changes in the 2024 IBC and ASCE 7-22, and worked examples that show how the provisions apply.
This session covered how to determine design ground accelerations, site class and the seismic design category of a building or structure, along with the methods of analysis and their applicability for regular and irregular buildings. It also covered seismic design requirements for building structures, nonstructural components and nonbuilding structures, with a worked example using the Seismic Analysis (ASCE 7-22) calculator in Calcs.com. It was presented by John "Buddy" Showalter, P.E.
In this webinar we covered
- Evaluate structural loads and associated criteria in the IBC and ASCE 7
- Identify changes to load provisions and associated criteria in the 2024 IBC and ASCE 7-22
- Determine design ground accelerations, site class and the seismic design category
- Apply seismic design requirements for buildings, nonstructural components and nonbuilding structures
Speakers
John "Buddy" Showalter, P.E.
Senior Staff Engineer, Product Development · International Code Council
John "Buddy" Showalter, P.E., is Senior Staff Engineer in the International Code Council's Product Development department. He has more than 30 years of experience across structural engineering and building codes, including nine years as Vice President of Technology Transfer at the American Wood Council. He has published more than 60 technical articles and serves on the editorial board of STRUCTURE magazine. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering from Virginia Tech and is a licensed engineer.
Abigail Wong
Customer Success Specialist - Structural Engineering · Calcs.com
Abigail Wong is a Customer Success Specialist on the structural engineering team at Calcs.com, based in Toronto. She first worked with the company as a structural engineering software intern, adding calculator features for US and Australian codes and recording tutorial videos for popular calculators, before joining full time in 2025. Before that she worked as an Engineer in Training at Fast + Epp. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo, with a structural specialization.
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