Daily Archives: June 5, 2012

Engineering group names officers, board

The Structural Engineers Association of Kansas & Missouri has announced its 2012-13 Board of Directors and Officers.

Officers are: president, R. Douglas Antholz, KPFF Consulting Engineers; vice president,  Snehal Kadam, Thornton Tommasetti; secretary, Dennis Cook, Professional Engineering Consultants; and treasurer, Alan Wiley, Black & Veatch.

Directors include John Falkenrath, Free Flow Power; Lana Denning, Hilti Corporation; and Cory Myrtle, Professional Engineering Consultants.

Steve Ashton, Ashton Engineering & Detailing is past president, and Kimberly Kramer, Kansas State University is president elect.

WEAKM is the professional society for structural engineers in the states of Missouri & Kansas as a member organization to the National Council of Structural Engineer Associations (NCSEA) with chapters in Kansas City, St. Louis & Wichita.

Recently SEAKM completed an independent review of the structural performance of various structures in the devastating Joplin Tornado of 2011.  The report can be found at SEAKM.com