2014 Provisions Update Committee
(approved by the BSSC Board of Direction, May 2010)
Chair (approved January 2010)
David Bonneville, PE, SE
Senior Principal, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California
Design Analysis
Charles Kircher, PE, PhD
Principal, Charles Kircher and Associates Consulting Engineers, Palo Alto, California
Rafael Sabelli, SE
Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California
Robert Pekelnicky, SE
Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California
Geotech
C. B. Crouse, PhD, PE
Principal Engineer, URS Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Gyimah Kasali, GE, PhD
Principal, Rutherford and Chekene, San Francisco, California
Nonstructural
John Gillengerten, SE
Consulting Engineer, Shingle Springs, California
John Silva (industry), SE
Director of Codes and Approvals, Hilti, Inc., San Rafael, California
Nonbuilding Structures
J. G. (Greg) Soules, PE, SE, FASCE
Principal Engineer, Chicago Bridge and Iron, The Woodlands, Texas
Robert Bachman, SE Principal, RE
Bachman Consulting Engineers, Laguna Niguel, California
Concrete
Dominic Kelly, PE, SE
Associate Principal, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, Waltham, Massachusetts
S. K. Ghosh, PhD (industry supported)
Principal, S. K. Ghosh Associates, Palatine, Illinois
Steel
James Malley, SE, PE
Senior Principal, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California
Bonnie Manley, PE (industry supported)
Regional Director American Iron and Steel Institute, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Wood
Kelly Cobeen, PE, SE
Associate Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Emeryville, California
Philip Line (industry)
Senior Structural Engineer, URS Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Masonry
James R. Harris, PhD, PE
President, J. R. Harris and Company, Denver, Colorado
Jason Thompson (industry supported)
Structural Engineer, National Concrete Masonry Association, Herndon, Virginia
Immediate past chair
Ronald O. Hamburger, SE, SECB
Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, San Francisco, California
ASCE 7 Seismic Subcommittee Liaison
John Hooper, SE
Principal/Director of Earthquake Engineering, Magnusson Klemencic, Seattle, Washington
Code Resource Support Committee Liaison
J. Daniel Dolan, PhD, PE
Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Nonvoting USGS Liaison
Nicolas Luco, PhD
Research Structural Engineer, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Nonvoting NIST Liaison
John "Jay" Harris, III, PhD, PE
Research Structural Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Nonvoting FEMA Subject Matter Expert
Robert Hanson, PhD, PE
Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, Walnut Creek, California