Publications

INDEX of PUBLICATIONS
RICHARD L. HESS

STRUCTURE Magazine articles
PUBLICATION OF ncsea, asce/sei & case     http://www.structuremag.org

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February 2006
     InFocus:  Just What is it that Structural Engineers are Supposed to Accomplish?
May 2006
     Collapse of Sloping Masonry Veneer
October 2006
     InFocus:  The New Structural Design Paradigm
May 2007
     Structural Forum:  Who is Responsible for the Support of Nonstructural             
     Elements?
June 2007
     InFocus:  Existing Buildings and the Codes
December 2007
     InFocus:  The Means & Methods of Retrofit Construction
April 2008
     InFocus:  Lateral Bracing for Equipment and Fixtures
August 2008
     InFocus:  For What Planet is this Code Written?
November 2008
     Stainless Steel Relacement Community Swimming Pool for the City of South        
     Gate, California
October 2009
     InFocus:  Does the Building Code Need Simplification?                                               
SEAOSC Newsletter articles as president     http://www.seaosc.org
July 2003 through November 2003 SEAOSC Newsletters
     President’s Message

     An Open Letter to the Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California,
     Regarding the Health of California’s Construction Industry

     President’s Message

     “Not everything that can be counted counts,                                                                                                                                                                                                             
     and not everything that counts can be counted.”

     Successful SEAOSC Seminars

     The Basis of All Politics Is Local
SEAOC excellence in structural engineering submittals
     http://www.seaoc.org
2005
     Seismic Structural Retrofit of Two-Story Office Building over Concrete            
     Parking Garage, 3711 Lomita Boulevard, Torrance, California

2006
     Design and Construction of Replacement for Three-Story Historical Residence,
     Yorba Linda, California

2009
     Stainless Steel Replacement Community Swimming Pool inside Existing Building   
     for the City of South
SEAOC convention papers     http://www.seaoc.org
1999
     Dynamic Analysis of Large Steel Liquid Reservoirs
2009

selected structural evaluation reports
27002, May 24, 2007
     First United Methodist Church of San Pedro, 580 W. 6th St, San Pedro, CA
27065, October 16, 2007
     Structural evaluation for retrofit of four-story concrete frame building, 1500
     S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA
27094, September 4, 2007
     Structural evaluation for alternative building retrofit, Center for Behavioral
     Research & Services (CSULB), 1090 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA
27114, December 28, 2007
     SPA Risk LLA, USGS Southern California Earthquake Scenario Project, for “The
     ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, USGS Circular 1324/California Geological        
     Survey Special Report 207”
28006, February 12, 2008
     Structural seismic evaluation of Kapiolani Business Center, 1680 Kapiolani Blvd,
     Honolulu, HI
28028, April 24, 2008
     Beach Park Homeowners Assn, 2105 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA
28107, January 28, 2009
     Structural evaluation of proposed reconstruction of two-story residence in      
     litigation, 17545 Weddingston St, Encino, CA
29022, March 31, 2009
     Structural evaluation of effects of proposed four-story subterranean parking  
     garage adjacent to existing four-story condimium building at 25 Fifteenth Pl,     
     Long Beach, CA
MBA thesis 
1967
     The Engineer in Industrial Management
          A study of the unique problem-solving methods and “value systems” of             
          professional engineers as they relate to business decision making.