About the author  ⁄ James S. Lai, S.E.

James S. Lai, S.E., Honorary Member of SEAOSC, Fellow of SEAOC, served as a member of the Joint ACISCC-SEAOSC Task Committee on Slender Walls. Lai is a past president of SEAOSC, and a past board member of SEAOC and ATC. He currently chairs the SEAOC Building Code Committee and is member of Tri-state Wind Ad Hoc Committee. He can be reached via email at jslai@sbcglobal.net.

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