Indonesia is located along the Ring of Fire and has a lengthy history of earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcano eruptions. Seismic design of a power plant in Indonesia is an interesting challenge due to the large masses of equipment that are supported in the steel structure. This presentation provides an overview of the project, description of the seismic force resisting system, and the challenges faced during structural steel design.

Nils Fuessle is a structural engineer in the Power division at Black & Veatch. He has structural design experience in various areas of the Power division including air quality retrofit work, combined cycle plants, coal plants, and international projects. Nils started working at the Black & Veatch headquarters in Kansas City in 2005 and then moved to the regional Cary office in 2013. His current project is a power plant in a high seismic region of Indonesia where Black & Veatch is providing engineering and construction. Nils Fuessle graduated in 2005 from Bradley University with a BS in Civil Engineering.