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Fall MeetingSchedule*

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

9:30-11:00 AM - Board Meeting

12:00-5:30 PM - Golf Tournament, Meadows Course 

7:00-7:30 PM - Welcome Reception

7:30-9:30 PM - Dinner

Thursday, September 10, 2026

7:00-8:00 AM - Breakfast

8:00-8:15 AM - Welcome & Announcements

8:15-9:15 AM - Load-Bearing Compliance: Building a Strong Defense Against PAGA and Employment Litigation
Heather Arcos, Human Resources Consultant, BBSI
Caroline Bunyea, Business Development Manager, BBSI 
Employment laws and litigation trends continue to evolve, creating new challenges for employers in California and across the country. This session will explore PAGA reform, emerging employment trends, and practical compliance strategies to help employers identify vulnerabilities, reduce litigation risk, and strengthen workplace practices. Attendees will gain insight into common wage-and-hour pitfalls, timekeeping and classification risks, documentation practices, and proactive steps to build a stronger compliance foundation designed to withstand scrutiny and help protect against PAGA actions, class actions, and individual employment claims.

9:15-10:15 AM - Repair and Upgrades to Bowstring Trusses 
Brentley Matthias, P.E., President, Western Wood Structures, Inc.
Many older buildings still rely on timber bowstring trusses because they were an economical way to create large, open roof spaces and were used widely from the 1920s through the 1960s. While many of these trusses have performed adequately for decades, they were designed under older codes, earlier snow-load assumptions, and less detailed analysis methods than engineers use today. As a result, trusses that were appropriate for their time may now show deficiencies as current code requirements, improved analysis methods, aging materials, and changed building conditions are considered.

10:15-10:30 AM - Break

10:30-11:30 PM - Key Considerations for Subcontracting 
David Betz, Partner, Ryan Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC 
The successful participation in a construction project requires careful consideration of both commercial and operational risks before entering into a subcontract. Key issues include thoroughly reviewing the scope of work, drawings, specifications, payment terms, variations, retention, insurance, indemnity, and dispute-resolution provisions to ensure that contractual obligations are clear and manageable.

11:30 AM-12:30 PM - Lunch

12:30-1:00 PM - Roundtable Discussion

1:00-2:00 PM - Raise the Roof! — A Structural and Practical Look at Raising the Roof on Existing Industrial Buildings
Dustin Rosepink, SE President & CEO, 4 S.T.E.L. Engineering, Inc 
Raising the roof on an existing industrial building unlocks the vertical clearance modern operations demand — taller racking, larger equipment, new automation — without the cost and disruption of relocating or building new. But adding height to a structure that was never designed for it raises real questions: How do the existing roof framing, columns, slabs, foundations, and lateral system respond? This session takes a structural and practical look at raising the roof on an existing industrial building. We explore multiple options for gaining that height. One is raising the existing roof framing system in place, along with the structural details that come with it. Another involves removing the existing roof entirely and installing a new one at a greater height. While exploring these options, we look at how to meet structural code requirements and keep construction costs economical.

2:00 PM -Meeting Concludes 

* Schedule and Meeting Topics Subject to Change

Hotel Reservations 

Room Rate: Lodge Village Guestroom - $279.00, plus applicable taxes and fees.

Reserve Room Online: Sunriver Resort - Reservations - Room Availability 

Phone Reservations: 855-420-8206. Be sure to identify yourself as a part of the SREA Fall Meeting group to receive the discounted room rate.

Hotel Reservation Cut-off Date: August 9, 2026 

Room rates are net rates, subject to tax, which is currently 9.5% and a Resort fee, which is currently 18% per room night.  The Resort fee is also subject to a 9.5% state tax.  All fees are subject to a 0.57% Oregon State Surcharge.  Rates, fees and taxes are subject to change. Resort fee includes wireless internet, access to The Spa at Sunriver Resort, complimentary access to The Cove, access to Resort swimming pools and hot tubs, access to Meadows, Woodlands and Crosswater Golf Courses, intra-Resort transportation, self-parking and in-room bottled water.