Victor Salcedo

GERB, President, US Operations | Chicago, United States

About

Victor H. Salcedo is the President of GERB Vibration Control Systems, Inc. located in the greater Chicago area. He has served GERB for eighteen (18) years and has worked as project lead on many remarkable structures, including ten Skyscrapers with Tuned Mass Dampers up to 700 T. Victor is an active member of several committees including ASME-subcommittee on the Qualification of Dynamic Restraints, the Forging Industry Association Plant Engineering Committee and newly the CTBUH Chicago local steering committee. After attaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering he specialized with GERB Schwingungsisolierungen GmbH & Co. Kg. in Berlin, Germany in spring support of machinery and structures, and specialty foundation design. He has contributed to conference papers and publications such as CTBUH “Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings”.

Victor Salcedo

CTBUH Roles

Annual Conference, Session Chair (Chicago 2019)

Annual Conference, Steering Committee (Chicago 2019)

CTBUH Initiatives

Second CTBUH Damping Research Meeting

Second CTBUH Damping Research Meeting

26 October 2015

First Meeting for CTBUH Damping Technologies Research

First Meeting for CTBUH Damping Technologies Research

19 May 2015

Research

29 June 2021

Revisiting the “T” in TMD

Kurt Strobel & Victor Salcedo, GERB Vibration Control Systems

This paper explores the meaning and importance of tuning amongst other Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) parameters and describes processes to help ensure that an as-built...

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26 October 2015

Second CTBUH Damping Research Meeting

Nearly 30 industry professionals and academic experts were in attendance at the second meeting for the CTBUH research project on damping.

19 May 2015

First Meeting for CTBUH Damping Technologies Research

More than 40 industry and academic experts convened at CTBUH Chicago to mark the launch of the Bouygues Construction-funded damping initiative.

Research

29 June 2021

Revisiting the “T” in TMD

Kurt Strobel & Victor Salcedo, GERB Vibration Control Systems

This paper explores the meaning and importance of tuning amongst other Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) parameters and describes processes to help ensure that an as-built...