Attend this upcoming colloquium and find out
about the key outcomes, major updates and future research needs from the
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) 2015 NEHRP Recommended
Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures update process. The
National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC)
will present "Seismic Design Technology for New Buildings—The 2015 NEHRP
Recommended Seismic Provisions,” on February 11, 2015, in Burlingame,
California. Geared to the BSSC membership and the structural engineering
community, the BSSC Colloquium will include an awards luncheon to recognize
individuals and groups that have made significant contributions to the
development of the 2015 NEHRP Provisions.
Under the sponsorship of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), BSSC administers an ongoing consensus-based process of
updating and maintaining the NEHRP Recommended Provisions for New Buildings
and Other Structures. The NEHRP Recommended Provisions and its
Commentary embody the state-of-knowledge criteria for design and
construction of new buildings subject to earthquake hazards. The new knowledge
and technologies contained in this resource document are diffused into the model
building codes developed by the International Code Council (ICC) and several
national standards, including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) ASCE/SEI-7 Minimum Design Loads for
Buildings and Other Structures.
The BSSC Colloquium program will include
presentations on the development of the 2015 Provisions and major
changes from the previous Provisions, as well as explain new
technologies, why changes occurred, how they will affect structures to be built
and future research issues.
Key topics to be addressed include:
- Intent of the
Provisions and performance measurement - New U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) hazard maps and the NEHRP design maps - New site soil
factors - Site-specific
design requirements and parameters - Seismic
qualification of new systems and components based on FEMA P-695 and P-795
methodologies - Diaphragm design
- Rigid
wall/flexible diaphragms - Response history
analysis - Base isolation
& damping systems - Soil-structure
interaction - Strength-based
foundation design - Foundations on
liquefiable sites - Modal response
spectrum analysis - Simplified design
for Seismic Design Category B
The BSSC Colloquium will be held on Wednesday,
February 11, from 8:30 am to 5:45 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Burlingame.
The BSSC will produce proceedings of the Colloquium in digital file to be made
available on the BSSC website. Registration for interested members of the
structural engineering practitioners’ community will be available in the near
future. Learn more about the 2015 NEHRP Recommended Provisions for New Buildings and Other
Structures.
The Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) is an
independent, voluntary membership body representing a wide variety of building
community interests related to seismic safety. Its fundamental purpose is to
enhance public safety by providing a national forum that fosters improved
seismic safety provisions for use by the building community in the planning,
design, construction, regulation, and utilization of buildings. Learn more about the BSSC.