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ENR calls the TBI Guidelines “A Big Step Forward”
Engineering News-Record has released a news story about the newly released Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings. Read the article by Nadine Post.
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Now available: PEER’s Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings
The PEER Center is pleased to announce the release of the “Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings” that was developed by PEER’s Tall Buildings Initiative. The Guidelines present a recommended alternative to the prescriptive procedures for seismic design … Continue reading
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Task 7 PEER/ATC 72-1 report released about nonlinear modeling of tall buildings
The Tall Buildings Initiative, coordinated by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center, has just released its Task 7 Report, “Modeling and acceptance criteria for seismic design and analysis of tall buildings.” This report is jointly published by PEER and … Continue reading
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Applicability of UBC-97 Eqn. 30-7 to Drift Calculations
Design of buildings in California currently falls under the provisions of the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC-97). Among its provisions, UBC-97 prescribes minimum base-shear strength requirements (PDF file – 105.5 KB). In addition to satisfying strength requirements, UBC-97 establishes maximum … Continue reading
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