Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazard maps with ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

The National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) recently updated seismic provisions for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). The 2020 NEHRP ...

San Francisco is seeking input from technical experts on its landmark tall-buildings seismic safety study. Suggestions from seismic design professionals, especially about code changes, will help ...

Resilience is the ability to bounce back after a disturbance or interruption, or the capacity to withstand, recover from, or adapt to stress, misfortune, or change. By now, design teams are at least ...

This study investigated the seismic response of Rigid Wall-Flexible Roof Diaphragm (RWFD) buildings under extreme ground shaking was studied. RWFD buildings are a type of low-rise industrial ...

The earthquake in Haiti prompted a lot of architectural analysis of buildings there, and in megacities around the world. Without proper planning–and stricter building codes–most of the biggest cities ...