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NEWS RELEASE
July 18, 1998

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The first Applied Technology Council Awards Dinner, held on July 18th, 1998 at the San Francisco Marriott was conceived to honor certain ATC project participants for extraordinary service on completed ATC projects. For the first Awards Ceremony, two award categories were defined. The "ATC Award for Excellence"--ATC's premier award--recognizes individuals for extraordinary achievement in a given technical area or other ATC activity. The second Award category recognizes "Significant Contributions" on a major ATC project. In selecting award winners, the ATC Awards Committee considered participants in all completed ATC projects since its inception in the early 1970's. Staff and Directors involved in the selection process were not eligible to receive an award.

ATC envisions conducting a second awards dinner in the next 3 to 5 years. The first dinner (black tie preferred) was attended by approximately 130 members of the engineering and scientific community (and their guests).

Awards Presented:

  1. Extraordinary Achievement in Earthquake Damage and Loss Estimation
  2. Extraordinary Achievement in Transferring Earth Science Research Information to Design Practitioners
  3. Extraordinary Achievement in Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges
  4. Extraordinary Achievement in Seismic Evaluation of Buildings
  5. Extraordinary Achievement in Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings
  6. Significant Contributions in Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings
  7. Extraordinary Achievement in Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings
  8. Extraordinary Achievement in Seismic Design of New Buildings
  9. Extraordinary Services as Project Engineering Panel Member
  10. Extraordinary Achievement in Technical Report Development
  11. Technical Management of an Award Winning Project
  12. Extraordinary Contributions as Project Officer
  13. Extraordinary Lifetime Contributions to ATC Projects and Board of Directors

 


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NEWS RELEASE
December 10, 1997

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At its recent annual meeting in Victoria, British Columbia, the Western States Seismic Policy Council awarded the California Seismic Safety Commission its Overall Excellence and New Technology Award for the recently released ATC-40 report, SEISMIC EVALUATION AND RETROFIT OF CONCRETE BUILDINGS. Prepared by the Applied Technology Council under the Commission's Proposition 122 Retrofit Practices Improvement Program, the 2-volume, 612-page, report provides a state-of-the-art methodology for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of concrete buildings.

Accepting the award on behalf of the Commission and the Applied Technology Council (ATC) was Mr. Craig Comartin, ATC Senior Structural Consultant and ATC-40 Project Principal Investigator (PI). In his brief acceptance speech, Mr. Comartin commended the Commission, its staff, and the 18-person consulting team who produced the report for ATC: Richard Niewiarowski (Co-PI and Project Director), Christopher Rojahn (Senior Advisor), Sigmund Freeman, Sunil Gupta, Thomas Hale, Ronald Hamburger, William Holmes, Charles Kircher, Marshall Lew, Gregory Luth, Geoffrey Martin, Lelio Mehia, Jack Moehle, Yoshi Moriwaki, Maurice Power, Wendy Rule, Thomas Sabol, Gail Shea, and Nabih Youssef.

The report was recognized for its clear, concise, and beautifully formatted and illustrated descriptions of new and emerging technologies for evaluation and retrofit of older concrete buildings. Making the report doubly valuable is the fact that the methods are applicable to most building types (i.e., not only concrete buildings). Specific guidance is provided on performance objectives, seismic hazard, determination of deficiencies, retrofit strategies, quality assurance procedures, nonlinear static analysis procedures, modeling rules, foundation effects, response limits, and nonstructural components.
Copies of the report can be obtained from the Applied Technology Council (555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, California 94065; Telephone, 650/595-1542; Fax, 650/593-2320).; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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NEWS RELEASE
May 9, 2003

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Bernadette Mosby, 650/595-1542
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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) and Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) are pleased to announce the ATC-29-2 Seminar on Seismic Design, Performance, and Retrofit of Nonstructural Components in Critical Facilities, the third in a series of ATC/MCEER seminars on this subject first held in October 1990. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the purpose of the Seminar is to present current research, practice, and informed thinking pertinent to seismic design, performance, and retrofit of nonstructural components and distribution systems in buildings, with a special focus on critical facilities. The seminar components and systems include: supports and bracing for elevator systems, ceilings, partitions, cladding, glazing, contents, water piping systems, and mechanical and electrical equipment. Nonstructural components or systems in facilities with critical functions (e.g., computer centers, hospitals, manufacturing plants with especially hazardous materials, museums with fragile/valuable collection items) are of special interest.

The 2-day Seminar will be held October 23-24, 2003 in the Los Angeles, California area at a site to be announced later.

The Seminar program has been developed for design professionals, regulators, researchers, manufacturers and contractors, insurers, owners, and facility managers. Themes and topics to be addressed include:

  • Current practice and emerging code provisions and guidelines;
  • Observed seismic performance and databases;
  • Performance evaluation analysis and reliability and fragility estimation;
  • Shake table and seismic qualification testing;
  • New developments in performance based engineering;
  • Use of advanced technologies (isolation systems, damping systems, other);
  • Retrofit strategies; and
  • Multi-hazard mitigation issues, including the effects of blast.

The Seminar Steering Committee is seeking papers pertaining to the above themes and topics. Verbal presentations are planned but the Steering Committee is also considering the possibility of including poster papers. Persons wishing to present a paper at the Seminar are requested to submit an abstract of their paper to ATC on or before July 29, 2003. Abstracts should be one page, typewritten (single spaced) and not more than 250 words in length. Please indicate in the upper right corner of the abstract the format of presentation preferred (verbal or poster). Abstracts should be submitted to: ATC-29-2 Project, Applied Technology Council, 201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 240, Redwood City, CA 94065;

Fax: 650/593-2320; E-mail, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by August 10, 2003. Written versions of papers presented at the Seminar, not to exceed 14 pages in length, will be due September 26, 2003 in order to publish the Seminar Proceedings for the opening day of the Seminar.

An exhibition space is planned and exhibits are encouraged.

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NEWS RELEASE
December 3, 1997

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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is pleased to announce that the preliminary program has been set for the upcoming ATC-29-1 Seminar on Seismic Design, Retrofit, and Performance of Nonstructural Components, to be held January 22-23, 1998 in San Francisco. The seminar program has been developed for design professionals, regulators, researchers, manufacturers and contractors, insurers, owners, and facility managers. More than 40 papers will be presented on the following topics:

  • Observed performance in recent earthquakes;
  • Seismic design codes, standards, and procedures for commercial and institutional buildings;
  • Seismic design issues relating to industrial and hazardous building facilities;
  • Design, analysis, and testing; and
  • Seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of conventional, hospital, and other essential facilities

Location. The Seminar will be held at the Radisson Miyako Hotel in the Japan Center, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, California.

Proceedings. Papers presented at the seminar will be published in the seminar Proceedings, which will be available at the start of the seminar.

Registration Information. The seminar registration fee is $160 ($128 for ATC Subscribers) and includes the seminar Proceedings, luncheons, and coffee breaks. A late fee of $20 will be imposed on registrations postmarked after January 15, 1998. Persons interested in registering for the seminar should contact the Applied Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, California 94065 (Phone: 650/595-1542; Fax: 650/593-2320). Seminar information and registration materials are also available on ATC's web site: www.atcouncil.org.

Accommodation Information. A block of sleeping rooms will be held at the Radisson Miyako Hotel until January 2, 1998 at a special negotiated rate of $149.00 per night (single or double occupancy). To reserve a room, contact the reservations department at 800/333-3333 and identify yourself as a member of the "Applied Technology Council" group to guarantee the special rate. Reservations made after January 2 cannot be guaranteed the negotiated rate.

Parking is available below the hotel at a rate of $10.00 per day.

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NEWS RELEASE
June 26, 1997

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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is pleased to announce the ATC-29-1 Seminar on Seismic Design, Retrofit, and Performance of Nonstructural Components, the second in a series of seminars on this subject first held in October 1990. The Seminar will focus on architectural, electrical, and mechanical components and their supports in buildings, hospitals and other essential facilities, and hazardous material and industrial facilities. It will be held January 22-23, 1998 in San Francisco at a site to be announced later. The purpose of the 2-day Seminar is to present current research, practice, and informed thinking pertinent to seismic design, retrofit, and performance of nonstructural components.

The Seminar program has been developed for design professionals, regulators, researchers, manufacturers and contractors, insurers, owners, and facility managers. The following sessions are planned: (1) Current and Proposed Codes and Regulations; (2) Commercial and Institutional Buildings; (3) Hospitals and Other Essential Facilities; and (4) Hazardous Material and Industrial Facilities. Themes and topics to be addressed include:

  • Code implementation issues, including qualification
  • Observed or expected performance
  • Analytical and experimental investigations
  • Evaluation and retrofit strategies and guidelines
  • Case studies / examples for new or retrofit design.

The Seminar Steering Committee is seeking papers pertaining to the above themes, sessions, and topics. Verbal presentations are planned but the Steering Committee is also considering the possibility of including poster papers. Persons wishing to present a paper at the Seminar are requested to submit an abstract of their paper to ATC on or before September 15, 1997. Abstracts should be one page, typewritten (single spaced) and not more than 250 words in length. Please indicate in the upper right corner of the abstract the format of presentation preferred (verbal or poster). Abstracts should be submitted to: ATC-29-1 Project, Applied Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, CA 94065; Fax: 415/593-2320.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by October 1, 1997. Written versions of papers presented at the Seminar, not to exceed 14 pages in length, will be due December 15, 1997 in order to publish the Seminar Proceedings for the opening day of the Seminar.

An exhibition space is planned and exhibits are encouraged.

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 Welcome to the ATC Team!

Valley Mike crop As a former Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Mike comes to ATC with more than 30 years of structural engineering experience in new design, evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, applied research, and codes and standards development. Mike’s design experience includes the landmark Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and his research and development experience includes the FEMA 356 Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA P-2012 Assessing Seismic Performance of Buildings with Configuration Irregularities (ATC-123 Project), and NIST GCR 10-917-9 Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design (ATC-76-6 Project).

Mike also has extensive experience as an ATC consultant serving as a reviewer, a technical contributor, and Project Director on multiple ATC projects. We look forward to how Mike’s unique experiences as a successful team member will contribute to ATC projects in the future.

Mahoney Mike crop

Retired from federal service as a Senior Geophysicist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mike comes to ATC with more than 30 years of experience in hazard mitigation program management and policy development, post-disaster response and recovery, and problem-focused research and development in support of FEMA’s efforts under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). He has led FEMA’s earthquake-related work with the International Code Council and has been involved with the development of national model codes and standards since 1984.

In his career at FEMA, Mike has led the development of countless major FEMA publications, including: FEMA 350 Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings and its series of companion reports (ATC-41 Project series), FEMA P-58 Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation (ATC-58 Project series), FEMA P-695 Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (ATC-63 Project), FEMA P-2018 Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential (ATC-78 Project), and FEMA P-2090/NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Time (ATC-137 Project). With Mike’s extensive knowledge of federal government programs, and past collaboration with state and local agencies, hazard mitigation partners, and code development organizations, we look forward to how his unique experiences will help serve ATC’s client needs and objectives in the future.