Second Announcement and Registration Information ATC-29-1 Seminar on Seismic Design, Retrofit, and Performance of Nonstructural Components

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.

Welcome to the ATC Team!

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.

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.