Training Seminars on the NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings Planned for Major Cities Throughout the Nation

NEWS RELEASE
August 24, 1998

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The Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) and the Applied Technology Council (ATC) are pleased to announce a series of two-day regional training seminars to introduce the recently completed NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings and its Commentary (FEMA 273 and 274 documents). The seminars will be conducted in as many as 19 cities throughout the nation between November 1998 and April 1999. The first nine seminars will be held in Charleston, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco/Oakland, and Seattle.

The seminar program has been developed for practicing structural and civil engineers, architects, seismic engineering educators and students, building regulatory personnel, and other technical design professionals. The two-day seminar program includes 12 hours of presentations on the following topics:

Issues in seismic rehabilitation
Overview of the Guidelines and new seismic hazard maps
Simplified Rehabilitation-overview and example applications
Structural dynamics and relationship of nonlinear analysis to economical rehabilitation-Concepts and basics for introduction to systematic Rehabilitation
Systematic Rehabilitation-Overview and general discussion
Systematic Rehabilitation-Modeling and analysis
Systematic Rehabilitation-Foundations and geotechnical considerations
Rehabilitation of nonstructural elements
Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to steel buildings
Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to masonry buildings
Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to concrete buildings
Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to wood buildings

Each seminar will include presentations by individuals specially selected because of their technical expertise and their ability to effectively convey technical information to large audiences. The seminars are being co-sponsored by local structural engineers associations and/or local chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers. For further information, contact: ATC-33-1 Project, Applied Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, CA 94065; Phone: 650/595-1542; Fax: 650/593-2320; e-mail, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Registration forms can be downloaded from ATC's web site (www.atcouncil.org).

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.