National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

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Design & Construction Existing Buildings

Existing Buildings

Also visit the FEMA Index of Earthquake Publications and the NEHRP Clearinghouse.

		Assessment of First Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Methods for New Steel Buildings Vol 1: Special Moment Frames Vol 2: Special Concentrically Braced Frames Vol 3: Eccentrically Braced Frames Vol 4: Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames	NIST TN 1863
		Benchmarking Evaluation Methodologies for Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings PDF 56MB	NIST GCR 22-917-50
		Concrete Model Building Subtypes Recommended for Use in Collecting Inventory Data PDF 304KB	NIST GCR 10-917-6
		Disaster Resilience: A Guide to the Literature PDF 950KB	NIST Special Publication 1117
		Engineering Guideline for Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation	FEMA P-420
		NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 4 PDF 1.5MB Nonlinear Structural Analysis For Seismic Design: A Guide for Practicing Engineers	NIST GCR 10-917-5
		NEHRP Workshop on Meeting the Challenges of Existing Buildings Part 1 PDF 2.7MB Part 2 PDF 1.4MB Part 3 PDF 1.6MB	ATC 71
		Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings	FEMA 356
		Program Plan for the Development of Collapse Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings PDF 6MB	NIST GCR 10-917-7
		Program Plan for the Development of Seismic Design Guidelines for Port Container, Wharf, and Cargo Systems PDF 5MB high resolution print version PDF 12MB	NIST GCR 12-917-19
		Review of Past Performance and Further Development of Modeling Techniques for Collapse Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings PDF 7MB	NIST GCR 14-917-28
		SEAOC 2012 Conference Proceedings on ASCE 41-13 PDF 150KB Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings	ASCE 41-13
		Seismic Rehabilitation Cost Estimator (SRCE)
		Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings	FEMA 547

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