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2007 Success Stories
| Dec | Unearthing
the Secrets of the San Andreas: A NEHRP-Related Success Story
PDF 456KB The world's first underground earthquake observatory |
NSF, USGS |
| Nov | Ensuring
That When the Ground Starts Shaking, Bridges Can Bend Without Breaking
PDF 553KB Efforts to reduce the vulnerability of the nation's more than 600,000 bridges to earthquake damage |
NSF |
| Oct | FEMA Homebuilders'
Guide to Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction PDF 414KB Technical Guidance on the Design and Construction of Earthquake-Resistant Structures |
FEMA |
| Sep | Bringing
Cutting-Edge Science to Nonstructural Mitigation PDF 506KB State-of-the-Art Testing Capabilities for Nonstructural Components and Equipment |
NSF |
| Jul | ShakeMap
and ShakeCast PDF 574KB Revolutionizing Informatics for Earthquake Response |
USGS |
| Jun | The NEHRP
"Recommended Provisions" and the National Model Building Codes
PDF 518KB How NEHRP Interacts with the Code-Making Bodies |
FEMA, NIST |
| May | Strengthening
Pipeline Survivability to Avoid Post-Quake Devastation PDF 154KB A systematic and comprehensive assessment of ground rupture effects on critical underground lifelines |
NSF |
| Mar | Breaking
Through Language Barriers with an Urgent Call to Prepare PDF
165KB Campaign to increase earthquake awareness and readiness among the non-English-speaking communities of the Bay Area |
USGS |
| Feb | Southern
Californians Are Being Dared to Prepare PDF 146KB Yearlong effort to strengthen awareness of and readiness for "the Big One" |
USGS |
| Jan | Bringing
Down the House PDF 161KB NEESwood Project Shakes Full-Scale Wood Townhouse in Northridge Simulation |
NSF |
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