Guidelines to Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings

Guidelines to Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings

To develop performance-based seismic design guidelines, ready for adoption by local jurisdictions and code-writing organizations, to facilitate the rapid acceptance of tall buildings in seismically active regions designed by alternative procedures.

• Grant Details

  Project

  Guidelines to Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings

  Grantee

  University of California, Berkeley

  Category

  Performance-Based Design

  Subcategory

  Seismic

  Grant #

  03-07

  Award Amount

  $250,000

  Grant Period

  September 2007 - December 2011

  Grant Status

  Complete

  Principal Investigators

  Professor Jack Moehle

  Industry Champions

  Ron Klemencic, President, MKA Associates and Member, CPF Advisory Council

• Resources / Downloads

  • TBI Guidelines to Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings, Version 1.0, 2010
  • Case Studies of the Seismic Performance of Tall Buildings Designed By Alternative Means

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