AQUINO, NICOLE ANTHONETTE O.

BSCE 5B Graded Recitation in Earthquake Engineering Why did

Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) need to revise our National Structural
Code of the Philippines (NSCP)?
which accounts for the 315 kph winds wrought by Typhoon Yolanda.

Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) exists in

the advancement of structural engineering in the Philippines as well
as upholding ethical values in the promotion of national and
international professional collaboration with governments, industry
and the academe. ASEP recognizes the need for an up to date
structural code addressing the design and installation of building
structural systems through requirements emphasizing performance.
The new National Structural Code of the Philippines is designed to
meet this needs through various model codes and regulations to
safeguard the public health and safety nationwide.

Builders refer to the National Structural Code of the Philippines to

ensure that buildings, such as high-rise condominiums, can
withstand tremors as high as magnitude 8. Due to latest earthquake
in the Philippines, the ASEP revises the code from NSCP 2010 to
NSCP 2015 to have an earthquake-resilient structures which can be
used to evaluate their vulnerability to strong quakes. One factor of
revising the NSCP is because of the typhoon Yolanda which accounts
for the 315 kph winds. Typhoon Yolanda is probably the strongest
tropical cyclone to hit land anywhere in the world in recorded
history. 

Earthquake load provisions in NSCP 2010 that are based on Active

Fault Maps from PHIVOLCS are revised to based on updated Active
Fault Maps presented by region. Wind load provisions of NSCP 2010
are based on ASCE7-05 and EIA/TIA-222-G are revised in NSCP 2015
where wind loads are based on ASCE7-10 and Wind Contour Maps
for the entire Philippine Archipelago. Due to the occurrence of the
destructive typhoon Yolanda in 2013, larger values of wind load are
provided and used for the betterment of of design of structures to
withstand these type of destructive phenomena.