ATC/BSSC REGIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR:

NEHRP GUIDELINES FOR THE SEISMIC

REHABILITATION OF BUILDINGS (FEMA 273)
Co-Sponsored by:
Structural Engineers Association of Central California
SACRAMENTO SEMINAR
January 7 , 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and January 8th, 8:00 a.m. to noon, 2000
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Heritage Hotel and Convention Center

Sacramento, California

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 TRAINING SEMINAR ON NEHRP GUIDELINES FOR
THE SEISMIC REHABILITATION OF BUILDINGS
Sacramento • January 7-8, 2000
The Purpose of the Seminar is to provide in-depth
training on the recently completed NEHRP Guidelines for
the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings and companion
Commentary (FEMA 273 and 274 documents).
Seminar Program. The two-day seminar program
includes 12 hours of lectures on all aspects of the FEMA
273 and 274 documents. The program has been developed
for practicing structural and civil engineers, architects,
seismic engineering educators and students, building
regulatory personnel, and other technical design profes-
sionals.
Seminar Location
Heritage Hotel and Convention Center
1780 Tribute Road
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 916/929-7900
Sponsoring Organizationsnsoring Organizaons
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550
Redwood City, CA 94065
Phone: 650/595-1542
Fax: 650/593-2320
BUILDING SEISMIC SAFETY COUNCIL
1090 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202/289-7800
Co-Sponsoring Organization
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Local Contact: Edwin Nicholson, Phone: 916/921-5500
Financial Sponsor
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY
Washington, DC
Registration Information. The registration fee is $120
($110 for SEAOC/ICBO members and ATC subscribers),
which includes Speakers’ Notes, FEMA 273/274/276
documents, lunch the first day, and refreshments during
breaks. A late fee of $20 will be imposed on registrations
postmarked or faxed after December 31, 1999. Persons
interested in registering should complete, detach, and
submit the Registration Form to ATC.
Seminar Cancellation Policy. Registrations cancelled
1 month before the seminar will be fully refunded.
Cancellations between 1 month and 1 week before the
seminar will be subject to the late registration fee. Within
7 days of the seminar, no refunds will be given because all
financial commitments will have been made.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Participants will
receive documentation for 1.2 CEUs at the seminar.
NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabili-
tation of Buildings. In 1989, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
initiated a two-phase effort to prepare a set of
technically sound, nationally applicable guide-
lines for the seismic rehabilitation of buildings.
Phase I, conducted by ATC and completed in
1992, focused on the identification and resolu-
tion of a wide range of issues that were to be
considered during the actual preparation of
guidelines in Phase II.
The Phase II effort commenced in 1992 with
the establishment of a five-year, $8-million
cooperative agreement between FEMA and the
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
for preparation of Guidelines for the Seismic
Rehabilitation of Buildings. NIBS, through its
Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC), had
overall management responsibility for the
project as well as technical responsibility for
performance of a consensus review of the
Guidelines. ATC, as a subcontractor to BSSC,
had responsibility for preparing the Guidelines,
and companions Commentary and Example
Applications. The American Society of Civil
Engineers had responsibility for conducting
Users Workshops and identifying relevant
research results.
The Guidelines and companion Commentary
and Example Applications were written prima-
rily for practicing engineers, architects, and
building officials. They were developed to
enable users, on a voluntary basis, to rehabilitate
buildings to meet specified performance levels
such as Collapse Prevention, Life Safety, and
Immediate Occupancy, and performance ranges
such as Limited Safety and Damage Control,
for specifically defined ground motion levels.
The Guidelines include “Simplified Rehabilita-
tion” and “Systematic Rehabilitation” methods,
new Linear Static and Nonlinear Static Proce-
dures for analysis, procedures for determining
acceptability of existing components, and
procedures for incorporating emerging technolo-
gies.
 FEMA 273 REGIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR PROGRAM: SACRAMENTO
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2000
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.: Seminar Registration
8:00 a.m.: Introduction; Gerald Brady
Purpose, agenda, handouts, companion volumes.
8:20 a.m.: Issues in Seismic Rehabilitation; Chris Poland
Why rehabilitate? Historic performance of buildings; their
seismic deficiencies; observations; evaluations of four example
buildings—corrective measures, average costs.
9:00 a.m.: Overview of the Guidelines—New Seismic
Hazard Maps; Daniel Shapiro
Purpose; relation to other documents; significant new fea-
tures—performance levels, rehabilitation objectives, systematic
and simplified rehabilitation, new analysis procedures; new
hazard maps; process flow chart.
9:40 a.m.: Break
10:00 a.m.: Simplified Rehabilitation—Overview and
Example Applications;
Chris Poland
Why a simplified method is needed; incorporation of existing
evaluation tools; limitations; procedures; value and usefulness.
10:40 a.m.: Systematic Rehabilitation—In-Depth Discus-
sion; Daniel Shapiro
Process for choosing systematic rehabilitation; determination of
seismic site hazards and as-built conditions; selection of
rehabilitation objective and strategy; selection of analysis
procedure; modeling; acceptance criteria and design; use of
new technologies, such as seismic isolation.
11:20 a.m.: Lunch
12:20 p.m.: Systematic Rehabilitation—Basics of
Structural Dynamics, Nonlinear Response, and Accep-
tance Criteria;
Jack Moehle
Earthquake response of building structures; capacity and
demand concepts for seismic rehabilitation; seismic analysis in
the context of
rehabilitation.
1:10 p.m.: Systematic Rehabilitation—Analysis Tech-
niques; William Holmes
Using displacements to predict performance; nonlinear
behavior; four new analysis procedures: linear static, nonlin-
ear static (push-over analysis), linear dynamic, and nonlinear
dynamic; procedure choice.
2:10 p.m.: Break
2:30 p.m.: Systematic Rehabilitation—Foundations and
Geotechnical Considerations; Craig Comartin
Identification of site soils and seismic hazards; mitigation of site
seismic hazards; evaluation of foundation strength and stiff-
ness, with examples; soil foundation rehabilitation.
3:20 p.m.: Rehabilitation of Nonstructural Components;
William Holmes
Procedural steps; behavior and acceptance criteria for accelera-
tion-sensitive and deformation-sensitive nonstructural compo-
nents; analytical and prescriptive procedures.
4:00 p.m. End of First Day
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2000
8:00 a.m.: Introductory Remarks;
Gerald Brady
Guidelines’ future development (BSSC case studies, ASCE
standard).
8:05 a.m.: Application of the Systematic Rehabilitation
Method to Concrete Components and Buildings; Jack
Moehle
Concrete framing types; material properties and condition
assessment, general assumptions and requirements; application
to a 4-story concrete frame building example, including review
of initial considerations, selection of rehabilitation objective,
selection of initial approach to risk mitigation, implementation
of the systematic rehabilitation method and a detailed push-
over analysis (the nonlinear static procedure).
9:05 a.m.: Application of the Systematic Rehabilitation
Method to Masonry Components and Buildings; Daniel
Abrams
Scope, historical perspective, in-place material properties,
condition assessment, knowledge factor, types of masonry
walls, anchorages, strength definitions, and acceptance criteria
for the linear and nonlinear static analysis procedures; applica-
tion of the linear static procedure to a 1-story building ex-
ample, including selection of rehabilitation objectives, and
estimation of seismic loads and capacities for selected compo-
nents.
9:55 a.m.: Break
10:10 a.m.: Application of the Systematic Rehabilitation
Method to Steel Components and Buildings; Douglas
Foutch
Material properties and condition assessment; analysis and
modeling of steel structures; acceptance criteria; new features
applicable to steel components and buildings; application of the
linear static procedure to 3-story building example, including
condition assessment, selection of rehabilitation objectives,
lateral force distribution, and capacity checks for selected
components.
11:10 a.m.: Application of the Systematic Rehabilitation
Method to Wood Components and Buildings; John Coil
Wood building types; special wood issues; yield capacity for
wood; application of the linear static procedure (the preferred
analysis procedure for wood buildings); application to a 3-
story wood-frame office building example, including review
of initial considerations, selection of rehabilitation objective,
selection of initial rehabilitation scheme, and analysis using
the linear static procedure with sample calculations and
capacity checks for selected components.
12:00 noon Seminar Closure
The Seminar is also being given in other major cities
throughout the nation. Current information about the
seminar series may be found online at:
www.atcouncil.org