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Seismic evaluation and retrofit
of concrete buildings
Volume 1
CALIFORNIA SEISMIC SAFETY COMMISSION
Proposition 122 Seismic Retrofit Practices Improvement Program
Report SSC 96-01Applied Technology Council
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through the efforts of the Structural Engineers Asso-
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John C. Theiss, President
‘C Mark Saunders, Vice President
Bijan Mohraz, Secretary/Treasurer
Edwin T, Huston, Past President
Douglas A. Foutch
James R. Libby
Kenneth A. Latrell
‘Andrew T. Merovich
Scow A. Siedman
Jonathan G. Shipp
‘Charles Thornton
California Seismic Safety Commission
‘The California Seismic Safety Commission consists
‘of fifteen members appointed by the Governor and
two members representing the State Senate and State
Assembly. Disciplines represented on the Commis
sion include seismology, engineering, geology, fire
protection, emergency services, public milities, insur-
ance, social services, local government, building code
enforcement, planning and architecture,
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the Commission is to improve the well being of the
people of California through cost-effective measures
that lower earthquake risks to life and property. It
sponsors legislation and advocates building code
changes to improve buildings and other facilities,
provides a forum for representatives of all public and
private interests and academic disciplines related to
earthquakes, and publishes reports, policy recommen:
dations, and guides to improve public safety in carth-
quakes,
I works toward long-term improvements in all areas
affecting seismic safety by: encouraging and assisting
local governments, state agencies, and businesses to
implement mitigation measures to make sure that they
will be able to operate after earthquakes; establishing
priorities for action to reduce earthquake risks; ident
fying needs for earthquake education, research, and
legislation; and reviewing emergency response, re-
covery, and reconstruction efforts after damaging
‘earthquakes so that lessons learned can be applied 10
future earthquakes.
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Lloyd. Cluff, Chairman
James ESlosson, Viee Chairman
Alfred E. Alquist, State Senator
Dominic L. Conese, State Assemblyman
Hal Bernson
Jerry C. Chang
Robert Downer
Frederick M. Herman
Jeffrey Johnson
Corliss Lee
Gary L. MeGavin
Daniel Shapiro
Lowell E. Shields
Patricia Sayer
Keither M, Wheeler
H. Robert Wirtr
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Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit
of Concrete Buildings
Volume 1
by
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
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Funded by
SEISMIC SAFETY COMMISSION
State of California
Products 1.2 and 1.3 of the Proposition 122
Seismic Retrofit Practices Improvement Program
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Craig D. Comartin
CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Richard W. Niewiarowski
SENIOR ADVISOR
Christopher Rojahn
Report No. SSC 96-01
November 1996Preface
Proposition 122 passed by California’s voters in
1990, created the Earthquake Safety and Public
Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990, sup-
ported by a $300 million general obligation
bond program for the seismic retrofit of state
and local government buildings. As a part of
the program, Proposition 122 authorizes the
California Seismic Safety Commission (CSSC)
to use up to 1% of the proceeds of the bonds, or
approximately $3 million, to carry out a range
retrofit experience in the private sector to im-
prove seismic retrofit practices for government
buildings. The purpose of California’ s Propo:
tion 122 research and development program is.
to develop state-of-the-practice recommenda
tions to address current needs for scismic retro-
fit provisions and seismic risk decision tools. It
is focused specifically on vulnerable concrete
structures consistent with the types of concrete
buildings that make up a significant portion of
California's state and local government invento-
Ties.
In 1994, as part of the Proposition 122 Seismic
Retrofit Practices Improvement Program, the
‘Commission awarded the Applied Technology
Council (ATC) a contract to develop a recom-
mended methodology and commentary for the
seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing con-
‘rete buildings (Product 1.2). In 1995 the
Commission awarded a second, related contract.
to ATC to expand the Product i.2 effort to in-
clude effects of foundations on the seismic per-
formance of existing concrete buildings
(Product 1.3). ‘The results of the two projects
have been combined and are presented in this.
ATC-40 Report (also known as SSC-96-01)..
‘Two other reports recently published by the
California Setsmie Safety Commission, the
Provisional Commentary for Seismic Retrofit
(1994) and the Review of Seismic Research Re-
sults on Existing Buildings (1994), are Products
1.1 and 3.1 of the Proposition 122 Program, re-
spectively. These two previous reports provide
the primary basis for the development of the
recommended methodology and commentary
contained in this document.
‘This document is organized into two volumes.
‘Volume One contains the main body of the
evaluation and retrofit methodology, presented
in 13 chapters, with a glossary and alist of ref-
erences. This volume contains all of the parts of
the document required for the evaluation and
retrofit of buildings. Volume Two consists of
Appendices containing supporting materials re-
lated to the methodology: four example building
case study reports, a cost effectiveness study
related to the four building studies, and a review
of research on the effects of foundation condi-
tions on the seismic performance of concrete
buildings.
This report was prepared under the direction of
ATC Senior Consultant Craig Comartin, who
served as Principal Investigator, and Richard W.
Niewiarowski, who served as Co-Principal In-
vestigator and Project Director. Fred Turner
served as CSSC Project Manager. Overview
and guidance were provided by the Proposition.
122 Oversight Panel consisting of Frederick M.
Herman (Chair), Richard Conrad, Ross Cran-
‘mer, Wilfred Iwan, Roy Johnston, Frank
McClure, Gary McGavin, Joel MeRonald, Jo-
seph P. Nicoletti, Stanley Scott, and Lowell
Shields. The Product 1.2 methodology and
‘commentary were prepared by Sigmund A.
Freeman, Ronald O. Hamburger, William T.
Holmes, Charles Kircher, Jack P. Mochle,
‘Thomas A. Sabol, and Nabih Youssef (Product,
1.2 Senior Advisory Panel). The Product 1.3
Geotechnical/Structural Working Group con-
sisted of Sunil Gupta, Geoffrey Martin, Mar-
shall Lew, and Lelio Mejia. William T. Hol-
mes, Yoshi Moriwaki, Maurice Power and
Nabih Youssef served on the Product 1.3 Senior
Advisory Panel. Gregory P. Luth and Tom H.
Hale, respectively, served as the Quality Assur-
ance Consultant and the Cost Effectiveness
Study Consultant. Wendy Rule served as Tech-
nical Editor, and Gail Hynes Shea served as
Publications Consultant.
Richard McCarthy
CSSC Executive Director
Christopher Rojahn
ATC Executive Director & ATC-40 Senior
‘AdvisorOversight Panel for
Proposition 122 Seismic Retrofit Practices
Improvement Program
Frederick M. Herman, Chair Richard Conrad Ross Cranmer
Seismic Safety Commission Building Standards Commis- Building Official
Local Government/Building sion Structural Engineer
Officiat
Roy Johnston Frank McClure
Dr. Wilfred Iwan Structural Engineer Structural Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Joel McRonald Joseph P. Nicoletti
Gary McGavin Division of the State Architect ‘Sructurat Engineer
Seismic Safety Commission
Architect Lowell E. Shields
Seismic Safety Commission
Stanley Scott Mechanical Engineer
Research Political Scientist
Seismic Safety Commission Staff
Richard McCarthy Fred Turner
Executive Director Project Manager
Karen Cogan Chris Lindstrom
Deborah Penny Ed Hensley
Carmen Marquez Teri DeVriend
Kathy GoodellProduct 1.2 Senior Advisory Panel
Sigmund A. Freeman
Wiss, Janney, Elsner & Asso-
ciates
Ronald O. Hamburger
EQE International
William T. Holmes
Rutherford & Chekene
Jack Moehle ‘Thomas A. Sabol
Charles Kircher Earthquake Engineering Re- Engelkirk & Sabol
Charles Kircher & Associates search Center
Nabih F. Youssef
Nabih Youssef & Associares
Product 1.3 Senior Advisory Panel
William T. Holmes
Rutherford & Chekene
Yoshi Moriwaki
Woodward-Clyde Consultants
Maurice Power
Geomaurix Consultants, Inc.
Nabih F. Youssef
Nabih Youssef & Associates
Product 1.3 Geotechnical/Structural Working Group
Sunil Gupta
EQ Tech Consultants
Marshall Lew
Law/Crandall, Inc
Quality Assurance Consultant
Gregory P. Luth
Gregory P. Luh & Associates
Cost Effectiveness study Consultant
‘Tom H. Hale
Jimmy R. Yee Consulting Engineers
Geoffrey R. Martin
University of Southern California
Lelio Mejia
Woodward-Clyde Consultants
Technical Editor
Wendy Rule
Richmond, CA
Publications consultant
Gail Hynes Shea
Albany, CASeismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Concrete Buildings
Products 1.2 and 4.3 of the Proposition 122
Seismic Retrofit Practices Improvement Program
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Preface.
Glossary
Executive Summary
Chapter |
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter §
Table of contents
Introduction
Ll Purpose..
12 Scope
13 Organization and Contents
Overview 7
2.1 Introduction =
2 Changes in Perspective
3 Getting Started
4 Basic Evaluation and Retrofit Strategy
5 Evaluation and Retrofit Concept
2.6 Final Design and Construction ..
Performance Objectives.
3.1 Introduction
3.2. Performance Levels
3.3. Earthquake Ground Motion
3.4 Performance Objectives...
3.5 Assignment of Performance Objectives.
Seismic Hazard
4.1 Scope
4.2 Earthquake Ground Shaking Hazard Levels.
4.3 Ground Failure secon
44 Primary Ground Shaking Critei
4.5 Specification of Supplementary Criteria.
Determination of Deficiencies
5.1 IntroductionSEISMIC EVALUATION AND RETROFIT OF CONCRETE BUILDINGS
5.2 Destino: Typical Layouts and Dea.
5.3 Seismic Performance
5.4 Data Collection .
5.5 Review of Seismic Hazard oe
ification of Potential Deficiencies
ary Evaluation of Anticipated Seismic Performance
5.8 _ Preliminary Evaluation Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 6 Retrofit Strategies.
6.1 Introduction .
6.2 Alternative Retrofit Strategies.
6.3. Design Constraints and Considerations...
6.4 Strategy Selection ....
6.5 Preliminary Design
Chapter7 — Quality Assurance Procedures
7.1 Genera...
7.2 Peer Review..
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7.4 Construction Quality Assurance...
Chapter 8 Nonlinear Static Analysis Procedures ..
8.1 Introduction...
8.2 Methods to Perform Simplified Nonlinear Analysis
8.3 Illustrative Example...
8.4 Other Analysis Methods
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Chapter 9 Modeling Rules
9.1 General.
9.2 Loads.
9°3 Global Building Considerations
9.4 Element Models
9.5 Component Models
9.6 Notations
Chapter 10 Foundation Effects.
10.1 General
10.2 Foundation System and Global Structural Model
10.3 Foundation Elements.
10.4 Properties of Geotechnical Components
10.5 Characterization of Site So
10.6 Response Limits and Acceptability Criteria,
10.7 Moifeaions to Foundation Systems
Chapter 11 Response Limit.
ML Genera...
11.2. Descriptive Limits of Expected Performance
11.3 Global Building Acceptability Limi
114 Element and Component Acsepaiiy Limits.
Chapter 12 Nonstructural Components ....
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12.1 Introduction
12.2 Acceptability Criteria
Chapter 13 Conclusions and Future Directions
13.1 Introduction
13.2. Additional Data
13.3 Potential Benefits
13.4 Major Challenges. a
13.5 Recommended Action Plan .
References .
Volume 2—Appendices
Appendix A. Escondido Village Midrise, Stanford, California
Appendix B Barrington Medical Center, Los Angeles, California .....
Appendix C Administration Building, California State University at None,
Northridge, California .... .
Appendix D_ Holiday Inn, Van Nuys, California
Appendix E Cost Effectiveness Study.
Appendix F Supplemental Information on Foundation Effects
Appendix G Applied Technology Council Projects and Report Information
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