Seismic Assessment and Proposed Strengthening of a Non-Ductile Building in California


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Constructed in 1956, the building that was evaluated is a shared-use facility with the County of Los Angeles. The building is significantly undersized and has numerous functional problems that prevent the users from providing safe and efficient services. The building is a two story concrete shear wall building with steel framed penthouse which was designed to the 1955 Edition of Uniform Building Code (UBC) and is highly representative of public building types constructed within the same era of expansion in Southern California. Likely seismic performance of the existing building was assessed using ASCE 31-03 provisions and the outcomes were evaluated. Replacement and rehabilitation options, both for standard, enhanced and reduced performance requirements as compared to current building codes were studied. The likely risks associated with each option were presented in a manner that is more accessible to the non-engineering community than the approach that is ordinarily used by engineering standards.

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16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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Santiago (CL)
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2017-01-09 / 2017-01-13
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