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Functional Recovery Planning Committee Report

Fri, August 4, 2023

Following the January 2021 FEMA P-2090 / NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake…

A Step Forward FEMA p-2191

Fri, April 1, 2022

The NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures serves as the starting point for updates to U.S.…

2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Design Examples (FEMA P-2192, Volume I)

Fri, December 17, 2021

The Design Examples are developed to illustrate and explain the applications of the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New…

2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Training Materials (FEMA P-2192, Volume II)

Thu, December 16, 2021

The Training Materials contains a set of slides for use with Volume I Design Examples.

2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Flow Charts (FEMA P-2192, Volume III)

Wed, December 15, 2021

The Design Flow Charts contains a series of flow charts to help practicing engineers better understand the provisions in the 2020…

The Role of the NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions in the Development of Nationwide Seismic Building Code Regulations: A Thirty-Five-Year Retrospective (February, 2021)

Wed, February 17, 2021

The NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures plays a key role to introduce best available science…

2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions

Tue, September 1, 2020

The following publications were prepared for the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency by the…

BSSC Tool For 2020 NEHRP Provisions Seismic Design Map Values

Tue, June 16, 2020

This web-based interface tool is to allow users to preview seismic design map and related parameter values proposed for the 2020 NEHRP…

NEHRP/PUC Recommended Future Issues and Research Needs (September, 2021)

Fri, February 14, 2020

As part of its efforts to regularly update the NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures, the…

BSSC Project 17 Final Report Development of the Next Generation of Seismic Design Value Maps for the 2020 NEHRP Provisions

Wed, February 5, 2020

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) act cooperatively…

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