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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction. 15:186-193
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) maintains standards related to the design of suspended scaffolds and fall protection systems. These standards include structural requirements for elements that support suspended scaffol
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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction. 15:194-200
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) maintains standards (Standards) that define structural requirements for elements that support suspended scaffolds and fall arrest lanyards when this equipment is used to access facades
Publikováno v:
Engineering Structures. 30:2114-2126
A monumental 100-year-old multi-story brick masonry synagogue in San Francisco was threatened with closure due to non-compliance with an Unreinforced Masonry Building Ordinance. The Ordinance required demonstrating that the building would protect lif
Autor:
Gary R. Searer
Publikováno v:
The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings. 15:533-546
Both the Uniform Building Code (UBC) and the International Building Code (IBC) -- to some degree or another -- have poorly worded provisions that are unnecessarily complex, are ambiguous, are not justifiable, and/or are overly restrictive. This paper
Autor:
Eduardo A. Fierro, Gary R. Searer
Publikováno v:
Earthquake Spectra. 20:1265-1278
During a recent visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the authors discovered that while Venezuela has adopted a building code with modern seismic provisions (Norma Covenin 1756-98) and does in fact enforce a majority of these provisions, significant conceptua
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Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures.
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Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures.
The term PML, or Probable Maximum Loss, has been employed for many years in the insurance, lending and engineering industries as a means to define the monetary risk -- expressed as a percentage of replacement value -- associated with a particular pro
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Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures.
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Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures.
Wood-framed residential structures with soft, weak, or open-front walls are common in areas of high seismicity like the west coast of the United States. Parking below the residential portions of the building, or “tuck-under” parking, is particula
Publikováno v:
Structures Congress 2009.