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LATBSDC 2/27/2010 Magnitude 8.8 Chile Earthquake Preliminary Briefing Slides
The slides for the "Performance of Tall Buildings During the 2/27/2010 Chile Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake"
preliminary briefing are now available.
LATBSDC 2010 Conference
The LATBSDC 2010 conference will showcase new tall building designs and case studies that have been
completed using contemporary performance based seismic design procedures. Various speakers
will be presenting their tall building design and analysis projects. Additionally, with funding
from the California Seismic Safety Commission, several participants from PEER's Tall Building
Initiative will also present the new design guidelines and case studies.
The LATBSDC reconnaissance team to Chile will also provide a briefing on what the implications
of that M8.8 event could be for tall buildings in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
For more information on how to register, the list of speakers and the meeting location,
view the full announcement.
The 2008 edition of the LATBSDC "An Alternative Procedure For Seismic Analysis
And Design Of Tall Buildings Located In The Los Angeles Region" is now available.
Past year's Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings Journal is available from Wiley Interscience
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LATBSDC Conference
The LATBSDC 2008 conference will focus on nonlinear modeling issues related to the analysis and design
of tall buildings. The current CBC and IBC building codes are not tailored to tall buildings and, as such,
may impose many prescriptive requirements that make the design of tall buildings difficult and
economically challenged. The 2008 Edition of the LATBSDC Alternative Design Criteria will be
presented. The Tall Building Initiative being coordinated by the PEER Center is spearheading many of the
studies that will lead to more rational Performance Based Earthquake Engineering design procedures and an
update on these efforts will be highlighted. PEER parametric case studies on tall building will also be
presented.
View the full announcement and agenda.