Structures
The popular quote “Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do,” could really be expanded out from buildings to the built environment. There are a wide range of construction methods that all react very differently to earthquakes.
- Evaluation of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings: Basic Procedures Manual (FEMA 306)
- Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings (FEMA 350)
- Typical Costs for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings. Vol 1: Summary (FEMA 156, Second Edition)
- Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook. 2nd Edition (FEMA 154)
- Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of School Buildings, K-12 (FEMA 395)
- Seismic Considerations for Steel Storage Racks (FEMA 460)
- Earthquake Hazard Mitigation for Nonstructural Elements (FEMA 74-FM)
- Quito School Retrofit