Investigates the applicability of the FEMA 273/274 Guidelines and Commentary to the retrofitting of the Veterans Administration main hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Case Study Project to test the NEHRP guidelines for the seismic rehabilitation of buildings. The building evaluated is the proposed Public Service Building in Charleston, South Carolina.
A primary resource on the seismic rehabilitation of buildings for the use of design professionals, educators, model code & standards org., & state & local building regulatory personnel. The case studies project has involved the development of seismic rehabilitation buildings determined to be seismically deficient. The project was structured to ensure that the technical guidelines writing effort benefited from consideration of completed & ongoing technical efforts & research activities, societal issues, public policy concerns, earlier issues identification & resolution efforts, cost data on application of rehabilitation procedures, & the reactions of potential users. Illustrations.