General Guidelines for the Assessment & Repair of Earthquake Damage to Residential Woodframe Buildings Published

CUREE (Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering) is pleased to announce publication of General Guidelines for the Assessment and Repair of Earthquake Damage to Residential Woodframe Buildings, a comprehensive reference developed to bring sound science and engineering to the important but infrequent undertaking of earthquake damage assessment and repair of typical single- and multi-family woodframe residential buildings. The extensively illustrated 371 page publication provides an overview of earthquake effects on woodframe buildings and detailed descriptions of major building components and common patterns of earthquake damage. It also includes checklists to assist with a systematic damage survey and guidance for retaining and working with technical consultants. Project manager for this effort was Dr. John Osteraas, Corporate Vice President of Exponent. Other team members included Jon Wren, Brian McDonald, Akshay Gupta, Joel Wolf, John Fessler, Allison Faris, and Daniel Whang. The Guidelines are available as a free downloadable PDF at http://www.curee.org/projects/EDA/index.html.

Posted: December 17, 2007

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