- Author
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Todd, D. R.
- Title
- Evaluation and Retrofit Standards for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Central United States Earthquake Consortium. Earthquake Hazard Reduction in the Central and Eastern United States: A Time for Examination and Action. National Earthquake Conference Proceedings, 1993. Volume 2. May 2-5, 1993,
Memphis, TN,
25-29 p.,
1993
- Keywords
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evaluation
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standards
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seismic safety
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building construction
- Abstract
- Public law 101-64 requires the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction to develop "standards for assessing and enhancing the seismic safety of existing buildings constructed for or leased by the Federal Government." Congress has directed the President to adopt these Standards by December 1, 1994. This paper describes the process that is being used to develop the standards; presents the results of an Issues Workshop held for potentially affected Federal agencies, at which philosophical and administrative concerns were addressed; and describes the anticipated content of the standard.