- Author
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Wright, R. N.
- Title
- Implementation of Executive Order 12699: "Seismic Safety of Federal and Federally Assisted or Regulated New Building Construction".
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Phenomenal News, Vol. 3, No. 2, 12-14, January 1992 <b>AND</b> Fault Line: Official Newsletter of the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1,3, June 1992,
- Report
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NIST SP 843,
September 1992,
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Natural Resources Development Program (UJNR). Wind and Seismic Effects. Joint Meeting of the U.S./Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, 24th. May 19-22, 1992,
Tsukuba, Japan,
Raufaste, N. J., Jr., Editors,
311-315 p.,
1992
- Keywords
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building codes
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standards
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earthquakes
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hazard reduction
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existing buildings
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retrofitting buildings
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seismic safety
- Abstract
- The Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC) assists federal agencies involved in construction to develop and incorporate earthquake hazards reduction measures in their ongoing programs. ICSSC proposed an executive order for seismic safety in construction that became the basis for Executive Order 12699, "Seismic Safety of Federal and Federally Assisted or Regulated New Building Construction," dated January 5, 1990. ICSSC is working with federal agencies, state and local governments and private sector organizations to implement the Executive Order.