"Multi Period Response Spectrum in Washington State”

Cost: SEAW Members and Students - FREE | Non-Members - $15

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About the Event:

ASCE 7-22 introduces a new method for calculating seismic demand parameters on buildings which uses a multi-period design response spectrum. The State Building Code Council recently approved a code amendment that allows the use of this method under the current building code to address challenges that occur when using the seismic provisions of ASCE 7-16. This presentation will compare seismic demands using both methods around the State of Washington, walk through the proposed code amendment, and demonstrate how to use the multi-period spectrum to calculate seismic demand parameters.

About the Presenter:

Scott Neuman, PE, SE
Director of Earthquake Engineering

Scott Neuman is the Director of Earthquake Engineering at KPFF in Seattle, is a technical committee consulting member of the LATBSDC, and is the current chair of the SEAW EEC. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil and structural engineering respectively from the University of California at Berkeley. Scott has worked at KPFF since 1998 and has focused on the seismic and performance-based design of buildings. He has been the seismic design lead for 15 tall buildings that use seismic performance-based design methods and is the author of KPFF’s seismic design standards.