SEAW White Papers

White Paper EEC-#1-2009: November 2009 Special Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls as Building Frame Systems for Mid- and High-Rise Buildings - SEAW Earthquake Engineering Committee

White Paper EEC-#2-2011: April 2011 Code Comparison for Seismic Design from the IBC 2006 to IBC 2009 - SEAW Earthquake Engineering Committee

White Paper EEC #3-2019: June 2020 Cross-Laminated Timber Diaphragms - SEAW Earthquake Engineering Committee

White Paper EEC #4-2022: November 2022 Voluntary Use of Multi-Period Response Spectra for Determination of Seismic Hazard - SEAW Earthquake Engineering Committee

White Paper WEC #1-2016: June 2016 ASCE 7 Triggers for Requiring Wind Tunnel - SEAW Wind Engineering Committee

White Paper WEC #2-2016: June 2016 ASCE 7 Site Specific Exposure Determination - SEAW Wind Engineering Committee

White Paper WEC #3-2023: February 2023. ASCE 7 Special Wind Regions in Washington State - SEAW Wind Engineering Committee

White Paper #2-2009: December 2009 Study of Structural Failures Associated with the Winter 2008-2009 Snow Event in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area - SEAW Spokane Chapter ad hoc committee - Robert Graper, chair 

WABO/SEAW White Papers

Submitted by the WABO/SEAW Liaison Committee 

White Paper #1: June 2020 Guideline - Structural Plan Review Philosophy 

White Paper #2: August 2006 Wet Sealing and Signing of Structural Submittals

White Paper #4: January 2020 Structural Permit Submittal Guidelines

White Paper #5: January 2021 Guideline: Post-Disaster Contract Safety Evaluations

White Paper #6a: January 2021 Phased Approvals in Permitting

White Paper #6b: March 2023 Deferred Submittals

White Paper #7: March 2022 Seismic Design and Gravity Support Requirements for Non-Structural Components

White Paper #8: January 2021 Guidelines for Determining Snow Loads in Washington State

White Paper #9-2020: June 2020 Threaded Rod Holdown Systems in Wood Frame Buildings

White Paper #9-2023: November 2023 Threaded Rod Holdown Systems in Wood Frame Buildings

White Paper #10: January 2020 Guards and Connections

White Paper #11: March 2015 Heavy Vehicle Load Provisions

WABO/SEAW: August 2000 Snow Load Regulations and Engineering Practices - Washington State