Earthquakes: Steel Structures Performance and Design Code Developments (AISC)
The American Institute of Steel Construction (ASIC) Engineering Journal features an article by James W. Marsh on the subject of Earthquakes: Steel Structures Performance and Design Code Developments. A summary of the article from AISC states:
Major earthquakes occur several times each year throughout the world with heavy loss of life and property. It is evident from past occurrences of earthquakes that the highly seismic regions of the United States have a serious earthquake problem, and the less serious regions in the central and eastern parts of the country now realize that they have an earthquake problem which is being addressed through adoption of the latest seismic design provisions into the BOCA and SBCCI building codes. Some of these newly acquired seismic provisions are taken from the Building Seismic Safety Council program on improved seismic safety. The Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) was established in 1979 under the auspices of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) as an entirely new type of instrument to develop and promulgate building earthquake hazard mitigation regulatory provisions that are national in scope.