Homebuilders' Guide to Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction

• Author(s): Building Seismic Safety Council, National Inst of Building Sciences, United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency,
• Publisher: Books Express Publishing
• Pages: 226
• ISBN_10: 1782660593
  ISBN_13: 9781782660590
  
• Language: en
• Categories: House & Home / General , House & Home / Design & Construction , House & Home / House Plans , Science / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism , Technology & Engineering / Civil / Earthquake ,

Description:... This publication presents seismic design and construction guidance for one- and two-family houses in a manner that can be utilized by homebuilders, knowledgeable homeowners, and other non-engineers. It incorporates and references the prescriptive provisions of the 2003 International Residential Code as well as the results of the FEMA-funded CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project. The manual includes prescriptive building detail plans based on state-ofthe- art earthquake-resistant design for use by homebuilders and others in the construction of a non-engineered residential structure. Further, the manual also uses the results of recent loss investigations as well as current research and analysis results to identify a number of specific above-code measures for improved earthquake performance along with their associated costs. A typical modern house is used to illustrate the application and benefits of above-code measures.