Seismic Performance Prediction Platform

SP3 | Where research meets practice

Advanced building-specific seismic risk analysis, built on the best available science — so you can deliver resilient solutions for your assets and designs.

Webinars & Training

Learn SP3 from the team behind the science

Browse our library of recorded webinar series — resilient design for functional recovery, building-specific collapse risk, AI in structural engineering, and more. Professional development hours (PDHs) provided.

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Our Partners & Clients

Backed by Research. Trusted by Practice.

ZFA Structural Engineers
Taylor Devices
Degenkolb Engineers
Partner
EDCI
DuraFuse Frames
Mar Structural Design
GMS
KPFF
Ausenco
Holmes
Forell | Elsesser
Reaveley Engineers
SidePlate
Simpson Strong-Tie
SOM
Watson Engineering
Thornton Tomasetti
Marx|Okubo
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Nabih Youssef Associates
SEFT Consulting Group

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An Introduction to SP3

Three short videos covering the platform, the workflow, and the FEMA P-58 methodology behind it.

Brief Introduction to SP3 (4 min)
Introduction to SP3 (7 min)
Brief Introduction to FEMA P-58 (15 min)

Client Project Spotlights

Resilient design, out in the real world

SP3 is used by the majority of large west-coast structural engineering companies — these are a few of the resilient-design projects our team is proud to support. Grab the cards to browse.

How a Higher-Fidelity Seismic Assessment Saved UCSF $1 Billion

UCSF Ambulatory Care Center

A higher-fidelity seismic assessment showed UCSF's Ambulatory Care Center did not need the $1B retrofit its original Tier 3 rating implied.

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Treasury Resilience Building

Treasury Resilience Building

Oregon's first USRC Platinum building — seismically isolated by KPFF with SP3, with expected losses reduced to 1% of construction cost.

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555 Capitol Mall

555 Capitol Mall

Miyamoto used SP3 to design a viscous-damper retrofit for two 1970s concrete towers, cutting expected losses to 12% at design-level shaking.

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Casa Adelante, 1296 Shotwell

Casa Adelante, 1296 Shotwell

Mar Structural Design used SP3 to reach a Gold USRC score for this 9-story affordable-housing tower — for just 0.24% of construction cost.

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Long Beach Civic Center

Long Beach Civic Center

Designed with SP3 using the FEMA P-58 and REDi methods for low repair cost and virtually no downtime — resilient design, proven cost-effective.

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1215 O Street, California State Office in Sacramento

1215 O Street, California State Office in Sacramento

KPFF designed this 11-story state building to stay functional after an earthquake, supporting recovery for Sacramento and the State of California.

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