The Latest from SP3
News & Updates
Product releases, research milestones, webinars, and progress on resilient design building codes.
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SP3 Presents Resilient Design at 2023 CCEE-PCEE
SP3’s, Ed Almeter, presented on resilient design for functional recovery methodologies and steps developed through the recent ATC-138 project (and FEMA P-58) at the Canadian Conference in Vancouver, BC (Canada).
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Functional Recovery of Current ASCE 7 Code-Minimum Buildings, and Need for Resilience-Based Design Webinar (FR Webinar #3)
This webinar will presented study results on the expected functional recovery performance of new buildings designed by ASCE 7, as well as specific design needs for resilient design. Presenters will show how fairly long recovery times are expected for new buildings subjected to design shaking (~3-12 months, depending on building specifics). This reflects the current ASCE 7 performance objective being occupant safety (for RC II), and not necessarily for the building to be functional (or even occupiable) following a major earthquake.
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FEMA P-58 Functional Recovery Module Webinar (FR Webinar #2)
This webinar presented the new FEMA P-58 Functional Recovery Module (developed on the ATC-138 project) and how this new FEMA P-58 FR Module can be used to facilitate resilient seismic design of buildings. Presenters Jon Heintz and Abbie Liel each led phases in the two-part development of this new functional recovery methodology and module.
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SP3 Functional Recovery Webinar Series Plans Announced
In March, the SP3 Team kicked off a new webinar series focused on Resilient Design for Functional Recovery. The goal of this webinar series is to keep you updated on the many recent developments in this resilient design arena, and to provide you with the tools, background, and training necessary to implement resilient design for functional recovery in your structural engineering practice.
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New SP3 Resilient Design for Functional Recovery Webinar Series
The SP3 Team is kicked off a new webinar series, March 8th, focused on Resilient Design for Functional Recovery. The goal of this webinar series is to keep you updated on the many recent developments in this resilient design arena, and to provide you with the tools, background, and training necessary to implement resilient design for functional recovery in your structural engineering practice.
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SP3-SiteHazards Expanded to Include CA Dam Inundation and HI Maps
The SP3-SiteHazards software product is regularly updated to include additional data sources as they become available, and our recent updates incorporates recently updated data and maps for Hawaii. These include landslide maps, tsunami maps, site soil information, and prior-event ShakeMaps.
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Ferndale Earthquake Reconnaissance & Webinar
Designing for functional recovery does not mean designing for no damage, but rather designing to prevent damage that prevents the building from being occupiable and functional. Our analytical methods for estimating functional recovery times (mentioned in the earlier article in this newsletter) depend heavily on what damage can/cannot be accommodated while the building remains functional.
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5th International Workshop on SPONSE
SP3 Senior Research Engineer, Dave Welch, Ph.D., was invited by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) to serve on the scientific committee to be a part of the review process and development of the workshop proceedings. The Fifth International Workshop on Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements (5SPONSE) took place on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California (USA) on December 5 to 7, 2022.
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2022 NCSEA Summit
SP3 Sr. Associate, Aaron Malatesta, presents on applications for seismic risk assessment, methodologies and recent SP3 comparison study results of other available methods at the 2022 NCSEA conference in Chicago, IL. This presentation aligned with the conference’s focus on the importance of the practical application of advanced technologies in structural design of buildings and implications of new tools with upcoming building code changes.
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New International Sites in SP3-RiskModel
The SP3-RiskModel has now been extended to work seamlessly for international sites, leveraging the modeling automations previously only available for sites in the United States. Please see our SP3 Knowledge Base article for more of the technical details!