SP3 risk analysis is based on 20+ years of research and development and has a deep and reliable technical basis, including the underlying FEMA P-58 risk analysis method, as well as the many SP3 Engines and SP3 Databases that support streamlined risk assessment. Please find technical publications here documenting this technical work, and also please see the SP3 Knowledge Base.

Resilient Design in SP3 using a Taylor Damped Moment Frame (TDMF™)

Welch, D.P, and DeBock, D.J. (2023)

New Resilient Structural Systems Available in SP3 Webinar Series Prepared by Haselton Baker Risk Group LLC and Taylor Devices, Inc., July 19, 2023.

New Resilient Structural System in SP3: Taylor Damped Moment Frame (TDMF™)

Welch, D.P, DeBock, D.J., and Canney, N.E. (2023)

New Resilient Structural Systems Available in SP3 Webinar Series Prepared by Haselton Baker Risk Group LLC and Taylor Devices, Inc., June 22, 2023.

FEMA P-58 Functional Recovery Module – Methodology and Use for Resilient Design

Heintz, J.A., and Liel, A.B. (2023)

Resilient Design for Functional Recovery Webinar Series Prepared for Haselton Baker Risk Group, LLC, May 24, 2023.

Resilient Design for Functional Recovery using SP3 and FEMA P-58 (+ ATC-138)

Haselton, C.B. (2023)

Resilient Design for Functional Recovery Webinar Series Prepared by Haselton Baker Risk Group LLC, March 8, 2023.

FEMA P-58 for Seismic Risk Assessment

Malatesta, A., DeBock, D.J., Almeter, E.L., Welch, D.P., and Haselton, C.B. (2022)

National Council of Structural Engineers Association (NCSEA) Annual Summit, November 2, 2022.

Practical Design Procedure for Steel Moment Frames with Fluid Viscous Dampers

Welch, D.P., DeBock, D.J., Canney, N.E., and Harris, J.R. (2022)

2022 Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) Convention, September 2, 2022.

Building Reoccupancy and Recovery Times as Measured by the ATC-138 Functional Recovery Methodology

Almeter, E., Dahal, L., DeBock, D.J., Haselton, C.B., Liel, A.B., and Cook, D.T. (2022)

ATC-138 Functional Recovery Project Workshop, August 17, 2022.

Comparison of FEMA P-58 with Other Building Seismic Risk Assessment Methods

Malatesta, A., DeBock, D.J., Almeter, E., and Haselton, C.B. (2022)

12th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering (12NCEE), June 30, 2022.

Bringing Design for Functional Recovery into the State of Practice: Updated Analytical Tools and Use on Recent Projects

Haselton, C.B., Almeter, E., Liel, A.B., and Cook, D.T. (2022)

12th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering (12NCEE), June 29, 2022.

Legislative Efforts in the United States to Change Building Code Requirements from Safety-Only-Based Design to Functionality-Based (Resilient) Design

Haselton, C.B., Almeter, E., DeBock, D.J., and Wade, K. (2020)

The 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendia, Japan, September 27-October 2, 2021.

Hindcast Loss Estimates for the 1994 Northridge Earthquake: Implications for Loss Assessment at Low Intensity Shaking

Cook, D.T., Liel, A.B., DeBock, D.J., Haselton, C.B., Wade, K.F., Almeter, E.L., and Gupta, A. (2020)

The 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendia, Japan, September 27-October 2, 2021.

Seismic Risk and Resiliency Assessment of Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames Considering Effects of Residual Drifts

Saxey, B., Almeter, E., and Haselton, C.B. (2020)

The 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendia, Japan, September 27-October 2, 2021.

Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Times for New Residential Buildings in California: What do Current Codes and Building Practices Provide?

Haselton, C.B., DeBock, D.J., and Cook, D. (2021).

Prepared by Haselton Baker Risk Group LLC, April 28, 2021.

Resilient Design for Functional Recovery: Motivations and Drivers (and lots of examples!)

Haselton, C.B., et al. (2020)

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Conference, San Diego CA, March 2-6, 2020.

Resilient Design for Functional Recovery – Expectations for Current California Buildings and Possible Approaches to More Resilient Design

Haselton, C.B., DeBock, D.J., Almeter, E., and Wade, K. (2019)

Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association of California Conference, August 2019, Tahoe City, California.

Implications of Seismic Design Values for Economic Loses

Cook, D., Liel, A.B., Luco, N., Almeter, E., and Haselton, C.B. (2019)

13th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP13, Seoul, South Korea, May 26-30, 2019.

Resilient Design and Risk Assessment Using FEMA P-58 Analysis

Haselton, C.B., Hamburger, R.O., and Baker, J.W. (2018)

Structure Magazine, 2018.

Resilient Seismic Design using Prescriptive and Non-Prescriptive Design Methods

Haselton, C.B., and Cook, D.T. (2018)

The 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, June 2018, 9 pp.

New Developments for Rapid Seismic Risk Assessment of Wood Light-Frame Buildings

DeBock, D.J., Cook, D.T., Haselton, C.B., and Wade, K.F. (2018)

The 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, June 2018, 8 pp.

Seismic Risk Assessment of Tilt-Up Buildings Using the FEMA P-58 Method

Wade, K.F., DeBock, D.J., Lawson, J.W., Koliou, M., Cook, D.T., and Haselton, C.B. (2018)

The 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, June 2018, 11 pp.

Rapid Risk Assessment of Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames, with Focus on Residual Drifts

Almeter, E., Wade, K.F., Haselton, C.B., and Saxey, B. (2018)

The 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, June 2018, 11 pp.

Expected Performance of New Building-Code-Compliant Buildings in California

Wade, K., DeBock, D.J., Haselton, C.B., Cook, D., and Almeter, E. (2018)

Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association of California Conference, 2018.

Seismic Risk Assessment of Buckling Restrained Braced Frame Buildings, Including Detailed Evaluation of Residual Drifts

Saxey, B., Almeter, E., and Haselton, C.B. (2018)

New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference, 2018.

Response-History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings: Part I – Development of Recommendations for the NEHRP Provisions and the ASCE/SEI 7 Standard

Haselton, C.B., Fry, A., Baker, J.W., Hamburger, R.O., Whittaker A.S., Stewart, J.P., Elwood, K.J., Luco, N., Hooper, J.D., Charney, F.A., and Pekelnicky, R.G. (2017)

Earthquake Spectra.

Response-History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings in the NEHRP Provisions and ASCE/SEI 7 Standard: Part II – Structural Analysis Procedures and Acceptance Criteria

Haselton, C.B., Fry, A., Hamburger, R.O., Baker, J.W., Luco, N., Elwood, K.J., Hooper, J.D., Charney, F.A., Zimmerman, R., Pekelnicky, R.G., and Whittaker, A.S. (2017)

Earthquake Spectra.

Considerations for a Framework of Resilient Structural Design for Earthquakes

Gebelein, J., Barnard, M., Burton, H., Cochran, M., Haselton, C.B., McLellan, R., and Porter, K. (2017)

Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association Conference, September 2017, Los Angeles, California.

New Developments in Resilience-Based Seismic Design and Enhanced Risk Assessment in the U.S.

Wade, K., Cook, D., and Haselton, C.B. (2017)

The 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, January 2017, 10 pp.

Response History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings: Part III – Example Applications to Illustrate the Recommended Methodology

Zimmerman, R.B., Baker, J.W., Haselton, C.B., Bono, S., Engel, A., Hooper, J.D., Hamburger, R.O., Celikbas, A., and Jalalian, A. (2016)

Earthquake Spectra.

Guidelines on Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Steel and Concrete Moment Frames

Haselton, C.B., et. al. (11 authors) (2016)

Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association of California Conference, October 12-15, 2016, Maui, Hawaii.

Improving Seismic Design of Buildings with Configuration Irregularities

Valley, M., Naeim, F., Haselton, C.B., Sabelli, R., Hortacsu, A., Sabol, T., Kircher, C., Tong, M., and Lowes, L. (2016)

Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association of California Conference, October 12-15, 2016, Maui, Hawaii.

New Developments in FEMA P-58 Seismic Risk Assessment of Wood Light-Frame Buildings

DeBock, D.J., Wade, K., Cook, D., and Haselton, C.B. (2016)

Proceedings of the Structural Engineers Association of California Conference, October 12-15, 2016, Maui, Hawaii.

Keynote: Can we achieve seismically resilient buildings (and cities)? A look at recent developments and leveraging these moving forward

Haselton, C.B. (2015)

Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, Organized by the Applied Technology Council and Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, San Francisco, California, December 2015.

Building Loss Estimation Methods – A Comparison of Methods and Recommendations for the Future

Cook, D., Fitzgerald, K., Chrupalo, T., Haselton, C.B., and Baker, J.W. (2015)

Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, Organized by the Applied Technology Council and Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE, San Francisco, California, December 2015.

A New Dataset for Full-Scale RC Columns under Collapse-Consistent Loading Protocols

Nojavan, A., Schultz, A., Haselton, C.B., Simathathien, S., Liu, X., and Chao, S-H. (2015)

Earthquake Spectra.

Nonlinear Response-History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings: Update to ASCE7 Chapter 16

Haselton, C.B., et al. (2014)

2014 Structural Engineers Association of California Convention Proceedings, Palm Springs, California.

Progress on Resilience-Based Seismic Design Supported by Advanced Prediction of Building Damage, Repair Costs, and Building Closure Time

Haselton, C.B., Cook, D., Fitzgerald, K., and Baker, J.W. (2014)

15th U.S.-Japan Workshop on Improvement of Structural Design and Construction Practices, Organized by the Applied Technology Council.

Response-History Analysis for the Design of New Buildings: A Fully Revised Chapter 16 Methodology Proposed for the 2014 NEHRP Provisions and the ASCE/SEI 7-16 Standard

Haselton, C.B., et al. (2014)

10th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Anchorage, Alaska, July 2014.

Nonlinear Analysis in Accordance with ASCE 7-16 (proposed) and ASCE 41-13: Compatibilities, Incompatibilities, and Needed Future Work

Haselton, C.B., et al. (2014)

10th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Anchorage, Alaska, July 2014.

Preliminary Results for NEESR Full-Scale RC Column Tests Under Collapse-Consistent Loading Protocols

Nojavan, A., Schultz, A.E., Chao, S-H., Haselton, C.B., Simasathien, S., Palacios, G., and Liu, X. (2014)

10th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Anchorage, Alaska, July 2014.

Development of Simplified Seismic Design Requirements for Seismic Design Category B Buildings in the ASCE7 Standard

Haselton, C.B., Liel, A.B., DeBock, D.J., Hooper, J.D., and Henige, R. (2014)

Proceedings of American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, Structures Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2014.

Proposed Changes to Nonlinear Response-History Provisions of the ASCE/SEI 7-16 Standard

Haselton, C.B., et al. (2014)

Proceedings of American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, Structures Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2014.

Conditional-Spectrum-based ground motion selection. Part I: Hazard consistency for risk-based assessments

Lin, T., Haselton, C.B., and Baker, J.W. (2013)

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Volume 42, Issue 12, pp. 1847-1865, October 2013.

Conditional-Spectrum-based ground motion selection. Part II: Intensity-based assessments and evaluation of alternative target spectra [37 papers]

Lin, T., Haselton, C.B., and Baker, J.W. (2013)

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Volume 42, Issue 12, pp. 1867-1884, October 2013.

Importance of Seismic Design Accidental Torsion Requirements for Building Collapse Capacity

Debock, J.D., Liel, A.B., Haselton, C.B., Hooper, J.D., and Henige, R.A. (2013)

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2375

Performance-Based Predictions of Earthquake-Induced Economic Losses in Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures

Ramirez, C.M., Liel, A.B., Mitrani-Reiser, J., Haselton, C.B., Spear, A.D., Steiner, J., Deierlein, G.G., and Miranda, E. (2012)

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Volume 41, Issue 11, pp. 1455-1475, September 2012.

Seismic Collapse Safety of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: I. Assessment of Ductile Moment Frames

Haselton, C.B., Liel, A.B., Deierlein, G.G., Dean, B.S., and Chou, J.H. (2011)

American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 137, Number 4, pp. 481-491, April 2011.

Seismic Collapse Safety of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: II. Comparative Assessment of Non-Ductile and Ductile Moment Frames

Liel, A.B., Haselton, C.B., and Deierlein, G.G. (2011)

American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 137, Number 4, pp. 492-502, April 2011.

Accounting for Expected Spectral Shape (Epsilon) in Collapse Performance Assessment

Haselton, C.B., Baker, J.W., Liel, A.B., and Deierlein, G.G. (2011)

American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Structural Engineering, Special Issue on Earthquake Ground-Motion Selection and Modification for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis, Volume 137, Number 3, pp. 332-344, March 2011.

Incorporating Modeling Uncertainties in the Assessment of Seismic Collapse Risk of Buildings

Liel, A.B., Haselton, C.B., Deierlein, G.G., and Baker, J.W. (2009)

Structural Safety, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 197-211, January 2009.

Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of a Code-Conforming Reinforced-Concrete Frame Building – from Seismic Hazard to Collapse Safety and Economic Losses

Goulet, C., Haselton, C.B., Mitrani-Reiser, J., Beck, J., Deierlein, G.G., Porter, K.A., and Stewart, J. (2007)

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Volume 36, Issue 13, pp. 1973-1997, June 2007.

Chapter 3, Design Examples – Earthquake Ground Motions (2016)

National Earthquake Hazard Program Provisions, Building Seismic Safety Council, National Institute of Building Science, with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Chapter 5, Design Examples – Nonlinear Response-History Analysis (2016)

National Earthquake Hazard Program Provisions, Building Seismic Safety Council, National Institute of Building Science, with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Chapter 16, Seismic Response-History Procedure (2015)

National Earthquake Hazard Program Provisions, Building Seismic Safety Council, National Institute of Building Science, with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (being used as part of the 2016 revision to the ASCE 7 Standard, i.e. the U.S. building code)

Chapter 24, Alternative Seismic Design Requirements for Seismic Design Category B Buildings (2015)

National Earthquake Hazard Program Provisions, Building Seismic Safety Council, National Institute of Building Science, with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Guidelines for Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Design of Buildings Part I – General

Applied Technology Council (ATC) (2017)

Prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Prepared by the Applied Technology Council under Project ATC-114, Redwood City, CA

Guidelines for Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Design of Buildings Part IIa – Steel Moment Frames

Applied Technology Council (ATC) (2017)

Prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Prepared by the Applied Technology Council under Project ATC-114, Redwood City, CA

Guidelines for Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Design of Buildings Part IIb – Reinforced Concrete Moment Frames

Applied Technology Council (ATC) (2017)

Prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Prepared by the Applied Technology Council under Project ATC-114, Redwood City, CA [C.B. Haselton was the Technical Director for this portion of the project]

Beam-Column Element Model Calibrated for Predicting Flexural Response Leading to Global Collapse of RC Frame Buildings, PEER Report 2007/03

Haselton, C.B., A.B. Liel, S. Taylor Lange, and G.G. Deierlein (2008)

Pacific Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, California

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