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Seismic Mitigation
"Having a building designed
to withstand seismic activity may lessen the damage,
just as having a seaworthy
boat weathers a storm
better than a leaky scow."
—from the monograph
The primary purpose of Seismic Mitigation is to
illustrate what building designers can do to reduce the
effects of earthquakes, both in terms of injury to occupants
and significant damage to the building itself.
Features
- The monograph considers a basic fact:
Informed design decisions can lead to better performance
by structures during earthquakes. Seismically savvy design
depends on direct observations of actual building performance
in disastrous earthquakes.
- Two presentations underpin the monograph.
The first is a basic primer on design done largely in the
absence of informed concern for earthquakes.
- The second presentation consists of
the examination (in the form of a running critique) of a
set of buildings that represent a range of common design
situations.
- A variety of figures and photographic
evidence rounds out the information provided in this always
timely publication.
Author
James Ambrose is a Los Angeles-based consulting architect,
structural engineer and author. He recently retired as a
professor of architecture from the University of Southern
California. Ambrose also wrote the Subsurface Conditions
monograph with Dov Kaminetzky and Luther Bourda.
Continuing Education and Cost Information
$250 ($150 for current NCARB Record holders)
79 pages
10 PDUs and 10 AIA LUs (in health, safety, and welfare)
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