Next Generation Attenuation Relationships Workshop
Workshop Location:
PEER Facility
Richmond, CA
September 25-26, 2006
Workshop Name:
Workshop on Implementation of the Next Generation Attenuation Relationships (NGA) in the 2007 Revision of the National Seismic Hazard Maps
Workshop Agenda:
Monday, September 25
- 9:00 AM - Welcome and Overview: Mark Petersen
- 9:20 AM - Charge to Workshop Participants: Rob Wesson
- 9:30 AM - NGA Developer Presentations
- 12:00 Noon - Lunch
- 1:00 PM - Potential User Reactions
- Topic 1 - Uncertainty
- Rob Graves - Potential Bias in Recorded Ground Motions
- Steve Harmsen - Comparisons with Previous Attenuation Relations
- Mike Reichle
- Bob Youngs
- Jennie Watson-Lamprey
- Paul Spudich
Topic 2 - Directivity
- Tianqing Cao - Soil Amplification
Topic 3 - Soils
- Mark Petersen
Topic 4 - Brief Discussion of Approaches to Weighting
- Possible building code spokesperson
Topic 5 - Building Code Concerns
Topic 6 - Other Concerns
- 4:00 PM - Initial Reactions of Workshop Participants
- 5:30 PM - Response of Developers
- 6:30 PM - Close
Tuesday September 26
- 9:00 AM - Presentations of Reactions/Recommendations by Workshop Participants
- 11:00 AM - Discussion
- 12:00 Noon - Lunch
- 1:00 PM - Discussion
- 2:00 PM - Preparation of written recommendations by Workshop Participants on the use of NGA in the revision of National Hazards Maps
- 5:00 PM - Close
