Upcoming Workshop

Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) Seismic Design Procedures Reassessment Group (SDPRG – a.k.a., Project ‘07)

September 10, 2008 – 9am to 5pm Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport – Burlingame, California

Sponsors: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) United States Geological Survey (USGS)

9:00 – 9:15
Opening Remarks (David Bonneville)
9:15 – 9:45
Status of 2009 NEHRP Provisions Update (Ron Hamburger)
9:45 – 10:15
Introduction to SDPRG and Changes Proposed for 2009 NEHRP Provisions Charlie Kircher, SDPRG Chair
10:15 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 11:15
2008 Update of USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps Mark Petersen, USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project Chief
11:15 – 12:00
Risk–Targeted Ground Motions Nicolas Luco, SDPRG Task Leader
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch and Status of Other BSSC Activities
1:30 – 2:00
Maximum Direction Ground Motions Andrew Whittaker, SDPRG Task Leader
2:00 – 2:15
84^th–Percentile Deterministic Ground Motions Andrew Whittaker, SDPRG Task Leader
2:15 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 3:15
Summary of SDPRG Proposal for Changes for 2009 NEHRP Provisions Charlie Kircher, SDPRG Chair
3:15 – 4:00
Demonstration of Updated USGS Web Tool for Seismic Design Values Nicolas Luco, USGS Seismic Design Maps Task Leader
4:00 – 4:45
Additional Q&A and/or Moderated Panel Discussion E.V. Leyendecker, USGS Emeritus Seismic Design Maps Task Leader
4:45 – 5:00
Closing Remarks (David Bonneville)