Recommended Modifications to ATC-14

Keywords: ATC-14, Applied Technology Council, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Existing Buildings, Seismic Evaluation, Eastern United States, Nonstructural Elements, Western United States, Ground Motion, Low Seismicity, High Seismicity, Liquefaction, Standards, Building Code, and Seismic Response.

Abstract: Research on the safety assessment of existing buildings ranges from engineering-type broad evaluation methods to detailed experimental and analytical studies of specific types of common buildings or components. This report belongs to the former category and addresses many important questions in the United States. Numerous addition and alteration to the ATC-14 TYPE document, which emphasizes problems that NCEER will also publish a complete ATC-14 type document valid for regions of moderate seimicity which will include all the modifications reported here.