Initial Safety Study of Buildings Funded
The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has announced that it has funded the first phase of an $18-million study to develop guidelines for the inspection and repair of steel frame buildings for earthquake damage and to set standards for new construction.
The three-year study will be underwritten by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and conducted by three technical groups: the Structural Engineers Assn. of California, the Applied Technology Council and the California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.
Tom Mullins, spokesman for the OES, said the first phase, at a cost of $1.8 million, is expected to last about four months and will set guidelines for inspection and repair of steel frame buildings damaged in the Northridge earthquake.
The second phase of the OES study will include physical testing of mock-ups to come up with design standards for new construction.
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