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Since 1959, the SEAOC Blue Book: Seismic Design Recommendations has been the premier publication of the SEAOC Seismology Committee and well-known among engineers, researchers ,and building officials. This new edition was originally unveiled at the 2008 SEAOC Convention and has since been expanded with three additional articles.
Much of the SEAOC Blue Book is new relative to the previous edition - from the title, layout and format of the articles to the general commentary and philosophical discussion of earthquake engineering issues. It provides insight and discussion of earthquake engineering concepts; interpretations of sometimes ambiguous or conflicting provisions of various codes, standards, and guidelines; and practical guidance on design implementation.
This SEAOC Blue Book - Seismic Design Recommendations is the premier publication of the SEAOC Seismology Committee. The name "Blue Book" is renowned worldwide among engineers, researchers, and building officials. Since 1959, the SEAOC Blue Book, previously titled Recommended Lateral Force Requirements and Commentary, has been a prescient publication of earthquake engineering. The seventh and final edition of Recommended Lateral Force Requirements and Commentary was published in 1999. The "Blue Book" has been at the vanguard of earthquake engineering in California and around the world. This new edition, the eighth overall, looks to extend that tradition. The series of articles, while different than the single-volume Blue Books of the past, builds upon the tremendous effort of those who have forged earthquake engineering practice via the previous half-century of Blue Book editions.
This version of the Blue Book has a reduced emphasis on code provision commentary, which is now provided in publications such as NEHRP Recommended Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures - Part 2: Commentary (FEMA 450). Seismic Design Recommendations provides insight and discussion of earthquake engineering concepts; interpretations of sometimes ambiguous or conflicting provisions of various codes, standards, and guidelines; and practical guidance on design implementation. This has all developed through countless hours of effort contributed by many SEAOC members, with considerable oversight and contribution from SEAOC Seismology Committee members over a six-year period.
While much is new, the Blue Book will still offer background and commentary on the building code, it will still be the companion document most useful to practicing structural engineers, and it will still be the vehicle for formalizing and explaining positions of the SEAOC Seismology Committee. Each Blue Book article covers a specific topic, some related to a particular code provision and some are more general relating to an area of practice. |
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