Recommendations of the Lifeline Policymakers Workshop.
Recommendations of the Lifeline Policymakers Workshop.
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Mohraz, B.; Chung, R. M.
NISTIR 6085; 42 p. October 1997.
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National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB98-110273
Keywords:
lifelines; building technology; earthquakes; earthquake
engineering; mitigation; seismic design; seismic
guidelines
Abstract:
In 1995 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
in consultation with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) prepared a "Plan for Developing
and Adopting Seismic Design Guidelines and Standards for
Lifelines," FEMA 271, which was submitted to Congress in
September 1995. FEMA 271, prepared in response to the
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP)
Reauthorization Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-614), is
based on input from experts in private and public
sectors who participated in a workshop head in 1991 in
Denver, Colorado. It recommends the development and
implementation of design guidelines and standards to
reduce the vulnerability of lifelines to earthquakes.
In December 1995, the Interagency Committee on Seismic
Safety in Construction (ICSSC), through its Subcommittee
2 on Lifelines, suggested that the American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE), with support from NIST, organize
a Lifeline Policymakers Workshop. This workshop, head
in January 1997 in Washington, DC, brought together
leaders in policy making positions from private and
federal sectors to assess FEMA 271 and recommended how
it could best implemented. The workshop participants
strongly endorsed the need for developing and adopting
seismic design guidelines for lifelines. They agreed in
principle with FEMA 271.
