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• Will Changing Regulations Change the Way You Do Business?
  

Symposium on Seismic Regulations and Challenges for Protecting Building Equipment, Components & Operations

Below are links to archived webcasts of symposium presentations, as well as speaker bios, abstracts, and pdf files of presentation slides. Please note that some speakers included test video within their presentations. Unfortunately, test videos are not viewable through the webcast. However, they are viewable via the pdf files. Should you wish to view the test videos, we suggest that you open the corresponding pdf file, which can be printed, and follow along with the webcast of the presentation.

Changing Codes, Regulations and Related Developments

• US Building Seismic Code Testing Requirements for Nonstructural Components
  Bob Bachman, Immediate Past Chair, ASCE 7 Seismic Task Committee, 2002-2005 Cycles
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)
• California’s Hospital Seismic Upgrade Program (SB 1953)
  Chris Tokas, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD)
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)

Implementation Issues & Challenges

• Codes + Implementation + Qualification = Risk Reduction
  Jim Carlson, Omaha Public Power District, Member, ASHRAE TC 2.7 Seismic and Wind Restraint Design
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)
• The Business Imperatives of Seismic Resilience
  Jay Lewis, Terra Firm, Inc.
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)
• Harmonizing Protection of Buildings, Equipment & Contents
  Scott Campbell, Kinetics Noise Control
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)
• The Ceiling Systems – One Manufacturer’s Perspective
  Paul Hough, Armstrong World Industries
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)

Seismic Qualification and Testing of Equipment

• Seismic Qualification of Equipment by Analysis
  Steve Eder, Facility Risk Consultants, Inc.
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)
  
• Seismic Qualification and Fragility Testing of Nonstructural Components
  Andre Filiatrault, Director, SEESL
  PDF slides (pdf) | abstract & bio (pdf)
• Development of a Qualification Test Protocol for Distributed Nonstructural Components
  Rodrigo Retamales Saavedra, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering,
  UB-NCS
  PDF slides (pdf)| abstract & bio-pdf)