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1、SeismicRetrofitTrainingForBuildingContractors&InspectorsPARTICIPANTHANDBOOKSeismicRetrofitTrainingForBuildingContractors&InspectorsCoverPhoto:HaleHouse(1887)HeritageSquareMuseumLosAngeles,CaliforniaPhotoCredit:TimothyP.McCormick,P.E.PARTICIPANTHANDBOOKABOUTTHISTRAININGCOURSETheCityofLosAngele
2、s,andtheStructuralEngineersAssociationofSouthernCalifornia(SEAOSC)createdataskforcetostudythereasonforthewidespreaddamageinthe1994NorthridgeEarthquake.Thetaskforceconcludedthatoneprimarycauseofdamagewasthelackofqualitycontrolinthedesign,construction,andinspectionofwoodframebuildings.TheFedera
3、lEmergencyManagementAgency(FEMA),StateofCaliforniaOfficeofEmergencyServices(OES),CityofLosAngeles,SEAOSCandtheBuildingIndustryAssociation(BIA)joinedforcestoprovideadditionaltraininginseismic-resistantconstruction.Thiscourseisoneoutcomeoftheircooperativeeffort.Thiscourseseekstoteachbuildingcon
4、tractorsandbuildinginspectorsthecorrectmethodsfordoingtypicalseismicretrofitsthathavebeendesignedbyanengineerorarchitectordescribedinaprescriptivestandard.Thecoursewillnotteachonehowtodesignaseismicretrofit,butratherhowtoproperlyimplementthedesign.WoodwardClydeFederalServicesandtheHazardMitig
5、ationTechnicalAssistancePartnership,Inc.createdthismanualandcourseupdate.ThenewcourseincludessomeelementsoftheoriginalcoursepreparedbyWiss,Janney,ElstnerAssociates,Inc.andOrganizationalLearningSystems,Inc.Revisionstothemanualandcoursecontentareprimarilytheworkoftheprivateinstructionalteamofex
6、pertsFEMAoriginallyhiredtoteachthecourse.TheFEMAinstructionalteammembersare:ArielBabikian,FormerTechnicalSpecialistsManager,CaliforniaOfficeofEmergencyServicesGeorgeD.Calkins,Esq.,Cox,Castle&Nicholson,LLPRichardChylinksi,FAIA,ProfessorofArchitecture,CaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity,Pomona
7、StephanA.Kiefer,C.B.O.,BuildingOfficial,CityofDublin,CaliforniaTimothyP.McCormick,P.E.,Director,AnchorL.A.Program,CityofLosAngelesEditor-inChiefTheauthorsexpresssincereappreciationtoJeannePerkins,PatrickMcClellan,LindaNosonandAnthonyQamarfort
