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Designing Hospitals for Seismic Design Category C
Special seismic detailing is routine for West Coast engineers, but for many engineers in the rest of the country, we spend our time designing structures in Seismic Design Category A and B. However, in some areas and conditions, the high Risk Category of buildings such as hospitals tip the structure into Seismic Design Category C. What does this mean for code requirements, special detailing, extra design time, material quantities, coordination with other design team members?
Date: March 21, 2024 | Thu 12:00 America/Chicago
FRP Collector Strengthening in a California Hospital
Seton Medical Center is hospital south of San Francisco, CA, that had fallen behind in meeting state-mandated seismic performance milestones and was under a tight deadline to ensure the building could safely remain open for patients. After various stops and starts, the retrofit moved forward with a combination of traditional materials and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), which was initially specified to enhance seismic shear on columns. Simpson Strong-Tie joined the project team as FRP manufacturer and engineer-of-record for the composite system after building full-scale column mock-ups to address constructability concerns. Simpson’s composites development team then value engineered steel collectors to FRP, leveraging Simpson’s certified Tyrell Gilb Laboratory in Stockton, CA, to perform several rounds of testing to validate high load-carrying capacities of the collectors, and satisfy many unique field constraints on the project.
Date: March 26, 2024 | Tue 12:00 America/Chicago
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