June 10: AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) document “Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings”,
has become the reference document for seismic design of steel structures throughout the United States. Since its
initial publication in 2000, the International Building Code has incorporated these provisions by reference. Since
their 1997 publication, the AISC Seismic Provisions have been updated on a regular basis in order to incorporate new
developments from the FEMA/SAC project on moment frames and other work in this area. The latest revision culminated in
2005 with the publication of a completely new set of provisions that is in the same unified format as the main AISC
design specification. In addition, this edition adds two new structural systems (Buckling Restrained Braced Frames and
Steel Plate Shear Walls) and makes reference to a new AISC standard for the pre-qualification of seismic moment
connections that was also completed in 2005. Major improvements to the quality control sections, based on FEMA 353,
are also included for the first time. Coordinated efforts between AISC, ASCE-7 and the
Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) will continue the process of keeping the seismic design provisions for structural
steel buildings as current as possible. This presentation will summarize the 2005 AISC Seismic Provisions and the use of
the new moment connection pre-qualification standard. It will also address work that is underway to update the standard
for the 2010 edition of the AISC Seismic Provisions.
This course will award 1.5 hours of continuing education.
The times will be 10:00 Pacific, 11:00 Mountain, 12:00 Central, and 1:00 Eastern
Approved in All 50 States
James O. Malley Bio
James O. Malley is a Senior Principal with Degenkolb Engineers of San Francisco, California. He received both his
Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. A registered Structural Engineer in
California, Mr. Malley has over 25 years of experience in the seismic design, evaluation and rehabilitation of building
structures. He has specialized in the seismic design of steel frame structures, especially for health care facilities.
Mr. Malley served as the Project Director for Topical Investigations for the SAC Steel Program. In that position, he was
responsible for directing data collection and interpretation of steel frame buildings damaged by the
Northridge Earthquake and all of the analytical and testing investigations performed as part of the SAC Steel Project.
In 2000, this work was recognized by AISC in presenting Mr. Malley its’ Special Achievement Award. Mr. Malley is a
member of the AISC Specifications Committee and the Chair of the AISC Seismic Subcommittee that is responsible for
developing the AISC Seismic Provisions that are the basis of the IBC. Mr. Malley is a member of the ASCE Committee on
Steel Buildings and the ASCE Seismic Effects Committee. He is also a member of the AWS D1.l Subcommittee on
Seismic Welding Issues that publishes the AWS D1.8 Seismic Supplement to AWS D1.1.He was a member of the steel
subcommittee of the ATC 33 project that developed FEMA 273/274, “NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of
Buildings”, and is the chair of the Building Seismic Safety Council TS 6 on Structural Steel and Composite Construction.
Jim has served as a member of the SEAONC and SEAOC Board of Directors, and was President of SEAONC in 2000-2001.
He was President of SEAOC in 2003-2004. He was named a SEAOC Fellow in 2007. He is presently a member of the
Board of Directors of NCSEA. He has made numerous presentations on the effects of the Northridge Earthquake on
Steel Frame Buildings, as well as the seismic design of steel structures. The author of over fifty technical papers,
Mr. Malley was the Co-Recipient (with the late Egor Popov) of the 1986 ASCE Raymond C. Reese Research Prize ASCE for the
paper "Shear Links in Eccentrically Braced Frames".
