Report on workshop to incorporate basin response in the design of tall buildings in the Puget Sound region, Washington
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Abstract
On March 4, 2013, the City of Seattle and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) convened a workshop of 25 engineers and seismologists to provide recommendations to the City for the incorporation of amplification of earthquake ground shaking by the Seattle sedimentary basin in the design of tall buildings in Seattle. The workshop was initiated and organized by Susan Chang, a geotechnical engineer with the City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development, along with Art Frankel and Craig Weaver of the USGS. C.B. Crouse of URS Corporation, Seattle made key suggestions for the agenda. The USGS provided travel support for most of the out-of-town participants.
The agenda and invited attendees are given in the appendix. The attendees included geotechnical and structural engineers working in Seattle, engineers with experience utilizing basin response factors in other regions, and seismologists who have studied basin response in a variety of locations. In this report, we summarize the technical presentations and the recommendations from the workshop.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Report on workshop to incorporate basin response in the design of tall buildings in the Puget Sound region, Washington |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2014-1196 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20141196 |
| Year Published | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | v, 28 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Other Geospatial | Puget Sound |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |