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The Long Road: Advancing First-Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design for Steel Buildings Part 1 – Background and Motivation

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Matthew Speicher, John Harris

Abstract

This article discusses the background and motivation of work conducted at NIST to advance first-generation performance-based design procedures in ASCE 41.
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STRUCTURE Magazine
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Keywords

PBSD, seismic, performance-based design, steel structures
Structural engineering, Standards, Resilience, Infrastructure, Earthquake risk reduction, Disaster and failure studies, Community resilience and Building codes and standards

Citation

Speicher, M. and Harris, J. (2021), The Long Road: Advancing First-Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design for Steel Buildings Part 1 – Background and Motivation, STRUCTURE Magazine, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=932525 (Accessed April 30, 2025)

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Created October 21, 2021, Updated April 17, 2025