Homebuilders' guide to earthquake-resistant design and construction
By: prepared by the Building Seismic Safety Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security.
Contributors: Building Seismic Safety Council (U.S.); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Publisher: National Institute of Building Sicences
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Earthquake resistant design; Buildings -- Earthquake effects; Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans
Genres: Designs and plans.
Other titles: Home builders' guide to earthquake-resistant design and construction
Notes: "June 2006."

"FEMA 232."

"This report was prepared under Contract EMW-1998-CO-0419 between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Institute of Building Sciences" -- T.p. verso.

A complete update and rewrite of the 1998 document, Home builders guide to seismic resistant construction (FEMA 232).

"This guide provides information on current best practices for earthquake-resistant house design and construction for use by builders, designers, code enforcement personnel, and potential homeowners. It incorporates lessons learned from the 1989 Loma Prieta and 1994 Northridge earthquakes as well as knowledge gained from the FEMA-funded CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project. It also introduces and explains the effects of earthquake loads on one- and two-family detached houses and identifies the requirements of the 2003 International Residential Code (IRC) intended to resist these loads" -- P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205).