Loma Prieta Earthquake Commemorative Symposium

Oct. 17, 2009

Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco.

Speakers will discuss the effects of the Loma Prieta earthquake, as well as the tremendous strides that have been made in the past 20 years to make our cities and lifelines safer.  They’ll also look ahead and consider where earthquake professions might be heading over the next 20 years.

For more information about the program, registration, sponsoring organizations or venue, see the event website:

http://peer.berkeley.edu/events/2009/loma_prieta/index.html

September Chapter Meeting

Sept. 16, 2009 “New Seismic Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings in California,” Ron Hamburger, SGH Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Venue: UC Berkeley, Hearst Mining Building Join the chapter for a preview of the New Seismic Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings, the first to include design criteria and guidance for seismic designers and reviewers of tall buildings with industry-wide consensus. These guidelines are expected to be developed into code documents in the future.

Tall Buildings (photo credit: Marcos Saramago)

Arrive early for a Tour of Hearst Mining Building Seismic Isolation Retrofit at 4:30 pm! (for more information contact: Heidi Faison, hfaison@berkeley.edu)

Directions:

For walking, driving and bart directions plus parking information, see the PEER website:

http://peer.berkeley.edu/about/directions_davis.html

The Hearst Mining Building is the building next to PEER’s office in Davis Hall.

ATC & SEI Conference: Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures

December 9-11, 2009

San Francisco

This inaugural conference will focus on exchanging new information on the seismic evaluation and strengthening of existing buildings and other structures. Presentations will include case studies, new discoveries, innovative use of new technologies and materials, shortcomings of existing standards, and socio-economic issues.

For more information, see the event website:

http://www.atc-sei.org/index.html

Under Construction

The EERI-NC website is currently under construction.  Please check back for updates!

School Safety Program

The goal of EERI’s NC School Safety Committee is to educate school administrators and teachers and help high seismic risk schools reduce their risk and minimize life loss in a big earthquake. We hope to do this through a combination of outreach programs, risk surveys, emergency planning assistance, disaster response training, and self-help equipment anchorage programs. The committee is developing a resource list of volunteers for the following activities:

·  Structural engineers to conduct risk surveys of northern Californian schools to identify structural and nonstructural seismic risks.

·  Emergency planners to update emergency plans.

·  CERT Trainers to teach emergency response to school staff.

·  Engineers to develop an equipment anchorage training manual for public schools.

If you are interested in helping with any of the above activities, please email me at tchan@miyamotointernational.com and provide the following information: your contact information, the activity you want to volunteer for, and your field of expertise. The email subject line should be:  EERI schools volunteer – your name.  Thank you.

EERI Annual Meeting

February 3-6, 2010

Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco

EERI National is hosting its 62nd Annual Meeting.  For more information, see the event website: http://www.eeri.org/site/meetings/2010annual-mtg