Useful Structural Information & Links
Government and Code
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEMA: What to do before an earthquake
- US Geological Survey
- Recent Earthquakes
- US Seismic Design Maps (web application). See below for a link to the downloadable java application.
- Association of Bay Area Governments
- Earthquake & Hazards Program
- Liquefaction Maps & Information
- State of California
- California Building Code 2010
- DSA IR Manual
- OSHPD Preapproval of Anchorage (OPA)
- OSHPD CANs and PINs
- California Emergency Management Agency
- Department of Consumer Affairs License Lookup
- City of San Francisco
- San Francisco Building Code 2010
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Associations
- Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
- What is a Structural Engineer?
- How to Fix My Home
- ASCE
- Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
Useful Links
- Software
- USGS Ground Motion Parameter Calculator
- Alex Tomanovich writes some great Excel sheets. I use his ASCE 7 Wind calculation spreadsheet.
- International Code Council
- Evaluation Reports
- “Wet” Signatures on Drawings
- Many people are still asking for “wet” signed drawings when submitting them to an approval agency. The Board for Professional Engineers has allowed the signature to be applied either by hand or electronically (section 411 (d) of the Board Rules).
- Latitude and Longitude from Google Maps
- The ground motion maps from USGS require coordinates for the building, which can be obtained from google maps. Go to the sprocket in the top right corner and select “Maps Labs”. Enable “LatLng Marker”. You can now right click anywhere on a map and select “Drop LatLng Marker”.
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