Venue: Virtual Description: This training describes the sources and types of nonstructural earthquake damage and the effective methods and guidance that individuals and organizations can use to take action now before the next earthquake and minimize future injuries and property losses from nonstructural risks. Nonstructural components of buildings include all elements that are not part […]

Venue: Virtual DESCRIPTION: This free, web-based training provides a methodology to identify and retrofit specific vulnerabilities in wood light-frame dwellings. Wood light-frame residential buildings represent the most common type of dwelling in the United States. Although this type of construction in one- and two-family configurations has generally provided good performance in past earthquakes, there are […]

Venue: Virtual DESCRIPTION: This training provides an overview of the building code as it pertains to earthquake effects on buildings. It underlines the importance of code adoption and enforcement. Audience: Building officials, building contractors, decision makers, emergency managers, and other stakeholders interested in seismic safety. (Note: Engineers and building professionals who are interested in communicating […]