 |
| Purchase Information |
| Use this form to request purchase information on ASTM online subscriptions. |
|
|
Document ASTM E 2026 is offered by IHS as part of an online subscription. This subscription contains many documents on the same topic.
You may also purchase this document alone from the IHS Standards Store.
ASTM E 2026 Document Information:
Title
Standard Guide for Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings
ASTM International
Publication Date:
May 1, 2007
Scope:
This guide provides guidance on conducting seismic risk
assessments for buildings. As such, this guide assists a User to
assess a property's potential for losses from earthquake
occurrences.
Hazards addressed in this guide include earthquake ground
shaking, earthquake-caused site instability, including fault
rupture, landslides and soil liquefaction, lateral spreading and
settlement, and earthquake-caused off-site response impacting the
property, including flooding from dam or dike failure, tsunamis and
seiches.
This guide does not address the following:
Earthquake-caused fires and toxic materials releases.
Federal, state, or local laws and regulations of building
construction or maintenance. Users are cautioned that current
federal, state, and local laws and regulations may differ from
those in effect at the time of the original construction of the
building(s).
Preservation of life safety.
Prevention of building damage.
Contractual and legal obligations between prior and subsequent
Users of Seismic Risk Assessment reports or between Providers who
prepared the report and those who would like to use such prior
reports.
Contractual and legal obligations between a Provider and a User,
and other parties, if any.
It is the responsibility of the User of this guide to establish
appropriate life safety and damage prevention practices and
determine the applicability of current regulatory limitations prior
to use.
The objectives of this guide are:
To synthesize and document guidelines for seismic risk
assessment of buildings from earthquakes;
To encourage standardized seismic risk assessment;
To establish guidelines for field observations of the site and
physical conditions, and the document review and research
considered appropriate, practical, sufficient, and reasonable for
seismic risk assessment;
To establish guidelines on what reasonably can be expected of
and delivered by a Provider in conducting the seismic risk
assessment of buildings;
To establish guidelines on appropriate field observations and
analysis for conducting a seismic risk assessment; and
To establish guidelines by which a Provider can communicate to
the User observations, opinions, and conclusions in a manner that
is meaningful and not misleading either by content or by
omission.
About IHS
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services in a number of industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, construction, electronics, and energy. IHS serves customers ranging from large governments and multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries. IHS been in business for more than 45 years and employ more than 2,300 people around the world.
