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Title
Seismic Considerations: Hotels and Motels. Revised Edition.
File
PB2001101731.pdf
Source
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., May 1990, 118 p.
Identifying Number(s)
FEMA-151-REV
Abstract
Contents: Overview; Part I, Seismic Considerations for Hotel and Motel Decision-Makers (Earthquakes and Loding Facilities, Seismic Hazard Mitigation and the Cost/Benefits of Seismic Design); Part II, Seismic Considerations for Hotel and Motel Designers (Hotel and Motel Earthquake Design Problems), The NEHRP Recommended Provisions and Lodging Facility Seismic Design, Sources of Information and References; Glossary; Appendixes (The Earthquake Experiences of Loding Facilities, Seismicity of the United States); The BSSC Program on Improved Seismic Safety Provisions; BSSC Board of Direction; BSSC Member Organizations.
Keywords
Design; Lodging facilities; United States; Hotels; Motels; Cost benefit analysis; Decision making; Commercial buildings; Seismic effects; Earthquakes