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- Title
- Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas. Inventory of Buildings for Boston and Cambridge, Internal Study Report Number 6.
- File
- PB80137318.pdf
- Author(s)
- Brennan, J. E.; McNamara, R. J.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., April 1972, 11 p.
- Abstract
- A seismic protection survey of existing buildings in Boston and Cambridge was conducted to provide a data base for the Boston area. The data base was constructed from information supplied by the Sanbord Map Co., and supplemented by that furnished by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Building data for each structure five stories and higher included in the survey was recorded on a detailed seismic protection study form. Following a review of the compiled data, categories were finalized to provide information as follows on each building: address, number of stories and basements, year constructed, floor, exterior, foundation and frame construction, and soil conditions. Data on punch cards can be displayed using listed key codes. A sample page of a report generated by sorting out the number of stories, the lateral force system, and the frame type and construction is included, together with a list of pertinent internal study reports.
- Keywords
- Steel construction; Earthquake resistant structures; Floors; Data bases; Massachusetts; Construction materials; Frames; Walls; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Cambridge (Massachusetts); Timber construction; Foundations; Concrete construction