SEDL / STP / STP1258-EB / STP15431S

ASCE Standards on Structural Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Buildings

Pielert, J
Group leader, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Baumert, C
Principal engineer, Keast & Hood Co., Philadelphia, PA

Green, M
President, Melvyn Green and Associates, Torrance, CA

Pages: 11    Published: Jan 1996

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Abstract

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Structural Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Buildings prepares standards in three areas; structural condition assessment, assessment of the building envelope, and assessment of buildings for seismic considerations. The first standard completed is ASCE 11-90 Standard Guideline for Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Buildings. Current work of the committee includes revising ASCE 11, drafting a standard on assessment of the building envelope, and conversion of various documents of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) related to seismic evaluation of buildings to standards.