ATC and Peer Announce U.S.-Japan Workshop on the Effects of Near-Field Earthquake Shaking

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January 20, 2000

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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center are pleased to announce the upcoming U.S.-Japan Workshop on the Effects of Near-Field Earthquake Shaking, to be held March 20-21, 2000, at the Radisson Miyako Hotel in San Francisco. The purpose of the workshop is to disseminate new information and research data on the effects of near-field earthquake shaking in urban areas. Emphasis will be placed on recently completed studies in Japan that were initiated immediately following the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nambu earthquake. The workshop is co-sponsored by PEER, ATC, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, and the National Science Foundation.

The two-day workshop program has been developed for practicing structural and civil engineers, earthquake engineering researchers, educators and students, building regulatory personnel, planners, and disaster-recovery professionals. The program includes presentations by Japanese and U.S. researchers on the following topics:

Studies of near-field ground motions from recent earthquakes in Japan, Turkey, and Taiwan;
Microzonation of seismic risk in urban areas;
Structural safety and design of structures in the near field;
Vulnerability assessment of transportation and utility systems;
Structural response control;
Urban earthquake information and inventory management; and
Human response to earthquakes in densely populated urban areas.

Persons wishing to register for the workshop should contact the Applied Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, California 94065 (phone, 650/595-1542; fax 650/593-2320; e-mail, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The workshop registration fee is $25 for registered undergraduate and graduate students, $25 for design professionals who are members of the PEER Business and Industry program, and $125 for all others. The registration fee covers the workshop proceedings and continental breakfast, breaks, and lunch on both days. A late fee of $25 will be charged for registrations mailed or faxed after March 13, 2000. Space is limited to approximately 150 persons, and registration will be accommodated on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Welcome to the ATC Team!

Michael Valley

As a former Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Mike Valley comes to ATC with more than 30 years of structural engineering experience in new design, evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, applied research, and codes and standards development. Mike’s design experience includes the landmark Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and his research and development experience includes the FEMA 356 Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA P-2012 Assessing Seismic Performance of Buildings with Configuration Irregularities (ATC-123 Project), and NIST GCR 10-917-9 Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design (ATC-76-6 Project).

Mike also has extensive experience as an ATC consultant serving as a reviewer, a technical contributor, and Project Director on multiple ATC projects. We look forward to how Mike’s unique experiences as a successful team member will contribute to ATC projects in the future.

Michael Mahoney

Retired from federal service as a Senior Geophysicist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mike Mahoney comes to ATC with more than 30 years of experience in hazard mitigation program management and policy development, post-disaster response and recovery, and problem-focused research and development in support of FEMA’s efforts under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). He has led FEMA’s earthquake-related work with the International Code Council and has been involved with the development of national model codes and standards since 1984.

In his career at FEMA, Mike has led the development of countless major FEMA publications, including: FEMA 350 Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings and its series of companion reports (ATC-41 Project series), FEMA P-58 Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation (ATC-58 Project series), FEMA P-695 Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (ATC-63 Project), FEMA P-2018 Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential (ATC-78 Project), and FEMA P-2090/NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Time (ATC-137 Project). With Mike’s extensive knowledge of federal government programs, and past collaboration with state and local agencies, hazard mitigation partners, and code development organizations, we look forward to how his unique experiences will help serve ATC’s client needs and objectives in the future.