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Project Title: Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction (STARR) II Joint Venture, Production and Technical Services (PTS) for Architect and Engineering Services Nationwide Contract
Client: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Purpose: To provide technical assistance and support services to FEMA on Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Projects (HMTAP) and Technical Assistance and Research Contract (TARC) projects on an as-needed, on-demand basis.
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About ATC
The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation established in 1973 through the efforts of the Structural Engineers Association of California. ATC's mission is to develop and promote state-of-the-art, user-friendly engineering resources and applications for use in mitigating the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment. ATC also identifies and encourages needed research and develops consensus opinions on structural engineering issues in a nonproprietary format.
Featured Project Reports and Seminar Proceedings
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| Recommendations for Improved Seismic Performance of Nonstructural Components |
Background and Recommendations for Future Work |
Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage– A Practical Guide |
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| FEMA P-58 Series, Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings—Including Nonstructural Components | |||
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| Performance of Buildings and Nonstructural Components in the 2014 South Napa Earthquake |
ATC-20-1, Field Manual: Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings (Second Edition) |
Recommended US-Italy Collaborative Guidelines for Bracing and Anchoring Nonstructural Components in Italian Hospitals (2014) |
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| Proceedings of a Seminar and Workshop on Seismic Design and Performance of Equipment and Nonstructural Elements in Buildings and Industrial Structures (1992) |
Proceedings of Seminar on Seismic Design, Retrofit, and Performance of Nonstructural Components (1998) |
Proceedings: Seminar on Seismic Design, Performance, and Retrofit of Nonstructural Components in Critical Facilities (2003) |
Available Training Courses
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| Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage – A Practical Guide |
Earthquake Mitigation for Hospitals |
Home and Business Earthquake Safety and Mitigation |
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Project Title: Update of Seismic Retrofitting Guidance
Client: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Purpose: To develop a new FEMA support document that would provide design examples for seismic retrofit of specific buildings using the new ASCE/SEI 41-13 consensus standard. This new document replaces FEMA 276 Example Applications document.
This project produced the FEMA P-2006 report, Example Application Guide for ASCE/SEI 41-13 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings; with Additional Commentary for ASCE/SEI 41-17.
Project Title: Technical Assistance, Training and Product Development
Client: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Purpose: To develop and maintain educational courses on earthquake mitigation and related training materials, to deliver training courses/webinars on behalf of FEMA, and to participate in national conferences to share information about FEMA reports. This project also supports the development and update of FEMA technical and non-technical guidance products and management of the National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program (NETAP).
 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. |
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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. |
