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"The Path to Quality Seismic Design and Construction" continuing education seminars for Building Design Professionals and Code Enforcement Personnel will be held on Thursday, June 17, 1999 at the Sheraton Hotel in Concord, California, and on Monday, June 21, 1999 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in the City of Commerce, California. The seminar curriculum was developed by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) on behalf of the California Seismic Safety Commission, and is funded from the Proposition 122 Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990.

The purpose of each 1-day seminar (the same seminar is to be presented at both locations) is to provide practical guidance for improving the quality of seismic design, inspection, and retrofit of buildings. Each seminar will consist of three concurrent sessions, one each for architects, engineers, and building department personnel. In each session, participants will be introduced to a newly created training curriculum and set of job aids designed to promote and facilitate improvements in the quality of seismic design and construction in California. Building systems and components to be addressed include: wood-frame buildings, concrete and masonry buildings, and nonstructural components. The seminar will also address the roles and responsibilities of architects, engineers, and building officials in ensuring quality seismic design and installation of nonstructural components. Handouts include:

• a notebook containing an attractively formatted and easy-to-read curriculum describing how to improve the quality of seismic design, inspection, and retrofit of wood-frame buildings, masonry and concrete buildings, and nonstructural components;
• job aids (checklists and other laminated materials) to facilitate inspection and design; and
• a series of Briefing Papers that succinctly describe and summarize, in user-friendly language, fundamental information abut earthquake design and performance of buildings, as well as roles and responsibilities of architects, engineers, and building officials in the seismic design and construction process.

The seminars will be of interest and value to building officials, plan checkers, inspectors, architects, and practicing structural and civil engineers, particularly those who have entered their profession within the last five years.
The registration fee for the seminar, which includes handouts, lunch, and break refreshments, is $125. A late fee will be charged for registrations postmarked after June 10, 1999.

Persons interested in attending either seminar (in Concord on June 17, 1999, or in Commerce on June 21, 1999) can download the seminar registration form from ATC''s web site (www.atcouncil.org) or request a copy from ATC (555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, California; 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.) or from SEAOC (555 University Avenue, Suite 126, Sacramento, California; phone, 916/447-1198; fax 916/442-0812; e-mail, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The seminar registration form is also being distributed to ATC Subscribers and to members of the American Institute of Architects, California Council; California Building Officials; and SEAOC.

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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a Wind Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 16, 1999. the objective of the Wind Forum is to formulate potential wind engineering knowledge transfer projects. ATC intends that the Wind forum will be a catalyst for bringing forward potential projects that focus on areas where engineering technology can be focused effectively to address important wind engineering topics. The Wind Forum is an initiative of ATC's to promote the development of meaningful technology in fulfillment of our vision for "Advancing engineering applications for natural hazard mitigation." The Forum is being held in collaboration with the American Association for Wind Engineering and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The Forum Panel consists of:

• Edwin T. Dean, Dean Engineering, Inc., Portland, Oregon (Moderator)
• Howard Burton, Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire, Inc., Seattle, Washington
• Arthur Chiu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Jim Delahay, Lane Bishop York Delahay, Inc., Alabama
• Mike Gaus, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
• Do Kim, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Boston, Massachusetts
• Tim Reinhold, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
• James Rossberg, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia
• Charles Thornton, Thornton-Tomasetti, New York, New York

The Wind Forum is scheduled from 1:30-5:00 p.m., April 16, 1999 and is being held in conjunction with the 1999 ASCE Structures Congress at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans. Limited seating, to be provided on a first-come first-serve basis, is available at the Forum for persons interested in advancing new applications in wind engineering. Persons interested in participating should contact ATC at 650/595-1542 (fax 650/593-2320; e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Attendance will be at the participant's own expense.

The Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) and the Applied Technology Council (ATC) are pleased to announce a series of two-day regional training seminars to introduce the recently completed NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings and its Commentary (FEMA 273 and 274 documents). The seminars will be conducted in as many as 19 cities throughout the nation between November 1998 and April 1999. The first nine seminars will be held in Charleston, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco/Oakland, and Seattle.

The seminar program has been developed for practicing structural and civil engineers, architects, seismic engineering educators and students, building regulatory personnel, and other technical design professionals. The two-day seminar program includes 12 hours of presentations on the following topics:

• Issues in seismic rehabilitation
• Overview of the Guidelines and new seismic hazard maps
• Simplified Rehabilitation-overview and example applications
• Structural dynamics and relationship of nonlinear analysis to economical rehabilitation-Concepts and basics for introduction to systematic Rehabilitation
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Overview and general discussion
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Modeling and analysis
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Foundations and geotechnical considerations
• Rehabilitation of nonstructural elements
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to steel buildings
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to masonry buildings
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to concrete buildings
• Systematic Rehabilitation-Examples of applications to wood buildings

Each seminar will include presentations by individuals specially selected because of their technical expertise and their ability to effectively convey technical information to large audiences. The seminars are being co-sponsored by local structural engineers associations and/or local chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers. For further information, contact: ATC-33-1 Project, Applied Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, CA 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.. Registration forms can be downloaded from ATC's web site (www.atcouncil.org).