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The mission of the Applied Technology Council is to develop engineering applications and resources for mitigating the effects of natural and other hazards on the built environment.  Major ATC-developed efforts completed to date have resulted in a broad range of products, including comprehensive engineering guidelines, design guides and technical briefs, seminar and workshop proceedings, and databases.  Until the mid 1990s, ATC’s efforts focused largely on earthquake engineering applications and resources, but since then ATC’s focus has expanded to include studies and development of guidelines for wind and flood hazard mitigation. 

Many of the products prepared by ATC since its founding in 1973 are available for purchase through the ATC Online Store, and some can be downloaded free of charge through this web site.  As time progresses, we expect more products to be available in downloadable electronic format.  Future products will include (1) updated mobile technology applications for disaster mitigation, including pre- and post-earthquake evaluation applications using smart phones and other information technology devices, as they emerge; (2) searchable versions of historically iconic ATC reports, such as ATC-3, Tentative Provisions for the Development of Seismic Regulations for Buildings; (3) webinars on recently developed engineering guidelines and other newly developed ATC products, and (4) downloadable training seminars/lectures to facilitate postdisaster safety evaluation of buildings and to train practicing structural engineers on other important hazard mitigation issues.

More than 100 major products are now available through the ATC website.  As indicated in the following table, most are available through the ATC Online Store, but some are available as free downloads.

 
Product Type
Free Downloads
For Sale through Online Store
Benefit-Cost Studies  
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Briefing Papers on Rudimentary Earthquake Hazard Reduction Issues (intended for lay persons as well as architect, engineers, and building inspectors)
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Building Post disaster Safety Evaluation Forms and Placards
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Building Surveys  
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Code Commentaries  
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Databases of Building and Lifeline Structures  
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Design Guides (brief, focused reports)  
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Earthquake Damage and Loss Estimation Methods  
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Engineering Design and Evaluation Guidelines, Resources, and Recommendations (includes ATC-prepared reports published by FEMA and NIST, including technical basis reports) 1
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Laboratory Testing Protocols  
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Performance, Methods, and Criteria Evaluation Reports  
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Proceedings of ATC Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences  
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Program Plans for Federal Agency Hazard Reduction Efforts  
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Reconnaissance Reports of Natural Disasters  
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Research Implication Studies  
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Research Needs and Equipment Evaluation Reports  
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SAC2 Background Reports on the Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Frame Buildings  
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Technical Briefs (Tech Briefs)
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Training Curricula and Slide sets  
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1Currently only a small number of FEMA-sponsored and NIST-sponsored ATC-prepared  guidelines can be downloaded
2A partnership of the Structural Engineers Association of California, ATC, and California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (now the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering)

You can order or download ATC products using the links below. 

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 Welcome to the ATC Team!

Valley Mike cropMichael 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
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.