ATC Schedules Second ATC-35 Workshop On National Earthquake Ground-Motion Mapping

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February 14, 2001

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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is pleased to announce the scheduling of the 2nd ATC-35 Workshop on National Earthquake Ground-Motion Mapping for Thursday and Friday, May 10-11, 2001, in San Francisco at the Radisson Miyako Hotel. The Workshop is being convened by ATC and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Like the first ATC-35 National Earthquake Ground Motion Mapping Workshop held in Los Angeles in 1995, this Workshop will provide input from the structural engineering, geosciences, and geotechnical engineering professions to the USGS on several key issues that affect the preparation and use of the second round of national earthquake ground-motion maps. The Workshop will also provide input for USGS on new map-related products desired by map users.

The following topics will be the focus of the Workshop:

Scientific Issues: Near-fault directivity effects; time-dependent earthquake probabilities; ground motion attenuation relationships; uncertainty.
Issues for Design Maps: Frequency of updating maps; degree of detail in maps; deterministic bounds; role of USGS.
Map Products and New Directions: Current and planned map products; new directions in mapping.

In addition, Workshop participants will have the opportunity to review and provide input to the USGS on preliminary plans for changes to seismic source models in locations such as the Pacific Northwest and the New Madrid seismic zone.

The Workshop is open to the profession at large, though space and participation may be limited. The Registration Form may be downloaded here as a PDF file. Registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Workshop registration fee is $150 ($120 for ATC subscribers) and includes the cost of workshop handouts, luncheons, and refreshments. A late fee of $25 will be imposed on registrations postmarked after May 1, 2001. Persons wishing to participate in the Workshop should download and send in the registration form or 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..

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.