The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers and/or a licensed general contractor to deeply know the seismic design process for new buildings and to understand the background on structural dynamics principles that inform the process based on ASCE/SEI 7-22 Code. This course provides an overview of the seismic design process for new buildings and background on structural dynamics principles that inform the process. Current U.S. building codes adopt prescriptive seismic design requirements through the adoption of the ASCE/SEI 7 Standard, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures. ASCE-SEI revises this standard every six years. The current version is the 2022 edition, which will be adopted by the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), the model code for new construction used by most jurisdictions in the United States. This guide describes the criteria contained in ASCE/SEI 7-22 and notes where significant changes relative to the last edition (2016) have occurred.

Learning Objectives

• Determine seismic design criteria: identifying the risk category, level of seismic hazard, and seismic design category
• Design the structure: selecting a structural system, developing a preliminary design, performing analysis to predict the seismic response, ensuring adequate strength and stiffness, and detailing the structure to comply with system-specific requirements.
• Anchor and brace nonstructural components: design anchorage and bracing for nonstructural components
• Background on structural dynamics principles which serve the seismic design process.