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SUMMARY:Evaluating the seismic risk of existing tall buildings in the West
 ern United States
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr Carlos Molina Hutt\, Civil\, Environmental and Geomat
 ic Engineering (CEGE) Department at University College London (UCL)\, Engl
 and\nAbstract : Tall buildings play an important role in the socio-economi
 c activity of major metropolitan areas in the United States. In areas of h
 igh seismicity\, the design of many existing tall buildings followed histo
 ric code-prescriptive requirements that do not provide an explicit underst
 anding of performance during major earthquakes. This presentation will sha
 re the results of an evaluation of the seismic risk of these buildings usi
 ng San Francisco\, CA as a case study. By means of an inventory of the exi
 sting tall building stock\, an archetype building was developed to represe
 nt the state of design and construction practice from the mid-1970s to the
  mid-1980s. An intensity based assessment was carried out to evaluate perf
 ormance under a design level earthquake in terms of structural response\, 
 economic losses and downtime. Furthermore\, conceptual retrofit strategies
  to achieve increased levels of resilience were also evaluated. In order t
 o benchmark the performance of older existing tall buildings against moder
 n seismic design standards\, a comparative risk-based assessment was also 
 carried out to evaluate collapse risk and other performance metrics.\n\nBi
 o : Carlos Molina Hutt is a member of academic staff in the Civil\, Enviro
 nmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) Department at University College L
 ondon (UCL) where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses structural
  analysis and design. Prior to joining UCL\, Carlos worked as a structural
  engineer with Arup in New York\, where he gained experience in the design
  of numerous high rise buildings in Mexico City which adopted a Performanc
 e Based Seismic Design approach. Carlos is a registered Professional Engin
 eer (PE) in the State of California in the United States of America and a 
 Chartered Engineer Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE
 ) in the United Kingdom.\nCarlos obtained his master’s degree from Stanf
 ord University\, where he first gained interest Earthquake Engineering. Wh
 en he started working as a structural engineer\, his continued interest in
  seismic engineering led him to enrol in a part-time engineering doctorate
  degree at UCL co-supervised by Stanford University\, with Arup as industr
 ial partner. After four years of working at Arup\, Carlos relocated to UCL
  as a member of academic staff to continue his research work towards compl
 etion of his part-time PhD within the Earthquake and People and Interactio
 n Centre (EPICentre) and to lecture in UCL’s MSc program in Earthquake E
 ngineering with Disaster Management\, as well as the BSc and MSc degree pr
 ograms in Civil Engineering.\nCarlos’ research encompasses computational
  methods emphasizing nonlinear simulation of structural performance in tal
 l buildings\, performance-based earthquake engineering and resilience-base
 d design. Carlos has worked on collaborative research projects involving r
 esearchers and practitioners from the United States\, China and the United
  Kingdom.
LOCATION:GCB330 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=GCB330
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