This course is centered on ASCE 41-13 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings, the national consensus standard for seismic evaluation. The course, however, is much more than a “how-to” guide for the standard. A brief history of how earthquake engineering provisions were applied to existing buildings is discussed. Following is a discussion on performance-based earthquake engineering. Many of the concepts currently used in performance-based earthquake engineering originate in developing the seismic standards of existing buildings

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