NEHRP Consultants Joint Venture is now beginning work on two new Task Orders for NIST:

• Technical Brief on Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames

• Improved Nonlinear Static Analysis of Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Systems

The primary objective of this work, as identified by NIST, is to "transition fundamental seismic engineering research and other fundamental structural or geotechnical engineering research to forms usable by engineering practitioners."

NEHRP Technical Brief on Seismic Design Released

As part of its support for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No.1, "Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers", NIST GCR 8-917-1. [more]