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]

About the NEHRP Consultants Joint Venture

The NEHRP Consultants Joint Venture is a joint venture of the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE). It is carrying out Task Orders (separate projects) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the lead agency for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) over five years, beginning the Fall of 2007. [more]