Valuable Resources For Contractors And Engineers.
Each of these documents contains technical and engineering information that should help engineers and contractors in their respective professions. If you have any documents that you think would be beneficial to the public, please send them to and I will post it here once I am granted consent.
CODES
Appendix A ; Masonry Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings
CHAPTER A4 CEBC
International Existing Building Code: 2 pages retrofit section.
Appendix A: Archaic Materials Allowable Loads Table
2006 Appendix Chapter A3 of The California Existing Building Code
2022 Chapter 3 of The California Existing Building Code
Section 2308 Light Frame Construction CBC
Archaic Materials Historic Code Table 8-8A
Critique of Appendix Chapter A3 of the CEBC
Hillside Home Retrofit Building Code
International Building Code Chapter 23
Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic
SEISMIC RETROFIT GUIDELINES
Applided Technology Council Publications
422 Page FEMA P-1100-3 A Report for the “Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings”
6 Pages ATC-14 EVALUATING THE SEISMIC RESISTANCE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
326 Page CEA-EDA-01_GeneralGuide CEA-EDA-Earthquake Damage Assessment and Repair Guidelines for Residential Wood-Frame Buildings
342 Page CEA-EDA-Earthquake Damage and Repair Guideline.
190 PAGE FEMA P-50 Simplifed Seismic Assessment of Detached,Single-Family Wood-Frame Dwellings
168 Page FEMA_P-50-1 Seismic Retrofit Guidelines for Detached, Single-Family, Wood-Frame Dwellings
571 Page FEMA P-547 Techniques For The Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
Page Count Unknown ( I won’t pay $25 tp find out) FEMA 276, Example Applications of the NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings
21 Page FEMA DR-4193-RA2 Earthquake Strengthening of Cripple Walls in Wood Frame Buildings.
161 Page PEER Research Studies for P-1100 Retrofit of One and Two-Story Dwellings
44 Page PEER Framing Hillside Home Retrofit Decisions
225 Page FEMA 232 Homebuilder’s Guide to Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction
Unknown Page Length FEMA P-58-1, Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Volume 1 – Methodology, Second Edition
Unknown Page Length FEMA P-58-2, Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Volume 2 – Implementation Guide, Second Edition
Unknown Page Length A Methodology for Seismic Design and Construction of Single-Family Dwellings
Unknown Page Length FEMA 237, Development of Guidelines for Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, Phase I
21 Page FEMA_274, NEHRP Commentary on the Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings
15 Page ATC-50TOC Simplified Seismic Assessment of Detached, Single-Family, Wood-Frame Dwellings
267 Page FEMA Publication Seismic Retrofit Training For Building Contractors & Inspectors
84 Page DR-1664-HI Structural Seismic Retrofits For Hawaii Single Family Residences With Post and Pier Foundations
290 Page FEMA: P-1100 Vulnerability – Based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of One and Two-Story Dwellings
FEMAP-1100-Vol2A-Planset-Crawlspace
FEMA P-1100 2B Plan Set – Living Area Above a Garage.
FEMAP-1100-Vol2C-Planset-Chimney
FEMA-P-1100-Chapter-4 TABLES ONLY
International Existing Building Code Appendix Chapter A3
Los Angeles Standard Plan Number 1
Seattle’s Retrofit Guidelines
Portland’s Retrofit Guidelines
Simpson Strong-Tie Homeowner Guideline
FASTENERS
NER-272 1997 More to Know About Nails and Staples
NER-272 2004 Edition before it became ESR 1539
ESR-1539 Everything to Know About Nails and Staples
Load Values for Specific Gravity
PT Lumber & Hardware Corrosion Excerpt
Hardware
ICC-ESR-4266-KB-TZ2-Expansion-Anchor-Concrete-Approval-document-ASSET-DOC-LOC-13309828
Simpson Strong-Tie
Simpson SDS Screws and ESR Report-2236
Simpson Footnote M Single Member
Simpson Lag Screws Attachment to Floor Framing Specs
ESR-2713 Titan ER Report
STRONGWALLS
SSW AND WSSW STRONGWALL CATALOG
SSW TRONG WALL CAPACITY TABLES
DOUBLE STEEL STRONGWALL WITH SIMPSON DETAILS
SSW STRONG WALL ERS Report 1676
HARDY FRAME
HILTI
Hilti and Simpson Epoxy Tension Values
FOUNDATIONS
Articles
Homeowners Guide to Seismic Retrofitting
Journal of light Construction Article
Retrofit Foundation Bolts-Article
Retrofit Workshop Castro Valley
Victoria Canada Semnar
American Plywood Association Publications
APA Blocking and Horizontal Shear walls
APA Effect of openings on shear wall
APA Green lumber effect on shear walls
APA Nail Penetration in Shear Walls
APA Opinion of Retrofit Mudsill Connections
APA Effect of Overdriven Fasteners on Shear Capacity
APA Wood Blocking and Shear Wall Design
APA Engineered Wood Construction Guide
Research Report 158 cyclic Testing
Development of Shear Wall Tables
Shear Walls and Diaphragms 350
Engineered Wood Construction COMPLATE Guide
Misc.
A Homeowner’s Guide With Overturning
Perforated Shear Walls by Philip Line
Bolt Testing from CUREE
Hazards Posed by Hillside Homes
History of Portland Cement Part 1
Effect of Wetting On Shear Walls.
Code Changes in Bolt Sizing and Plate Washers
2021 TABLE 4.3ASpecial Design Provisions For Wind And Seismic
Stapled Shear Wall Test Univ. of Utah
Los Angeles Emergency Regulations After Northridge
