2. Reference Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
- E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
- E2026 Standard Guide for Seismic Risk Assessment of Buildings
- E2557 Standard Practice for Probable Maximum Loss (PML) Evaluations for Earthquake Due-Diligence Assessments
2.2 Building Standards: The following resource documents provide technical guidance for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings.
- ASCE 7 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, American Society of Civil Engineers
- ASCE 41 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings, American Society of Civil Engineers
2.3 Seismic Hazards in the United States: The following resource document serves as a basis for earthquake hazard models, for seismic building codes for new buildings, and for seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings.
- Petersen, M.D., Moschetti, M.P., Powers, P.M., Mueller, C.S., Haller, K.M., Frankel, A.D., Zeng, Yuehua, Rezaeian, Sanaz, Harmsen, S.C., Boyd, O.S., Field, Ned, Chen, Rui, Rukstales, K.S., Luco, Nico, Wheeler, R.L., Williams, R.A., and Olsen, A.H., 2014, Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1091, 243 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141091.
2.4 Catastrophe Modeling Standards: The following resource document relates to the use of models.
- Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 38, ASOP No. 38, “Using Models Outside the Actuary’s Area of Expertise (Property and Casualty),” Actuarial Standards Board, 2011.