Light-Frame Subcommittee Current Chair: Brian Cortnik View Subcommittee Documents	Brian Cortnik
Steel Subcommittee Current Chair: Scott Adan View Subcommittee Documents	Scott Adan
Ground Motions Subcommittee Current Chair: Martin Walker View Subcommittee Documents	Martin Walker
Concrete Subcommittee Current Chair: Nicolas Rodrigues	Nicolas Rodrigues
Performance-Based Design of Tall Buildings Subcommittee Current Chair: Jason Krolicki
Protective Systems Current Chair: Mark Sinclair

The Seismology and Structural Standards Committee is one of the most active committees in SEAONC. We are charged with developing and interpreting the Blue Book, responding to proposed changes to the California Building Code (CBC), the International Building Code (IBC), and developing code changes for these earthquake standards. The committee also monitors policies and code interpretations of Northern California building departments. The committee includes a number of special active subcommittees that strive to incorporate earthquake engineering research into practice; these include:

Active Subcommittees:

• Ground Motion
• PBD of Tall Buildings
• Protective Systems
• Code
• Materials
  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Light Frame, Wood

Subcommittees in Need of Champions:

• Foundations
• Dynamic Analysis
• Detailing Requirements/Structural Systems
• Non-Building Structures & Nonstructural Components
• Materials
  • Masonry (Not Currently Active)
  • Cold Formed Light Gage Steel

Delegates to Statewide SEAOC Subcommittees:

• Steel - Patxi Uriz, Geoff Bomba
• Wood - Andy Fennell, Gary Mochizuki
• Concrete - Joe Maffei, Nicolas Rodrigues
• Building Code - Alan Robinson, Anindya Dutta
• Ground Motion - Martin Walker, TBD

1. Address issues raised by members and the structural engineering community
2. Develop code-change proposals for future editions of NEHRP, ASCE-7, IBC, NFPA
3. Develop code-change proposals for Material Standards
4. Develop code-change proposals for future editions of the California Building Code
5. Publish Results of Braced Frame Survey (augment with fabricator information)
6. Publish position paper on orthogonal effects (include wall systems, building torsion)
7. Publish paper on design of concrete slab as a collector for shear walls
8. Publish paper on determination of R values for proprietary lateral load resisting systems
9. Develop/review code provisions for use of Micro piles in buildings
10. Evaluate use of special seismic load combinations for collectors in a dynamic analysis
11. Evaluate CUREE wood frame design recommendations
12. Develop/review code-change proposals for ASCE-7, IBC, NFPA, CBC (LARUCP)
13. Respond to issues generated in SEAOC Seismology
14. Address issues raised by members, community