This report, FEMA-351 - Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade
Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings has been
developed by the SAC Joint Venture under contract to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide structural engineers
with recommended criteria for evaluation of the probable
performance of existing steel moment-frame buildings in future
earthquakes and to provide a basis for updating and revision of
evaluation and rehabilitation guidelines and standards. It is one
of a series of companion publications addressing the issue of the
seismic performance of steel moment-frame buildings. The set of
companion publications includes: FEMA-350 - Recommended Seismic
Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings. This
publication provides recommended criteria, supplemental to FEMA-302
- 1997 NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New
Buildings and Other Structures, for the design and construction of
steel moment-frame buildings and provides alternative
performance-based design criteria. FEMA-351 - Recommended Seismic
Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel
Moment-Frame Buildings. This publication provides recommended
methods to evaluate the probable performance of existing steel
moment-frame buildings in future earthquakes and to retrofit these
buildings for improved performance. FEMA-352 - Recommended
Postearthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel
Moment-Frame Buildings. This publication provides recommendations
for performing postearthquake inspections to detect damage in steel
moment-frame buildings following an earthquake, evaluating the
damaged buildings to determine their safety in the postearthquake
environment, and repairing damaged buildings. FEMA-353 -
Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for
Steel Moment-Frame Construction for Seismic Applications. This
publication provides recommended specifications for the fabrication
and erection of steel moment frames for seismic applications. The
recommended design criteria contained in the other companion
documents are based on the material and workmanship standards
contained in this document, which also includes discussion of the
basis for the quality control and quality assurance criteria
contained in the recommended specifications. The information
contained in these recommended evaluation and upgrade criteria,
hereinafter referred to as Recommended Criteria, is presented in
the form of specific recommendations for design and performance
evaluation procedures together with supporting commentary
explaining part of the basis for these recommendations.
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