Modeling and acceptance criteria for seismic desing and analysis of tall buildings

In October 2006, the Applied Technology Council (ATC) began work on a
contract assisting the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
(PEER) in developing guidelines for the seismic design of tall buildings as part of the PEER Tall Buildings Initiative. The purpose of this work was to prepare recommendations for modeling the behavior of tall building structural systems and acceptance values for use in seismic design. Shortly thereafter, ATC secured additional funding on behalf of PEER from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) of the National Institute of Building Sciences, in support of this effort.