An Outline of 2017 Revision on Standards for Seismic Performance Evaluation, Guidelines for Retrofit Design and Application Manuals Regarding Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings published by Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association
By T. Kabeyasawa, D. Kato and T. Ohta
Concrete Journal, Vol.56, No.7, Jul. 2018
- Synopsis
- The 2017 revised editions of the Standard for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Guidelines for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings, and Technical Manual for Seismic Evaluation and Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings (three volumes in all) were published by the Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association in July 2017. This marks the third revision of these standards, originally published in 1977, and previously revised in 1990 and 2001 in response to the transition to the current Japanese seismic design standards since 1981. These standards are used nationwide as guides for the seismic evaluation and retrofitting of buildings in accordance with the "Act on Promotion of Seismic Retrofitting of Buildings" that came into effect in December 1995. Since the publication of these revised editions, seminars and the like for seismic performance evaluation engineers have been held nationwide. This paper explains the main points of these revised editions for general engineers including those working in the field of civil engineering.
- Keywords:
- reinforced concrete building, existing non-compliance, standards for seismic performance evaluation, retrofit design, seismic reinforcement, seismic capacity index, shape index
