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NEHRP Office
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Welcome
NIST is designated by Congress as the Lead Agency for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This Office supports the NEHRP Secretariat Office, which coordinates the NEHRP research and implementation activities for the four NEHRP agencies – the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), NIST, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the US Geological Survey (USGS). The four NEHRP agencies work in close coordination to improve the Nation's understanding of earthquake hazards and to mitigate their effects. The missions of the four agencies are complementary, and the agencies work together to improve our understanding, characterization, and assessment of hazards and vulnerabilities; improve model building codes and land use practices; reduce risks through post-earthquake investigations and education; improve design and construction techniques; improve the capacity of government at all levels and the private sector to reduce and manage earthquake risk; and accelerate the application of research results. All four agencies are responsible for coordinating program activities with similar activities in other countries. For more information on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, go to http://www.nehrp.gov/. Programs/Projects
Assessment of First Generation PBSD Methods Project—The project supports two critical problem-focused studies in Performance Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE). The applicability and accuracy of adopting first-generation PBSE analysis methods for … Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program—The goal of this program is to develop performance-based tools, guidelines, and standards for the design of new buildings and the retrofit of existing buildings to resist earthquake … NEHRP Post-Earthquake Investigations Plan—HR 1379[1] and SB 646[2], both known as the Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011, direct that the lead for post-earthquake investigations in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program … TechBrief Series 2012: Seismic Design of Steel Special Braced Frame Systems—To develop a TechBrief (a topical, tightly written, and well-illustrated discussion of a practical problem faced by engineering design and construction practitioners) on each of two topics: … Seismic Design of Wind Load-Controlled Buildings Project—In some regions of moderate seismicity, particularly in the eastern U.S., design of lateral force resisting systems (LFRS) can be governed by wind requirements. If these buildings are assigned at … Seismic Behavior of Deep Steel Beam-Columns with Plastic Hinges Project—This project will characterize the behavior of plastic hinge(s) that develop in deep, slender wide-flange steel beam-columns at large deformations generated by strong ground motion from … Lateral Force Distribution Procedures for Structural System Design—This project supports the technical development and refinement of seismic provisions in U.S. codes and standards through problem-focused, user-directed research and development. Two tasks will be … Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Structures Project—A critical need exists for practitioners conducting Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) evaluations to be able to accurately model structural behavior, from initial nonlinearity up to … Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Walls Project—This project includes two critical problem-focused tasks in Performance Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE): (1) the evaluation of reinforced concrete wall models used in high-fidelity nonlinear … |
  Contact
John R. Hayes, Jr., Director National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)
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