2009 COSMOS Technical Session -

Practical Application of the New ASCE 7-10 Required Procedures for Determining
Site Specific Ground Motions

November 6, 2009
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport
Millbrae, California

Schedule	Title	Authors
7:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30	Welcome and Overview of Day	B. Bachman
8:40	Conclusions from previous COSMOS meeting and importance of today’s topic	N. Abrahamson
	Overview of Building Code Updates to Design Ground Motion Criteria
9:10	Basis for the New Risk-targeted Ground Motion Maps	C. Kircher
9:35	Maximum Direction Shaking: Amplitude and Orientation	A. Whittaker
10:00	Preparation of New Seismic Design Maps and Associated Web Products	Nico Luco
10:25	BREAK
10:40	New Liquefaction Requirements and Associated PGA Maps	C. B Crouse
11:15	Factors for Calculating Maximum Rotated Component	J. Watson-Lamprey
11:40	Application of Directivity and Maximum Rotated Component Factors	Nick Gregor
Noon	LUNCH
12:30	COSMOS Annual Business Meeting	B. Iwan
1:30	BREAK
1:40	Application of ASCE 7-05 and Recent OSHPD Express Terms for Selection of Ground Motions for a Healthcare Facility	A. Bastani
2:10	Selection of Ground Motions for a Hospital Application	R. Golesorkhi
2:40	Should Design Spectra in Building Codes Be Specified from the Maximum Component or the Average Horizontal?	Jon Stewart
3:45	NGA in Practice: Implementation of NGA in Accordance with the Codes	Martin Walker
5:00	BREAK
4:00	Panel Discussion
5:00	Adjourn for Cocktail Hour