Tasks

The initiative is funding a range of short to intermediate-term projects spanning 24 months in 2007-2008. Specific tasks for this initiative are:

• Task 1 – Establish the Tall Buildings Project Advisory Committee
• Task 2 – Develop Consensus on Performance Objectives
• Task 3 – Baseline Assessment of Dynamic Response Characteristics of Tall Buildings
• Task 4 – Synthetically Generated Ground Motions
• Task 5 – Review and Validation of Synthetically Generated Ground Motions
• Task 6 - Guidelines on Selection and Modification of Ground Motions
• Task 7 - Guidelines on Modeling and Acceptance Values
• Task 8 – Input Ground Motions for Tall Buildings with Subterranean Levels
• Task 9 – Presentations at Conferences, Workshops, Seminars
• Task 10 - Performance-Based Seismic Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings