Publications & Reports

Final Reports

PEER 2017/06 - Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings, Version 2.03
TBI Working Group led by co-chairs Ron Hamburger and Jack Moehle: Jack Baker, Jonathan Bray, C.B. Crouse, Greg Deierlein, John Hooper, Marshall Lew, Joe Maffei, Stephen Mahin, James Malley, Farzad Naeim, Jonathan Stewart, John Wallace
- Report (2.9 MB)
- Report (with hyperlinks) (3 MB)

Task 2 Final Report
PEER 2008/101 – Seismic Performance Objectives for Tall Buildings (PDF file – 5.3 MB)
This report was published in the PEER Reports series as report PEER 2008/101.
Task 7 Final Report
Modeling and acceptance criteria for seismic design and analysis of tall buildings (PDF file – 9.3 MB)
This final report is being published by both PEER (Report No. 2010/111) and ATC (PEER/ATC 72-1).
Task 8 Final Report
Input Ground Motions for Tall Buildings With Subterranean Levels (PDF file – 684 KB)
Task 12 Final Reports
PEER 2011/05 – Case Studies of the Seismic Performance of Tall Buildings Designed by Alternative Means: Task 12 Report for the Tall Buildings Initiative (PDF file – 26 MB)
This report was published in the PEER Reports series as report PEER 2011/06.
Other Task 12 Reports:
Concrete Core Wall Construction Cost Model for PEER Tall Buildings Study (PDF file – 150 KB)
Dual-system Construction Cost Model for PEER Tall Buildings Study (PDF file – 115 KB)
Structural Steel Construction Cost Model for PEER Tall Buildings Study (PDF file – 115 KB)

Conference and Journal Publications

14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE) – October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China 2008 Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) Convention – September 22-27, 2008, Hawaii CSMIP 2008 Seminar – September 2008 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering – December 2007, Singapore Journal: The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings