Seismic Analysis & Design

Our team is one of the leading UK risk engineering consultancies with extensive experience in seismic analysis and design. We have a detailed working knowledge of the international best practice seismic design and detailing criteria including: ASCE 7, FEMA 356, ASCE 43-05, ASCE 4-98, EC8, AISC 341, ACI 349. We have extensive experience of performing nuclear safety assessments for earthquake loading. We are experienced at working with the safety teams to translate their safety objectives into engineering performance requirements, enabling the seismic assessments to be targetted at the safety functional requirement. We have then liaised with the regulator to gain safety acceptance. We have also used this seismic experience within other industries to quantify the impact of ground shock on critical assets from weapon strikes.

An overview of the seismic analysis and design services that we can provide includes:

Site inspections.

Incident investigations.

Load and performance criteria development.

Walkdown surveys for seismic assessment.

Seismic analysis - elastic, non-linear, push-over.

Retrofit feasibility studies / cost-benefit studies.

Seismic design of buildings.

Seismic qualification of safety-critical plant.

Design justification of safety related buildings and plant.

Design justification of safety related buildings and plant.

Shake table testing.

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