JC 25-01 Applying Engineering Judgement in Evaluating Significant Life Safety Hazard
Establishing when a significant life safety hazard occurs is a key part of the assessment process to determine element scores, and hence the overall rating of a building. This requires the application of engineering judgement, and in many cases looking beyond the directly calculated values of where ultimate capacities are exceeded.
This report provides a framework for the application of engineering judgement in determining when a significant life safety hazard occurs – that is, the point at which the loss of gravity load support occurs. It has been produced by the Joint Committee for Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Buildings and seeks to augment the Seismic Assessment Guidelines to inform and improve aspects of current assessment practice.
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