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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Editor: Kenneth L. Carper, M.ASCE,
Washington State University

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The Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities attempts to improve the quality of the constructed product through interdisciplinary communication. Papers examine the causes and costs of failures and other performance problems. Both catastrophic failures as well as serviceability problems are examined. Both procedural and technical causes of failures are included. Papers that discuss the interface between various professionals in the construction industry are of special interest.

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ISSN: 0887-3828 e-ISSN: 1943-5509
Frequency: Bimonthly

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The judgment of independent peer-reviewers and their willingness to share their time and expertise help ASCE to publish engineering journals of the highest caliber. The Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities acknowledges the contributions of individual reviewers.

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Prescriptive Approach to the Performance-Based Seismic Design of Low-Rise Wood-Frame Residential Buildings

J. Performance of Constructed Facilities 25, 268 (2011)

Issue Date: June 2010

Performance-based seismic design (PBSD) is considered by many to be the next generation of design philosophy that focuses on the system performance of a structure during earthquake loading. For steel and concrete structures, this design philosophy is being used by a select group of practitioners. However, application to wood-frame buildings is still in the research stages; several approaches for PBSD are proposed with rehabilitation concepts available in ASCE 41. Currently, most of the PBSD methods for wood-frame buildings require designers to utilize a level of approach that is far more detailed than current design approaches. This increases the cost of any engineering for the design of wood-frame buildings. Read more...