Northridge: The Dilemma of Changing Codes Following a Catastrophic Event [H2]

The 1993 Northridge earthquake presented the steel industry and structural engineers with new challenges and opportunities to improve codes--and raised a number of questions.

• What did engineers do when they discovered that designs completed prior to 1993 were more susceptible to damage than previously anticipated?
• What changed going forward?
• How did the US response to the Northridge earthquake differ from Japan's response to the 1995 Kobe earthquake?

We'll answer these questions and more!

Track: Ethics, Students

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