This intensive workshop was designed to review the basic principles of seismic design of structures for the California state specific seismic principles exam. The course covered new California Building Code (CBC) and International Building Code (IBC) requirements. Similar to the 8-hr national exam, Sac YMF is looking for a member who would like to re-establish and organize the course to bring it to young professional engineers that are working towards their engineering licensing.

Topics Typically Covered

• Effects of earthquakes on structures
• Generation of seismic forces
• IBC requirements for earthquake-resistant design
• Structural systems for earthquake-resistant design 
• Load paths and transmission of loads through the structure
• Base sear distribution
• Analysis and design of small building structures with flexible diaphragms
• Wall rigidities/Rigid diaphragms
• Single degree of freedom oscillators/response spectrum
• Practice problems and examples
• Review of selected topics
• Questions and final clarifications