Hello all, you may have seen a few articles in the New York Times this month questioning why base isolation is used much less in the US than other countries like Japan.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/03/us/earthquake-preparedness-usa-japan.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/us/apple-headquarters-earthquake-preparedness.htmlWe dove into this topic a little deeper on Episode #3 of The Structural Engineering Channel podcast where we interviewd Ronald Hamburger, SE and Evan Reis, SE.
We would love your feedback, thought, etc. on the topic.
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https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/tsec-03-base-isolation-united-states/
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Anthony Fasano P.E.,M.ASCE
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