FEMA Publications

BUILDING CODES FOR NEW STRUCTURES

TITLE NUMBER
A Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction FEMA 354
Earthquake Resistant Construction of Electric Transmission and Telecommunication Facilities Serving the Federal Government FEMA 202
Earthquake Resistant Construction of Gas and Liquid Fuel Pipeline Systems Serving or Regulated by the Federal Government FEMA 233
Earthquake-Resistant Design Concepts: An Introduction to the NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other
Structures FEMA P-749
Homebuilders' Guide to Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction FEMA 232
NEHRP Recommended Provisions and Commentary for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures. 2003 Edition FEMA 450
NEHRP Recommended Provisions: Design Examples FEMA 451
NEHRP Recommended Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures: Training and Instructional Materials FEMA 451B
NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures. 2009 Edition FEMA P-750
Next-Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Guidelines: Program Plan for New and Existing Buildings FEMA 445
Promoting the Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Codes: A Guidebook for State Earthquake and Mitigation Managers FEMA 313
Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings FEMA 350
Seismic Considerations for Communities at Risk FEMA 83
Seismic Design Criteria for Steel Moment-Frame Structures FEMA 355CD
SEISMIC REHABILITATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES
A Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction FEMA 354
Earthquake Resistant Construction of Electric Transmission and Telecommunication Facilities Serving the Federal Government FEMA 202
Earthquake Resistant Construction of Gas and Liquid Fuel Pipeline Systems Serving or Regulated by the Federal Government FEMA 233
Earthquake Safety Guide for Homeowners FEMA 530
Engineering Guideline for Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation FEMA P-420
Establishing Programs and Priorities for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings: Handbook FEMA 174
Establishing Programs and Priorities for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings: Supporting Report FEMA 173
Financial Incentives for Seismic Rehabilitation of Hazardous Buildings An Agenda for Action. Vol 1: Findings, Conclusions, and
Recommendations FEMA 198
Financial Incentives for Seismic Rehabilitation of Hazardous Buildings An Agenda for Action. Vol 2: State and Local Case
Studies and Recommendations FEMA 199
Financial Incentives for Seismic Rehabilitation of Hazardous Buildings An Agenda for Action. Vol 3: Applications Workshops FEMA 216
Global Topics Report on the Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings FEMA 357
Homebuilders' Guide to Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction FEMA 232
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings FEMA 396
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hotel/Motel Buildings FEMA 400
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Multifamily Apartment Buildings FEMA 398
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Office Buildings FEMA 397
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Retail Buildings FEMA 399
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of School Buildings, K-12 FEMA 395
Installing Seismic Restraints for Duct and Pipe FEMA 414
Installing Seismic Restraints for Electrical Equipment FEMA 413
Installing Seismic Restraints for Mechanical Equipment FEMA 412
NEHRP Handbook of Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings FEMA 172
Next-Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Guidelines: Program Plan for New and Existing Buildings FEMA 445
Plan for Developing and Adopting Seismic Design Guidelines and Standards for Lifelines FEMA 271
Planning for Seismic Rehabilitation: Societal Issues FEMA 275
Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings FEMA 356
Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook. Second Edition FEMA 154
Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: Supporting Documentation. Second Edition FEMA 155
Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings FEMA 351
Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake DamageA Practical Guide, Fourth Edition FEMA E-74
Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage: A Practical Guide. Third Edition FEMA 74
Seismic Considerations for Steel Storage Racks Located in Areas Accessible to the Public FEMA 460
Seismic Design Criteria for Steel Moment-Frame Structures FEMA 355CD
Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings: Strategic Plan 2005 FEMA 315
Seismic Rehabilitation of Federal Buildings: A Benefit/Cost Model. Volume 1: A User's Manual FEMA 255
Seismic Rehabilitation of Federal Buildings: A Benefit/Cost Model. Volume 2: Supporting Documentation FEMA 256
Seismic Rehabilitation Training for One- and Two-Family Dwellings: Program and Slide Presentations FEMA P-593
Seismic Retrofit Incentive Programs: A Handbook for Local Governments FEMA 254
Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings FEMA 547
The Repair of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings FEMA 308
Typical Costs for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings. Volume 1: Summary. Second Edition FEMA 156
Typical Costs for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings. Volume 2: Supporting Documentation. Second Edition FEMA 157
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings and Earthquakes: Developing Successful Risk Reduction Programs FEMA P-774
NEHRP PUBLICATIONS
NEW BUILDINGS

Evaluation of the FEMA P-695 Methodology for Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors
NIST GCR 10-917-
8
Evaluation of Contemporary Design of Reinforced Concrete Lateral Resisting Systems Using Current Performance Objective Assessment
Criteria NISTIR 7766
Guidelines and Procedures for Implementation of the Executive Order on Seismic Safety of New Building Construction
NISTIR 4852
(ICSSC RP 2.1-A)
Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis FEMA P646
Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings PEER 2010/05
Homebuilders' Guide to Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction FEMA 232
NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings And Other Structures. 2009 Edition FEMA P-750
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 3
Seismic Design of Cast-in-Place Concrete Diaphragms, Chords, and Collectors: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 10-917-
4
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 4
Nonlinear Structural Analysis For Seismic Design: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 10-917-
5
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 5
Seismic Design of Composite Steel Deck and Concrete-filled Diaphragms: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 11-917-
10
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 6
Seismic Design of Cast-in-Place Concrete Special Structural Walls and Coupling Beams: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 11-917-
11REV-1
Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors FEMA P695
Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis: A Guide for Community Officials
How to implement the design guidelines detailed in FEMA P646 FEMA P646A
Existing Buildings

Concrete Model Building Subtypes Recommended for Use in Collecting Inventory Data
NIST GCR 10-917-
6
Disaster Resilience: A Guide to the Literature
NIST Special
Publication 1117
Engineering Guideline for Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation FEMA P-420
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 4 NIST GCR 10-917-
5 Nonlinear Structural Analysis For Seismic Design: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NEHRP Workshop on Meeting the Challenges of Existing BuildingsPart 1: Workshop Proceedings ATC 71
Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings FEMA 356
Program Plan for the Development of Collapse Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings
NIST GCR 10-917-
7
Seismic Rehabilitation Cost Estimator (SRCE)
Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings FEMA 547
Federal Agency Construction Standards

Seismic Design Requirements H-18-8
Standards of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings
NIST GCR 11-917-
12 (ICSSC RP 8)
Standards of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings
NISTIR 6762
(ICSSC RP 6)
Moment Resisting Frame Buildings
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 1
Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers NIST GCR 8-917-1
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 2
Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers NIST GCR 9-917-3
Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings
Errata for FEMA 350 FEMA 350
Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings FEMA 351
Recommended Postearthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings FEMA 352
Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for Steel Moment-Frame Construction for Seismic Applications
Errata for FEMA 353 FEMA 353
A Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction FEMA 354
State of the Art Report on Base Materials and Fracture FEMA 355A
State of the Art Report on Welding and Inspection FEMA 355B
State of the Art Report on Systems Performance of Steel Moment Frames Subject to Earthquake Ground Shaking FEMA 355C
State of the Art Report on Connection Performance FEMA 355D
State of the Art Report on Past Performance of Steel Moment-Frame Buildings in Earthquakes FEMA 355E
State of the Art Report on Performance Prediction and Evaluation of Steel Moment-Frame Structures FEMA 355F
Nonstructural Components

Seismic Considerations for Steel Storage Racks Located in Areas Accessible to the Public FEMA 460
Performance-Based Seismic Design

Action Plan for Performance-Based Seismic Design FEMA 349
Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design
Supporting Documentation
NIST GCR 10-917-
9
Effects of Strength and Stiffness Degradation on Seismic Response FEMA P440A
Improvement of Nonlinear Static Seismic Analysis Procedures FEMA 440
Next-Generation Performance-Based Seismic Design Guidelines: Program Plan for New and Existing Buildings FEMA 445
Selecting and Scaling Earthquake Ground Motions for Performing Response-History Analyses
NIST GCR 11-917-
15
Technical Briefs

NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 1
Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers NIST GCR 8-917-1
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 2
Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames: A Guide for Practicing Engineers NIST GCR 9-917-3
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 3
Seismic Design of Cast-in-Place Concrete Diaphragms, Chords, and Collectors: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 10-917-
4
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 4
Nonlinear Structural Analysis For Seismic Design: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 10-917-
5
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 5
Seismic Design of Composite Steel Deck and Concrete-filled Diaphragms: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 11-917-
10
NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 6
Seismic Design of Cast-in-Place Concrete Special Structural Walls and Coupling Beams: A Guide for Practicing Engineers
NIST GCR 11-917-
11REV-1
ASCE PUBLICATIONS
ANSI/ASCE 1-82 N-725 Guideline for Design and Analysis of Nuclear Safety Related Earth Structures
ASCE/EWRI 2-06 Measurement of Oxygen Transfer in Clean Water
ANSI/ASCE 3-91 Standard for the Structural Design of Composite Slabs and ANSI/ASCE 9-91 Standard Practice for the Construction and Inspection of Composite Slabs
ASCE 4-98 Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures
TMS/ASCE 5-11 & 6-11 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures and Related Commentaries
ASCE/SEI 7-10 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (Book)
SEI/ASCE 8-02 Standard Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Stainless Steel Structural Members
ASCE 10-97 Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structures
SEI/ASCE 11-99 Guideline for Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Buildings
ASCE/EWRI 12-05 Guideline for the Design of Urban Subsurface Drainage
ASCE/EWRI 13-05 Standard Guidelines for the Installation of Urban Subsurface Drainage
ASCE/EWRI 14-05 Standard Guidelines for the Operation & Maintenance of Urban Subsurface Drainage
ASCE 15-98 Standard Practice for Direct Design of Buried Precast Concrete Pipe Using Standard Installations (SIDD)
ASCE 16-95 Standard for Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of Engineered Wood Construction
ASCE 17-96 Air-Supported Structures
ASCE 18-96 Standard Guidelines for In-Process Oxygen Transfer Testing
ASCE 19-10 Structural Applications of Steel Cables for Buildings
ASCE 20-96 Standard Guidelines for the Design and Installation of Pile Foundations
ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-05 Automated People Mover StandardsPart 1
ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21.2-08 Automated People Mover StandardsPart 2
ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21.3-08 Automated People Mover StandardsPart 3
ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21.4-08 Automated People Mover StandardsPart 4
SEI/ASCE 23-97 Specification for Structural Steel Beams with Web Openings
ASCE/SEI 24-05 Flood Resistant Design and Construction
ASCE/SEI 25-06 Earthquake-Actuated Automatic Gas Shutoff Devices
ASCE 26-97 Standard Practice for Design of Buried Precast Concrete Box Sections
ASCE 27-00 Standard Practice for Direct Design of Precast Concrete Pipe for Jacking in Trenchless Construction
ASCE 28-00 Standard Practice for Direct Design of Precast Concrete Box Sections for Jacking in Trenchless Construction
ASCE/SEI/SFPE 29-05 Standard Calculation Methods for Structural Fire Protection
SEI/ASCE 30-00 Guideline for Condition Assessment of the Building Envelope
SEI/ASCE 31-03 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings
SEI/ASCE 32-01 Design and Construction of Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations
ASCE/EWRI 33-09 Comprehensive Transboundary Water Quality Management Agreement
EWRI/ASCE 34-01 Standard Guidelines for Artificial Recharge of Ground Water
EWRI/ASCE 35-01 Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Installed Fine-Pore Aeration Equipment
CI/ASCE 36-01 Standard Construction Guidelines for Microtunneling
SEI/ASCE 37-02 Design Loads on Structures during Construction
CI/ASCE 38-02 Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data
ASCE/EWRI 40-03 Regulated Riparian Model Water Code
ASCE/SEI 41-06 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
ASCE/EWRI 42-04 Standard Practice for the Design and Operation of Precipitation Enhancement Projects
ASCE/SEI 43-05 Seismic Design Criteria for Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Facilities
ASCE/EWRI 44-05 Standard Practice for the Design and Operation of Supercooled Fog Dispersal Projects
ASCE/EWRI 45-05 Standard Guidelines for the Design of Urban Stormwater Systems
ASCE/EWRI 46-05 Standard Guidelines for the Installation of Urban Stormwater Systems
ASCE/EWRI 47-05 Standard Guidelines for the Operation and Maintenance of Urban Stormwater Systems
ASCE/SEI 48-11 Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures
ASCE/EWRI 50-08 Standard Guideline for Fitting Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Using Probability Density Functions
ASCE/EWRI 51-08 Standard Guideline for Calculating the Effective Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
ASCE/SEI 52-10 Design of Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Stacks
ASCE-G-I 53-10 Compaction Grouting Consensus Guide
ASCE/EWRI 54-10 Standard Guideline for the Geostatistical Estimation and Block-Averaging of Homogeneous and Isotropic Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
ASCE/SEI 55-09 Tensile Membrane Structures
ASCE/EWRI 56-10 Guidelines for the Physical Security of Water Utilities
ASCE/EWRI 57-10 Guidelines for the Physical Security of Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities
ASCE/T&DI 58-10 Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Pavement for Municipal Streets and Roadways
ASCE/SEI 59-11 Blast Protection of Buildings