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TABLE 16-K

TABLE 16-I—SEISMIC ZONE FACTOR Z

ZONE 1 2A 2B 3 4

Z 0.075 0.15 0.20 0.30 0.40

NOTE: The zone shall be determined from the seismic zone map in Figure 16-2.

TABLE 16-J—SOIL PROFILE TYPES

AVERAGE SOIL PROPERTIES FOR TOP 100 FEET (30 480 mm) OF SOIL PROFILE
SOIL PROFILE SOIL PROFILE NAME/GENERIC Shear Wave Velocity, v s Standard Penetration Test, N [or NCH for Undrained Shear Strength, s u psf
TYPE DESCRIPTION feet/second (m/s) cohesionless soil layers] (blows/foot) (kPa)
SA Hard Rock > 5,000
(1,500)
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SB Rock 2,500 to 5,000
(760 to 1,500)
SC Very Dense Soil and Soft Rock 1,200 to 2,500 > 50 > 2,000
(360 to 760) (100)
SD Stiff Soil Profile 600 to 1,200 15 to 50 1,000 to 2,000
(180 to 360) (50 to 100)
SE 1 Soft Soil Profile < 600 < 15 < 1,000
(180) (50)
SF Soil Requiring Site-specific Evaluation. See Section 1629.3.1.
1Soil Profile Type S also includes any soil profile with more than 10 feet (3048 mm) of soft clay defined as a soil with a plasticity index, PI > 20, wmc w 40 percent
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TABLE 16-K—OCCUPANCY CATEGORY

SEISMIC SEISMIC WIND
IMPORTANCE IMPORTANCE1 IMPORTANCE
OCCUPANCY CATEGORY OCCUPANCY OR FUNCTIONS OF STRUCTURE FACTOR, I FACTOR, Ip FACTOR, Iw
1. Essential Group I, Division 1 Occupancies having surgery and emergency treatment 1.25 1.50 1.15
facilities2 areas
Fire and police stations
Garages and shelters for emergency vehicles and emergency aircraft
Structures and shelters in emergency-preparedness centers
Aviation control towers
Structures and equipment in government communication centers and other
facilities required for emergency response
Standby power-generating equipment for Category 1 facilities
Tanks or other structures containing housing or supporting water or other
fire-suppression material or equipment required for the protection of Category
1, 2 or 3 structures
2. Hazardous Group H, Divisions 1, 2, 6 and 7 Occupancies and structures therein housing or 1.25 1.50 1.15
facilities supporting toxic or explosive chemicals or substances
Nonbuilding structures housing, supporting or containing quantities of toxic or
explosive substances that, if contained within a building, would cause that
building to be classified as a Group H, Division 1, 2 or 7 Occupancy
3. Special Group A, Divisions 1, 2 and 2.1 Occupancies 1.00 1.00 1.00
occupancy Buildings housing Group E, Divisions 1 and 3 Occupancies with a capacity
structures3 greater than 300 students
Buildings housing Group B Occupancies used for college or adult education
with a capacity greater than 500 students
Group I, Divisions 1 and 2 Occupancies with 50 or more resident incapacitated
patients, but not included in Category 1
Group I, Division 3 Occupancies
All structures with an occupancy greater than 5,000 persons
Structures and equipment in power-generating stations, and other public utility
facilities not included in Category 1 or Category 2 above, and required for
continued operation
4. Standard All structures housing occupancies or having functions not listed in Category 1.00 1.00 1.00
occupancy 1, 2 or 3 and Group U Occupancy towers
structures3
5. Miscellaneous Group U Occupancies except for towers 1.00 1.00 1.00
structures
1The limitation of I for panel connections in Section 1633.2.4 shall be 1.0 for the entire connector.
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2Structural observation requirements are given in Section 1702.
3For anchorage of machinery and equipment required for life-safety systems, the value of I shall be taken as 1.5.
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