About the author  ⁄ Thomas Gangel, P.E.

Thomas Gangel, P.E., is a Principal at Wallace Engineering Structural and Civil Consultants out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has been an active member of the TMS 402/ACI 530/ASCE 5 Masonry Standards Joint Committee since 1993.

NEHRP Technical Brief for Designers

Under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the stewardship of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE) have jointly prepared an excellent series of ten succinct and practical seismic design guides for practicing engineers, available for free online.

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