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Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure compromises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to the risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. This third edition includes extensive updates including: Update of the Basic Scores and Score ModifiersUpdate of the ground motion definitionsPreparation of additional reference guidesInclusion of additional building types that are prevalentInclusion of additional considerations, such as nonstructural hazards, existing retrofits, building additions, and adjacencyAddition of an optional electronic scoring methodologyand more. Related products:
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