Monday, October 1, 2007

RE: SEISMIC: Seismic Factors for Qatar

Bill,
There is an Appendix to Ch. 16 in '97 UBC listing seismic zones for
locations overseas. Qatar is listed as Zone 0. Also, try the following
link (www.wbdg.org/ccb/DOD/UFC/ufc_3_310_01.pdf) for the UFC design guide
for Structural Load Data, which lists seismic and wind design parameters for
various (military) locations in the US and throughout the world. Briefly
looking through it, Qatar is not listed.

David A. Topete, SE

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Moore [mailto:nma@omsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:47 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: SEISMIC: Seismic Factors for Qatar

Can't help you out on the seismic zone for Qatar, but the 'UBC 97,
still being used in California.

The zones are:
1 Z = .075
2A Z = .15
2B Z = .2
3 Z = .3
4 Z = .4

Neil Moore, SE, SECB


At 01:33 PM 10/1/2007, you wrote:

>Folks:
>
>Are there any published seismic factors in accordance with the
>latest NEHRP / IBC / ASCE 7 procedures for the country of Qatar in
>the Middle East?
>
>We have an O-L-D project specification that indicates "use UBC '97
>Zone 1," but I wasn't even aware there WAS a Zone 1 for UBC '97.
>
>Thanks.
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