Performance-based seismic design of mid-rise light-frame wood buildings: An overview of the NEESWood project

The NEESWood project is a four-year five-university project in the United States whose objective is to develop a logical, economically viable, Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) philosophy for mid-rise light-frame wood (woodframe) construction. The project began in 2005 with the testing of a full-scale, two-story, townhouse building spanning two 7 m × 7 m shake tables at the University at Buffalo. The results of the tests were used to …