How design and construct an earthquake resistant house

Credit: 18 PDH
Course Fee: $279.00

This course provides information on current best practices for earthquake-resistant house design and construction for use by builders, designers, code enforcement personnel, and potential homeowners.
It also introduces and explains the effects of earthquake loads on one- and two-family detached houses and identifies the requirements of the 2003 International Residential Code (IRC) intended to resist these loads.

Learning Objective:

1. INTRODUCTION
2. EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANCE REQUIREMENTS
3. FOUNDATIONS AND FOUNDATION WALLS
4. FLOOR CONSTRUCTION
5. WALLS
6. ROOF-CEILING SYSTEMS
7. CHIMNEYS, FIREPLACES, BALCONIES AND DECKS
8. ANCHORAGE OF HOME CONTENTS