Paper presented to Joint Technical Sessions Between
Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) and the
Caribbean Division of the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK)

 PLANNING BUILDINGS TO RESIST EARTHQUAKES

By Wayne Adams MIStructE, MJIE & Alfrico Adams FJIE FIStructE
Thursday, Dec.16, 2004

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Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and other Structures

Revision of ANSI/ASCE 7-98
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Earthquake Resistant Design for Architects & Engineers
    Second Edition
David J. Dowrick
3 Code Development in Earthquake Resistant Design Paper
presented at Joint Technical Session No.1 by Alfrico Adams
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W. K. Tso & N. H. Brown
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Building Configuration and Seismic Design.
   

Christopher Arnold & Robert Reitherman
Wiley- Interscience Publication
6 International Building Code (IBC 2003)

International Code Council