Recommended Procedures For Implementation Of DMG Special Publication 117 Guidelines For Analyzing And Mitigating Landslide Hazards In California

Geoffrey Martin, Marshall Lew, Kandiah Arulmoli, Juan Baez, Johnnie Earnest, Fred Gharib, Joe Goldhammer, David Hsu, Steve Kupferman, Jim O'Tousa, Charles Real, Wes Reeder, Ebrahim Simantob, & T. Leslie Youd

Published June 2002, SCEC Contribution #15046

With the implementation of the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act in California, general guidelines for evaluating and mitigating seismic hazards in California were published by the California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology in 1997 as Special Publication 117. Building Officials in the Department of Building and Safety of the City of Los Angeles and the Department of Public Works of the County of Los Angeles requested assistance in the development of procedures to implement the requirements of the DMG SP 117 Guidelines and the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act for projects requiring their review. Cooperation was sought from other agencies in southern California and officials from the Counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Orange, and Ventura agreed to participate. In addition, the Division of Mines and Geology and the Federal Emergency Management Agency lent support to this effort. The request was made through the Geotechnical Engineering Group of the Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in the latter part of 1997. A group of practicing geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists was assembled to form a committee to develop implement procedures. It was decided to deal with liquefaction and landslide hazards separately. The liquefaction implementation committee was organized through the auspices of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) located at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Citation
Martin, G., Lew, M., Arulmoli, K., Baez, J., Earnest, J., Gharib, F., Goldhammer, J., Hsu, D., Kupferman, S., O'Tousa, J., Real, C., Reeder, W., Simantob, E., & Youd, T. (2002). Recommended Procedures For Implementation Of DMG Special Publication 117 Guidelines For Analyzing And Mitigating Landslide Hazards In California. Los Angeles, USA: . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20334527.