Recommended Procedures For Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117 Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Liquefaction Hazard in California

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

Published June 1999, SCEC Contribution #462

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.

Citation
Martin, G., Lew, M., Arulmoli, K., Baez, J., Blake, T., Earnest, J., Gharib, F., Goldhammer, J., Hsu, D., Kupferman, S., O’Tousa, J., Real, C., Reeder, W., Simantob, A., & Youd, T. (1999). Recommended Procedures For Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117 Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Liquefaction Hazard in California. Los Angeles, USA: The Southern California Earthquake Center. http://scecinfo.usc.edu/resources/catalog/LiquefactionproceduresJun99.pdf