"June 2006."

"FEMA 232."

"This report was prepared under Contract EMW-1998-CO-0419 between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Institute of Building Sciences" -- T.p. verso.

A complete update and rewrite of the 1998 document, Home builders guide to seismic resistant construction (FEMA 232).

"This guide 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 incorporates lessons learned from the 1989 Loma Prieta and 1994 Northridge earthquakes as well as knowledge gained from the FEMA-funded CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project. 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" -- P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205).