Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$580,493.00

Award Date

1/08/2010

Administering Agency

Commerce, Department of / National Institute of Standards and Technology

CDFA Number

11.609

CDFA Program Title

Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards

Description

The goal of this project is to develop a variety of new structural systems that inherently satisfy the objectives of Performance Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE). These systems called PBEE ComPliant Systems will have negligible damage in frequent eart