Liquefaction Analysis and Mitigation Procedures

Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Liquefaction Hazards in California has two objectives. The first objective is to present information that will be useful and informative to building officials so that they can properly and consistently review and approve geologic and geotechnical reports that address liquefaction hazard and mitigation. The second objective is to provide a broad-brush survey of some of the most common methods of analyses and mitigation techniques that will be useful to geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, building officials, and other affected parties.

$10.00 for a printed copy, or download the document (PDF, 2.1 MB) for free.

Landslide Analysis and Mitigation Procedures

Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California has two objectives. The first objective is to present information that will be useful and informative to building officials so that they can properly and consistently review and approve geologic and geotechnical reports that address landslide hazard and mitigation. The second objective is to provide a broad-brush survey of some of the most common methods of analyses and mitigation techniques that will be useful to geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, building officials, and other affected parties. Read the SCEC News article about the release of the report.

$10.00 for a printed copy, or download the updated June 2002 document (PDF, 3.2 MB) for free.

IMPORTANT: Periodic addenda to this report will be available for download here:

The printed materials for the workshop that explained the landslide document are available for purchase. These materials include printed presentations, example problems, relevent technical papers, etc.

A CD-ROM with this material is also available and includes presentations for the workshop that explained the liquefaction document.

An additional CD-ROM is included with purchase of these materials that provides tools for performing landslide analyses.

The printed materials and CD-ROMs together are $60.00 total. The CD-ROMs alone (which contain all the printed material) are $20.00 total.

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