The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Presents a Workshop on:

Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California

Thursday and Friday, February 20-21, 2003

Davidson Conference Center
University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Background: In August 1998, a group of geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists with academic, practicing, and regulatory backgrounds was assembled to form a committee (chaired by Thomas Blake) to develop specific slope stability analysis implementation procedures to aid local southern California city and county agencies in their compliance with review requirements of the State’s Seismic Hazard Mapping Act. The work of that committee resulted in the development of a relatively detailed set of procedures for analyzing and mitigating landslide hazards in California (edited by T. Blake, R. Hollingsworth, and J. Stewart), which was recently published and is available on the Southern California Earthquake Center’s (SCEC) web site (http://www.scec.org/resources/catalog/hazardmitigation.html). Workshop attendees are urged to download a free copy of this document and to read prior to attending, so that they can prepare questions in advance.

Workshop Details: This two-day workshop, presented by the members of the committee, is intended to summarize and explain the recommended procedures, and provide time for interaction with the authors. The workshop is intended for both managing and practicing engineers and geologists. Speakers will include T. Blake, R. Hollingsworth, R. Jibson, R. Masuda, D. Pradel, C. Real, N. Sathialingam, and J. Stewart. Participants will receive a notebook containing printed copies of the speakers’ presentations and a CD-ROM of the presentations as PowerPoint files. The CD will also include an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to calculate earthquake-induced displacements by a committee-recommended simplified procedure and a Windows computer program developed by R. Jibson (USGS) to perform rigid-block Newmark-type seismically induced displacement integration analyses. Workshop materials also will include worked examples of seismically induced slope deformation calculations.

Continuing Education units will be available to attendees through the Association of Engineering Geologists.

Schedule: On Thursday, February 20, registration and distribution of materials will begin at 7:30 A.M. The workshop will begin at 8:30 A.M. and conclude at 5:00 P.M. both days. Also on both days, a continental breakfast will be available starting at 7:30 A.M. and lunch will be provided at approximately 12 noon.

Location: The workshop will held at the Davidson Conference Center (map), 3415 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, on the University of Southern California campus.

Directions: From the harbor Freeway (110), exit at Exposition Blvd. and head west towards USC. Turn right onto Figueroa Street and proceed north to the Jefferson/Figueroa parking lot on the right, just past the Radisson Hotel. Tell the parking attendant that you are attending a meeting at the Davidson Conference Center (DCC) sponsored by SCEC. DCC is on the west side of Figueroa St. at the intersection with Jefferson Blvd.

Recommended Hotel: Radisson Hotel, 3540 S. Figueroa St. (see map)
Reserve your room at these rates by January 19, 2003 by calling 213-748-4141.
Request the "SCEC Landslide Workshop" rate: single: $89 double: $99

Registration Fee: $250 due by February 17, 2003.
(Includes breakfast, lunch and snacks both days, printed materials, and CD-ROMs)

No refunds after February 13, 2003. You may designate a replacement if necessary.

To register, print and complete the form below and fax or mail to:

Southern California Earthquake Center
University of Southern California
3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Suite 169
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0742

FAX: 213-740-0011

Questions? 213-740-5843

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