SEAOC Blue Book:
Seismic Design Recommendations
of the SEAOC Seismology Committee
Welcome to the Blue Book, the new edition of SEAOC’s signature publication. Over the next several months, the Seismology Committee will be posting new articles.

The Blue Book is FREE to SEAOC members. After you have chosen your
articles you will be prompted to enter your last name and your 10-digit telephone
number. Once this authentication procedure is complete, you will be able
to download the files from your shopping cart.

The Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) is professional association of four member organizations representing the structural engineering community in California. This document is published in keeping with SEAOC’s stated mission “to advance the structural engineering profession; to provide the public with structures of dependable performance through the application of state of the art structural engineering principles; to assist the public in obtaining professional structural engineering services; to promote natural hazard mitigation; to provide structural engineers with the most current information and tools to improve their practice; and to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession.”

Additional information on Seismology Position Statements and other Seismology related articles can be found by clicking here.