In this presentation, Dr. Molina Hutt will provide an overview of the development of seismic design provisions for functional recovery performance as part of the 2026 NEHRP Provisions. He will introduce the need for functional recovery as a design criterion for new buildings (in addition to life safety), the background efforts that have built a foundation for functional recovery codification, key definitions, the development of functional recovery categories and associated recovery time targets, ground motion considerations for functional recovery design, the framework for developing prescriptive design provisions for structural and nonstructural systems, and other criteria necessary to achieve functional recovery performance.

This seminar presents IFAS, a novel low-damage seismic system developed through a multi-university NSF NHERI project led by the University of Arizona. Validated via large-scale shake table and lab tests at UCSD and Lehigh, IFAS uses deformable connections and self-centering walls to reduce seismic and wind demands.

Details to be confirmed in due course.