This ZOOM presentation will go through the design of the new Oregon State University Marine Studies Initiative Building in Newport Oregon. This state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in the United States to be designed as a vertical evacuation refuge for tsunamis and using performance-based design resiliency criteria exceeding standard building code requirements. The project also faced challenges with site soil conditions, a complicated peer review process and budget constraints.
About Seth Thomas
Seth Thomas, P.E., S.E., works at KPFF Consulting Engineers and is a licensed structural engineer. Seth got involved in the code development process early in his career and was a part of the team that developed the first tsunami provisions as part of ASCE 7-16. Seth is currently a member of the tsunami, flood, seismic and main committees for the ASCE 7-22 and a member of the SEAO code committee that assisted the Oregon building codes division in the adoption of the 2019 and 2022 OSSC.