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FEMA P-2192-4 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Seismic Design Category Maps for 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) and International Building Code (IBC)

This document includes the updated seismic design maps that have been adopted into the 2024 editions of the International Residential Code and the International Building Code. Both map sets are based on the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures and the 2022 ASCE Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.

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FEMA P-2192: 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Design Examples, Training Materials, and Design Flow Charts Volume 1: Design Examples

FEMA P-2192 is a three-volume series of educational materials for users of the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Provisions and the ASCE/SEI 7-22 standard. Volume 1 includes design examples covering the major topics of change in the 2020 NEHRP Recommend Provisions.

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FEMA P-2192: 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Design Examples, Training Materials, and Design Flow Charts Volume 2: Training Materials

FEMA P-2192 is a three-volume series of educational materials for users of the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Provisions and the ASCE/SEI 7-22 standard. Volume 2 provides a collection of training course presentations for the topics of design examples in Volume 1.

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FEMA P-2192: 2020 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions: Design Examples, Training Materials, and Design Flow Charts Volume 3: Design Flow Charts

FEMA P-2192 is a three-volume series of educational materials for users of the 2020 NEHRP Recommended Provisions and the ASCE/SEI 7-22 standard. Volume 3 offers design flow charts for various parts of seismic design for buildings.