CEMP-E
TI 809-51
30 September 1999
APPENDIX B
COMPLETION OF BUILDING REVIEW REPORT FORMS
B-1. Purpose
This appendix provides guidelines for the completion of forms for the seismic review of structural
systems. The Lateral Load System Data Sheet (Figure B-1) is to be used to record pertinent
structural data concerning each of the buildings selected for the seismic review process. This sheet
should be completed during the field visit to the building to confirm the data obtained from the
drawings, and to provide documentation for the Structural Review Score Sheet.
B.2 Lateral Load System Data Sheet
a. Identification data. The data to be entered at the top of the sheet pertains to the identification
of the building and the person performing the seismic review. The name and location of the station
(e.g., McChord AFB, Washington), the Facility Category Number, and the Building should be
consistent with the Department of Defense Real Property Inventory Data. The NEHRP Building
Type refers to the 15 common building types described in FEMA 310, Section 2.6. The selection of
the building type number that best describes the building will be made by the person performing the
review, based on the review of the structural drawings and the visit to the building. The region of
seismicity of the building site, represented by the design short-period and one-second period
FEMA 310, Section 2.5.
b. Diaphragm data. This section of the form requires a brief description of the floor and roof
diaphragms and how they are connected to the vertical lateral-load-resisting elements. The type of
diaphragm to be recorded should be the structural element (e.g., cast-in-place concrete slab,
horizontal steel bracing, or 2-inch straight-laid wood sheathing) that distributes the seismic inertia
forces to the vertical lateral-load-resisting element (e.g., shear walls or braced frames) at each
building level. The description of the diaphragm connection to the vertical elements is to be
qualitative rather than quantitative. For example, a metal deck diaphragm may be "welded to
structural steel framing," and a reinforced concrete slab diaphragm may be "doweled to masonry
shear walls."
B-1
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