The Applied Technology Council is a nonprofit research organization based in California which studies the effects of

natural hazard A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community brought by natural phenomenon or hazard. Some examples of natural hazards include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides - including submarin ...

s on the built environment and how to mitigate these effects, particularly

earthquake An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...

s. It was founded through the efforts of the Structural Engineers Association of California in 1973. It does not develop

building code A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permis ...

s but does develop manuals which summarize information for engineers, and this information is sometimes used in codes, standards, and specifications.

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