Ac. Heidebrecht et A. Rutenberg, ON THE DYNAMIC FOUNDATION FACTOR FOR THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA - LOW TO MEDIUM RISE BUILDINGS, Canadian journal of civil engineering, 21(2), 1994, pp. 353-356
Site-specific seismic response factors for low-period building structu
res are presented as an alternative to the recently proposed foundatio
n factor F for inclusion in the seismic provision of the National Bui
lding Code of Canada. These factors are not explicit functions of the
site vibration period, and, therefore, are more suitable for the desig
n of small to medium rise buildings for which only limited site invest
igations are routinely carried out.