CESMD |
Information for Strong-Motion Station |
Palmdale - 5-story Hospital |
CGS - CSMIP Station 24457 |
Earthquakes recorded by this station |
Latitude | 34.5835 N |
Longitude | 118.1446 W |
Elevation (m) | 829 |
Site Geology | Deep alluvium |
Vs30 (m/sec) | 414 (inferred) |
Site Class | D |
Remarks/Notes | Site information sources |
No. of Stories above/below ground | 5/0 |
Plan Shape | Rectangular |
Base Dimensions | 279 ft x 106 ft |
Typical Floor Dimensions | 279 ft x 106 ft |
Design Date | 2005 |
Instrumentation | 2010, 16 accelerometers on 5 levels and 3 at a free-field. |
Vertical Load Carrying System | Concrete flat slabs supported by concrete columns and shear walls. |
Lateral Force Resisting System | Concrete shear walls located at both interior and perimeter. |
Foundation Type | Large concrete pile caps supported by drilled cast-in-place concrete friction piles. Concrete spread footings support some of the gravity columns. |
Remarks | Structural design was based on the 2001 California Building Code. This hospital building is instrumented as part of an OSHPD/CSMIP agreement to instrument hospitals in California. |