CESMD
Information for Strong-Motion Station
Newark - City Administration Building [Demolished]
CGS - CSMIP Station 58641
Earthquakes recorded by this station
 
(Station Photograph - click to enlarge)(Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File)
   
Latitude 37.5355 N
Longitude 122.0293 W
Elevation (m) 8
Site Geology Alluvium
Vs30 (m/sec) 258 (inferred)
Site Class D
Remarks/Notes Site information sources
 
No. of Stories above/below ground8/0
Plan ShapeSquare
Base Dimensions51' x 50'
Typical Floor Dimensions51' x 50'
Design Date1965
Instrumentation1992. 12 accelerometers, on 4 levels in the building. 3 accelerometers at a reference free-field site.
 
Vertical Load Carrying System3" light weight concrete slab on metal deck supported by open web steel joists (1'-8" deep, 32' span), resting on concrete walls.
Lateral Force Resisting System10" perimeter concrete walls and 8" RC walls around stairwells and elevator shaft.
Foundation Type2'-6" diam, 43' long, cast-in-place concrete friction piles with tips founded in sandy soils. The 3' deep pile caps are interconnected by 8' deep grade beams running in east-west direction.
RemarksThe building was designed as per the requirements of the 1961 Uniform Building Code.