CESMD |
Information for Strong-Motion Station |
Newark - City Administration Building [Demolished] |
CGS - CSMIP Station 58641 |
Earthquakes recorded by this station |
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 ground | 8/0 |
Plan Shape | Square |
Base Dimensions | 51' x 50' |
Typical Floor Dimensions | 51' x 50' |
Design Date | 1965 |
Instrumentation | 1992. 12 accelerometers, on 4 levels in the building. 3 accelerometers at a reference free-field site. |
Vertical Load Carrying System | 3" 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 System | 10" perimeter concrete walls and 8" RC walls around stairwells and elevator shaft. |
Foundation Type | 2'-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. |
Remarks | The building was designed as per the requirements of the 1961 Uniform Building Code. |