ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE)

WHAT IS LIFELINE EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING?

Lifelines:
Lifelines are the systems and facilities that provide services vital to the function of an industrialized society and important to the emergency response and recovery after a natural disaster. These systems and facilities include communication, electric power, liquid fuel, natural gas, transportation (airports, highways, ports, rail and transit), water, and wastewater.

Purpose:
To advance the state-of-the-art and practice of lifeline earthquake engineering through the following endeavors:

• Participate in the development of guidelines, pre-standards and standards for the seismic design and construction of lifelines;
• Encourage lifeline organizations, industries and associated manufacturers, associations and professionals to consider earthquakes and their impacts in the planning, design, emergency planning and operation of lifelines;
• Serve as a primary resource for establishing broad consensus on lifeline issues;
• Identify and prioritize research needs related to lifeline planning, design, construction and operation; and
• Support and/or conduct programs for education and technology transfer on lifeline seismic issues.

INSIDE TCLEE

• Oregon Infrastructure Forum
• Overview
• Agenda
• Speaker Bios
• 1 - Wong - Cascadia Earthquake Hazards & Risk
• 2 - Schiff - Electric Vulnerability
• 3 - McDonough - Gas Infrastructure Vulnerability
• 4 - Tang - Telecommunication Vulnerability
• 5 - Eidinger - Infrastructure Seismic Vulnerability Assessments
• 6 - Kempner - BPA Case History
• 7 - Nishenko - PG&E Case history
• Tsunami Symposium's presentations
• TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
  • PROGRAM AND PUBLICATION
  • EARTHQUAKE INVESTIGATION
  • ELECTRICAL POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS LIFELINES
  • GAS AND LIQUID FUELS LIFELINES
  • PORT AND HARBOR LIFELINES
  • SEISMIC RISK
  • TRANSPORTATION LIFELINES
  • WATER AND WASTEWATER LIFELINES
• PUBLICATIONS
• TCLEE EARTHQUAKE REPORTS
• Preliminary Report on July 16, 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-Oki earthquake in Japan
• Preliminary Report on August 15, 2007 Pisco earthquake in Peru