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Forward-Looking Codes and Standards: Future Hazards

Published
August 17, 2026

Author(s)

Jayantha Obeysekera, Jennifer Goupil, Meg Ackerson, Joe Ackroyd, JOSEPH BARSUGLI, Kevin Borth, Michel Ghosn, Matthew Gilbertson, Elisabeth Gilmore, Jack Hogan, Sihan Li, Mari Tye, Therese McAllister

Abstract

Forward Looking Codes and Standards: Future Hazards workshop report includes recommended research needs on the following themes: confidence and uncertainty in hazard projections, local downscaling of global models, and conversion of hazard projections to engineering design criteria.
Citation
Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR) - 26-071
Report Number
26-071
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

Codes and standards, Building codes, Future hazards, Hazard models, Load effect: Design guidelines, Design criteria, Structural capacity, Adaptation, Resilience

Citation

Obeysekera, J. , Goupil, J. , Ackerson, M. , Ackroyd, J. , BARSUGLI, J. , Borth, K. , Ghosn, M. , Gilbertson, M. , Gilmore, E. , Hogan, J. , Li, S. , Tye, M. and McAllister, T. (2026), Forward-Looking Codes and Standards: Future Hazards, Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.GCR.26-071, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=962726 (Accessed August 18, 2026)
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