Articles and  News
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SEAU News 2006
Focus on KBB in feature article,  "Wasatch Property Management Corporate
Headquarters", in the Newsletter of the Structural Engineers Association of Utah.
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Bracket extensively
tested at ATLSS lab,
WYLE lab and UCSD;
fulfills all current FEMA
requirements.
Cost Savings using the Kaiser Bracket
Cost study clearly documents the Bolted Bracket's savings to the bottom line.
Hospital Safety - Kaiser Bolted Bracket
The Kaiser Bolted Bracket, "A Prescription for Hospital Building Safety".
Steel Cast Connections Acquires Kaiser Bracket
Steel Cast Connections acquires the Kaiser Bolted Bracket; benefits the
construction and retrofit industry.
HSSA 83
ALFRED E. ALQUIST HOSPITAL FACILITIES SEISMIC SAFETY ACT 1983 (HSSA 83)
Articles and News
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SEAOC - FEMA 350
Structural Engineers Association of California Seismology Committee commentary
and recommendations on FEMA 350.
AISC Engineering Journal, Third Quarter 2009
Full technical article on the Kaiser Bolted Bracket (KBB), including experimental
evaluation of KBB Steel Moment-Resisting Connections.
GeoTech Magazine - "Go Structural"
AISC announces the new code for all three new connections including the bracket.
Steel Castings - Structure Magazine 7/09
Steel Castings - A Tool for Efficient Design and Cost Savings, by William Gibb
Supplement No. 1 to ANSI/AISC 358-05 Prequalified Connections
for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic
Applications
Kaiser Bolted Bracket (KBB) moment connections is prequalified per Chapter 9, pp
19-31, in the supplement to the 2005 standard, Prequalified Connections for
Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications.
Introducing Kaiser Moment Frame
a smaller version of our prequalified Kaiser Bolted Bracket special moment frame
designed for easy Ordinary Moment Frame construction.