Friction Pendulum System, Pendulum Bearing Manufacturing, Mare... Earthquake Protection Systems mission is to apply advanced seismic isolation technology to the design... and construction of resilient and sustainable facilities that can function after an earthquake. Using multi-stage seismic isolation, it is now economical to design facilities to protect... contents, non-structural components, and structures from damage during the most severe earthquakes. New construction can cost less than minimum code designs based on traditional...

Seismically Isolated & Liquefied Natural Gas Storage, Design... Greece LNG Tank Peru LNG Tank Installed Bearings LNG Storage Tanks The Public Gas Corporation of Greece required... seismic isolation bearings for the construction of two large LNG storage tanks on the island of Revithoussa, near Athens, in one of Europes highest seismic regions. The performance... requirements for the isolation bearings for this project were the most stringent in the history of seismic isolation. Friction PendulumTM bearings where selected over elastomeric...

early in the project... A competitive process that selects the best value seismic isolation solution during the project design phase maximizes the seismic isolation benefits... for the seismic isolation system, and the basis for the competitive selection and proposal evaluation. Manufacturers are requested to submit a proposal for a seismic isolation solution using..., and estimated total construction cost impact. The engineer and owner rank the proposals according to overall construction value and risks, based on which factors are most important...