Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center (PEER)

Mission

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) operates programs aimed at cost-effective reduction of earthquake losses, with emphasis in the following areas: Understanding and mitigating the potential for collapse in older building construction so that major life losses can be avoided; Developing performance-based approaches for design of buildings and transportation and utility lifelines to provide life-safety protection for all construction, and protection of economic and functional objectives for essential facilities and operations. The Center is an NSF (National Science Foundation) Earthquake Engineering Research Center whose mission is to develop performance-based earthquake engineering technologies to meet the economic and safety needs of owners and society.