Zia Zafir

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ABOUT ZIA ZAFIR

National practice leader and chief engineer for the seismic and geotechnical earthquake engineering at Kleinfelder. I have more than 35 years of experience in the field of geotechnical and earthquake engineering and research. I have been actively involved on seismic hazard evaluations and seismic retrofit for renowned national and international projects. In addition to California, he has been involved in seismic design projects in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Mexico, Bangladesh, and Russia. Some of his significant projects include development of: ground motions for seismic retrofit of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, seismic feasibility studies for Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the state of Washington, ground motion studies for Jamuna River Bridge in Bangladesh, ground motion criteria for two fissile material storage facilities in Russia, and Chemical and Metallurgical Research facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In addition, I have been involved in developing design ground motions for several high rises in California, Washington, and Utah. I am the vice chair of TC-01 of ASCE 7 Seismic Subcommittee (SSC). TC-01 oversees Chapters 11, 20, 21, and 22 of ASCE 7 Standard. I am also a Governor appointed member of California State Mining and Geology Board which oversees CGS Seismic Hazard Mapping program. I have published and presented more than forty technical papers in international journals and conferences. I have also been an invited speaker at universities and professional engineering associations across the US. I had also served on the editorial board of Earthquake Spectra for two 3-year terms.Specialties: Ground motions assessmentSite-specific probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard analysesSeismic hazards such as liquefaction and lateral spreadingSite response analysisTime histories