This project involves earthquake and post-earthquake fire testing of a fullscale five-story building furnished with nonstructural components and systems (NCSs). A broad array of NCSs are incorporated in the test building, including a functioning passenger elevator, stairs, exterior walls, interior partition walls, piping, HVAC, ceiling, sprinklers, building contents, as well as passive and active fire systems. The NEES-UCSD outdoor shake table facility is utilized to support this fullscale testing program. In this paper, the design and construction of the test building and its NCSs are summarized. Testing is projected for March 2012, and pending this progression, preliminary data may be presented at the conference. Data obtained from this program will be used to evaluate and refine current code assumptions and computer models regarding nonstructural components and systems, and to find ways to minimize undesirable damage to NCSs during an earthquake.

A full-scale five-story building was constructed on the NEES@UCSD large high performance shake table and subjected to a series of earthquake motions, while supported at its base in two different configurations. The building was completely furnished with nonstructural components and systems (NCSs) including a functioning passenger elevator, prefabricated stairs, façades, partition walls, piping, HVAC, ceiling, sprinklers, building contents, as well as passive and active fire systems. The program included testing the building in a base-isolated configuration prior to testing it fixed at its base, with earthquakes of increasing severity imposed on the building in both configurations. In this paper, the performance of two major NCSs is of primary interest, namely the egress subsystems (elevator and stairs) and façades (balloon framing overlaid by stucco and precast concrete cladding). Physical observations and measured seismic response of these subsystems and the associated impact on postearthquake fire performance are presented.