Operational and Functional Components (OFC) are those elements in a building that are required for its normal function and operation. In recent earthquakes it has become clear that, in addition to the safety related aspects of the seismic performance of OFCs, the economic impact of the poor or marginal performance of these components can be very severe. A variety of shake table tests of different types of OFCs have been conducted at the University of British Columbia during the last six years. The most significant effort was a series of forty-nine shake table tests to determine the seismic performance of OFCs typically found in office environments. Examples of the OFCs tested include: bookshelves, file cabinets, a photocopier, fully furnished office work stations, communication racks, LAN rack, motor control centre, equipment seismic isolation and restraining systems, and other office equipment. Some of the OFC were tested with different dead load distributions, as it may is expected in usual office environments. The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of the shake table tests conducted and discuss the relevant results.
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