Photos taken in and round Port-au-Prince
Figure 1. Collapsed canopy at gas station. No anchorage at base of posts. Figure 2. Lateral spreading at port. Figure 3.Overview of collapsed pier and cranes at port. Several buildings also under […]
Photos taken in and around Leogane
Fig. 1. Wood utility pole, broken at mid-height. Fig. 2. Tank farm: tanks unanchored but no sign […]
Photos of building damage
Figure 1. Institution Paul Delmas area. Figure 2. Slumtown. Figure 3. Digicel 3-story. Figure 4. Digicel 3-story. Figure 5. Digicel 3-story. Figure 3. Digicel 3-story. Figure […]
Photos of building damage
Figure 1. Presidential Palace: collapse of center dome. Figure 2. Residential area: severe damage. Figure 3. National Bank of […]
Photos from low-rise un-engineered construction
Fig. 1. Note slabs and lightweight roofs in typical residential construction (1-2 story, 3-story less common). Fig. 2. Confined masonry: […]
Haiti Earthquake Response
Photos of building damage
Figure 1. Canado School, Soft Story. Figure 2. Church, Severe corrosion. Figure 3. Confined masonry vs. infill. Figure 4. Good detailing. Figure 5. Hotel Montana, Levels 4 and 5 slide down hill. Figure 6. Hotel Montana, No bar in column. Figure 7. Damge […]
Photos by Eduardo Fierro, Richard Clarke, Anuradha Mukherji, Justin Marshall, Reginald DesRoches, Anna Lang and Rob Olshansky.
Figure 1. Shear failures at first joints in Leogane school. Figure 2. No sign of damage in confined masonry residence. Figure 3. Lateral spreading at port. Figure 4. Widespread destruction of nonductile concrete structures. Figure 5. Damage view from street. Figure 6. Damage view from street. . […]
Observations from the EERI Steel and Industrial Buildings Team
The team left the hotel at 8:00 AM towards the airport to meet with Dr. Ernesto Cruz and Dania Valdivia from Earthquake Engineering Consultants in Santiago/Chile. The airport was investigated for damage and there was none seen except that the sprinkler system was activated after the earthquake (Figure 1). Dr. Cruz led us to the […]
Photos of Confined Masonry Performance
Figure 1. Damage to CM building in Rengo. Figure 2. Building in Rengo. Figure 3. Good performance of confined masonry in Curepto. Figure 4. Confined masonry next to collapsed adobe.