STBA Junior College Performance Report
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SMK Negeri 9 School
The school serves high school students in 3 main buildings on the campus. The largest of the three buildings, a 3-story structure built in 1996, suffered major damage in the earthquake. We were told by school personnel that 2 people died and 5 others were injured. The other two classroom buildings as well as the […]
LBA LIA – English Learning Center
The building was a 4-story reinforced concrete frame building with brick infill. After the September 30, 2009 earthquake, the first and second story of the building collapsed, resulting in 4 total fatalities. Based on local accounts, 11 were trapped in the collapsed building after the earthquake but 7 of them were able to be saved. […]
No. 52 Parupuak Tabing school
The larger of the two classroom buildings that is at the spine of the “C” was constructed in 1984 and suffered substantial damage in the earthquake. The building was in the process of being renovated and all of the interior transverse cross walls had been removed with the intent that they would soon be replaced. […]
Observations on Performance of University of Canterbury and Lincoln University
The University was initially closed for one week, but during the clean-up, it was decided to extend the closure for a second week, with a phased return for students on the Thursday-Friday of the second week. On those days, graduate students with research offices were allowed in to clean up their offices, and faculty were […]
Observations from the EERI Team
Much of the campus is currently cordoned off and many offices and classrooms are inaccessible. University officials have provided frequent updates to students, faculty, and staff via the University website, Facebook, and email. The EERI social science team—myself, Anne Wein, and Jeannette Sutton—toured the accessible areas of campus on Monday, March 14. The temporary tent […]
Structural Damage of “A” High School Buildings
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Louisa County High School Damage
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Schools
From: “Earthquake damage in D.C. will take time to assess”, Washington Post, Christian Davenport and Susan Svrluga In Fairfax County, principals at 74 schools reported some earthquake damage, spokesman Paul Regnier said. Each school was being inspected to determine whether repairs are needed. Fairfax students do not return to classes until after Labor Day. From: “6 students, 1 […]
Moderately Damaged School Building in Van
Figure 1. General view of the structure. Figure 2. Spalling of plaster on exterior façade of the structure. Figure 3. Infill wall damage inside a classroom. Figure 4. Diagonal shear cracks at an infill wall inside a classroom. Figure 5. Spalling of plaster along the interior […]