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Field team survey of the Madonna dell’Ambro Sanctuary

Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date:                                     October 19th 2016 Category:                            Sanctuary Name of the structure:    […]

Field team survey of the Santissimo Sacramento e Rosario church

Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date:                                     October 20th 2016 Category:                            Parochial Church Name of the structure:  […]

Field team survey of the San Vito Martire church

Translation from Italian to English by Elide Pantoli (University of California, San Diego) Date:                                     October 20th 2016 Category:                            Parochial Church Name of the structure:  […]

Webinar Recordings – Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Central Italy Earthquake Sequence

This webinar was supported with funding under a cooperative agreement (EMW-2016- CA-00091) with FEMA/U.S. Department of Homeland Security.    GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND MOTIONS AND DAMAGE, PAOLO ZIMMARO, UCLA Download Presentation Slides (PDF)   RETROFIT AND RETROFIT POLICY, SILVIA MAZZONI, UC BERKELEY Download Presentation Slides (PDF)   CASE STUDIES OF CRITICAL FACILITIES, CARMINE GALASSO, UCL […]

Observations from Degenkolb Engineers

There were 6 or 7 of the same construction, vintage and plan but only the 2 reached the point of collapse. See photos below of this dramatic failure. (Photos by Holly Razzano)   Figure 1. Figure 2.           

Observations from Degenkolb Engineers – Building Performance in L’Aquila

From our observations of the reinforced concrete frame structures, we have frequently seen little damage to the concrete frames. There are occurrences of hollow clay tile that has undergone a shear mechanism or experienced out-of-plane failure due to lack of anchors at the top/bottom of the walls. We have obtained the ground motion records from […]