Tsunami Evacuation Homes
Figure 1. Typical tsunami evacuation home designed by Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Pariaman has a very high tsunami risk and there are no roads leading to high ground, which is 4-5 km away. Therefore, DKP and the local government provided these homes for poor people who lost their homes during […]
Videos of the Padang Earthquake
See the videos: Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4FB1TJcDt4 Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SoVzGJ0ifU\ Video 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evZfgtmI8tY Video 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJjVI_LbbfU
Key Drivers of Structural Damage
See the Report: Padang – Key Drivers of Structural Damage (0.5 MB PDF)
Basko Mall Performance Evaluation
See the Report: Basko Mall Performance Evaluation (0.4 MB PDF)
Sentral Pasar Raya
Sentral Pasar Raya contained many small shops within the four-story building. The top floor consisted of a modest food court in the center and an open roof. The building is a reinforced concrete moment frame with masonry infill. The earthquake occurred at 17:16 on a Wednesday, and it is unclear as to how many people […]
BAPPEDA – City Planning Provincial
The structural system is reinforced concrete with masonry infill. The architectural features of the building created a larger mass on the top floors. The first floor appears to have a smaller floor plan with a rim of exterior columns around the building supporting the floors above. It was a soft first story building and that […]
Mitsubishi car showroom
Earthquakes in 2007 caused some minor cracks in the building, which were later patched over. It appears that the September 30, 2009 earthquake (M7.6) did not damage the concrete frame itself, but the nonstructural features (e.g. façade, infill) were unable to deflect with the frame and were therefore significantly damaged. In particular, many of the […]
STBA Junior College Performance Report
Read the Report: STBA Junior College Performance Report (0.5 MB PDF)
STMIK Indonesia Building
Figrure 1. STMIK Indonesia. The primary structural system consists of concrete moment frames with brick masonry infill. The interior non-structural partitions consist of brick masonry infill with small concrete “practical” columns at the window and door openings. The floors are formed with concrete slabs and we understand from discussions with people at the […]
Ambacang Hotel
The structural system of the original 2-story building consisted of a reinforced concrete frame with masonry infill. Within the past three years, additions were added to the original building in different phases. Initially, an additional 3-story level was added on top of the existing construction. The structural system of the new upper addition consisted of […]