Category: Earthquakes

Earthquake Study

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We had the honor and privilege of working on a challenging and interesting project. We built this analytical model of the Montage Building in downtown Reno and have been studying it’s response to earthquakes and recently presented our findings and recommendations.

All Things Home radio show appearance

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Brett will be live on America Matters Media radio station KCKQ AM 1180 at 4:30 tomorrow, on the show All Things Home, talking about the top 10 most common seismic vulnerabilities to look for when buying a home.

Interesting Article About What European Satellites Have Learned About the San Francisco Bay Area Soils and Seismicity

Posted by admin In Building Construction, Earthquakes, Structural Elements

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/california-today-sentinel-satellites-millennium-tower.html?_r=2

Most Common Seismic Vulnerabilities in One and Two-Family Wood-Frame Dwellings

Posted by admin In Building Codes, Building Construction, Earthquakes, Structural Elements, Uncategorized, Wood Construction

Most Common Seismic Vulnerabilities in One and Two-Family Wood-Frame Dwellings

Haiti versus Chile Earthquake

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Why Haiti’s Earthquake was not only a natural disaster but a tragedy.

THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI

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THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE U.S. Written by Michael Mahoney, March 17, 2011 Geophysicist, FEMA, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP) Coordinating Committee Member, FEMA, National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the multi-agency National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) joins with the […]

Open Letter to Editor:

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Letter to Editor: Structural Engineers Call for More Stringent Building Standards After Quake in Japan. The world has once again experienced a devastating earthquake and its ensuing tsunami and aftershocks. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost their loved ones, their livelihoods and their homes in one of the largest earthquakes in Japan’s […]

Haiti Earthquake: January 12, 2010

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I’ve had a lot of non-engineer co-workers in the construction field as well as laypeople ask me about the Haiti earthquake and whether we could learn a lot about construction from studying the collapses and structural failures there. First, a quick overview of the geophysical aspects of the earthquake: here’s an informative link USGS Haiti […]