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 […]
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Haiti Earthquake: January 12, 2010
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 […]
Optimum Value Engineering (OVE)
Optimum Value Engineering (OVE) is a Next Generation, advanced framing technique for wood structures that results in lower material and labor costs and improved energy performance for the building envelope. Recent estimates have indicated that advanced framing techniques can reduce framing costs by as much as $1.20 per sq ft and reduce the amount of […]
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