EWB UK

Josh Macabuag

Dissemination of

Seismic Retrofitting

Techniques to

Rural Communities

Vulnerability of

Masonry Buildings

Kashmir, Pakistan, 2005:

Damage: XII MMI

Casualties 73,000+

Collapse of Timber

Buildings

Collapse of RC

Buildings

Fire Following

Earthquake

Landslide

Other Causes

Collapse of

Masonry Buildings

Total: 1.4

Million

Fatalities

Breakdown of global

earthquakes fatalities

(1900-1990)

Internal Reinforcement

• Vertical reinforcement

• Tying key elements

External Retrofits

PP-Band Technology

•Polypropylene (PP) strapping

•cheap and readily available

•Prevents brittle collapse and

loss of debris

Images provided by Meguro Lab, Tokyo University

Nepal

• No engineering input

Rural Kathmandu

> 95% masonry•

Nepal - Dissemination

Peru

• Major earthquakes

in 2001 & 2007.

• Rural areas, again,

have no engineering

input.

External Steel Mesh Reinforcement

• 360 new houses

• Several public

buildings

Arequipa Reconstruction Programme - 2001

8 years on…

• Many lessons lost

because not used

often.

Next Steps?

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