Meinong Taiwan Earthquake

Reconnaissance 02/23/16 to 02/26/16

Discussion

• Response• Construction• Soil• Design• Society• Goals

RESPONSE

Few Yellow Tags, No Green Tags

Red Tags, Occupied

No Tags

Repairs and the Next Earthquake

CONSTRUCTION

Construction Issues

Construction Issues

Construction Issues - Inspection

Construction Issues

SOILS

Liquefaction

Liquefaction

Liquefaction

Liquefaction

Local Effects?

DESIGN

Ho Mei Building

• Base Isolation

iLife – Base Isolated

Base Isolation

Base Isolation

Wang Lin Hotel

Hotel

Captive Column Failures

Design Issues

Axial Column Failure

Stair Failure

Captive Column Failures

Yu Jing Junior High SchoolCaptive Column Failure

Occupied ResidenceColumn Shear Failure

SOCIETY

Soft Stories

Added Levels

Transferred Columns

Market Building

Market Building

Market Building

GOALS

Retrofit

Guiren Junior High SchoolRetrofitted Buildings

Yu Jing Junior High School New/Old

Additional Items

• Remediate liquefiable soils• Local Soil/Rock Mapping• Repair Details and Execution• New Construction Details• Next Earthquake?• Correlation of Damage with Acceleration• Comparisons of Construction Old vs. New