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Publications (3)

Figure 1. Hazard curves for Victoria (Paxton, 2014), Seattle...
Figure 2. Sa(1) versus MDF relationships for the Canterbury data...
Figure 12. Sensitivity Analysis Results
Empirical Damage Relationships and Benefit-Cost Analysis for Seismic Retrofit of URM Buildings
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  • Jun 2017
Benefit-cost analyses for the seismic retrofit of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, were undertaken, considering the seismic hazard, building value, occupant/pedestrian exposure, a variety of strengthening measures, and local construction costs. The analyses are underpinned by building motion-damag...
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Figure 1. S a (1) versus MDF relationships for the Canterbury...
Table 2 . Fragility function parameters 
Figure 3. Comparison of observed data to structural-only damage (from...
Benefit-cost analysis for seismic rehabilitation of unreinforced masonry buildings in Victoria, Canada
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  • Apr 2015
Like many cities in New Zealand, Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) suffers from the combined impact of high to moderate seismic hazard and a concentration of vulnerable unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in the central business district. Unlike New Zealand, however, there are few legal provisions for mitigating seismic risk. To promote seismic...
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URM bearing wall building seismic risk mitigation on the west coast of the United States: A review of policies and practices
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  • Mar 2015
Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are the most common target for seismic risk mitigation programmes, due to their long history of poor seismic performance. While seismic risk mitigation must make use of sound engineering methodologies, good public policy is at the heart of successful programmes. Past URM seismic risk mitigation efforts on the we...
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... The first step of a cost-benefit analysis is the benefit quantification. Several literature works have addressed the assessment of the benefit [12,[46][47][48][49][50][51] that is generally expressed as a function of the reduction in future earthquake losses thanks to the mitigation intervention. In economic measures, this can be achieved by quantifying the expected or average annual loss (EAL) of the asset before and after the application of the retrofit (e.g. ...
Reference: Financial assessment of incremental seismic retrofitting of Nepali stone-masonry buildings
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... Consultation with affected building owners should be an integral step in programme design since risk mitigation efforts would not be successful without commitment and support from its community. Paxton et al. (2015) point out that local ordinances developed without due consultation with all stakeholders can be ineffective or rejected altogether by the community. In September 2018, Portland passed an ordinance requiring owners of URM buildings to inform building users and display a placard on their building that identifies the building as potentially unsafe in an earthquake (City of Portland, 2020). ...
Reference: Effectiveness of unreinforced masonry seismic retrofit programmes review of policies in New Zealand and the United States
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