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Returning Buildings Damaged by Hurricanes or Earthquakes to Pre‐Damage Condition

ASCE Conf. Proc. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40853(217)4

Forensic Engineering
Proceedings of Forensic Engineering 2006
Gary C. Hart1, Anurag Jain2, and Stephanie A. King3

1Emeritus Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, and Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., 2525 Michigan Avenue, Bergamot Station D2‐3, Santa Monica, CA 90404; email: hart@wai.com
2Associate Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., 2525 Michigan Avenue, Bergamot Station D2‐3, Santa Monica, CA 90404; email: jain@wai.com
3Associate Principal, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., 399 W. El Camino Real, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94040; email: sking@wai.com

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  • Abstract
In this age of high technology, the expert consultant usually must state an opinion on what must be done to a building damaged by an earthquake or hurricane to bring it back to its pre‐earthquake or pre‐hurricane condition. This paper presents an approach for defining the pre‐earthquake of pre‐hurricane condition of the building in terms of the estimated expected damage to a natural hazard event. With this definition, it is possible to then determine what is required to return the building to its current post‐event condition to that same level of expected damage, i.e., its pre‐event condition.

© 2006 ASCE

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Damage, Buildings, Hurricanes, Earthquakes

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40853(217)4

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978-0-7844-0853-7

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ASCE

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