At least 68 seismically deficient structures at UC Berkeley and 18 at UCLA pose a serious risk to life during a major quake, according to new university studies.
which runs through the campus’ eastern section and has the potential to unleash an earthquake of greater than magnitude 7.believed to pose a severe risk to life are also among UC Berkeley’s most important — the 1960s-era, which houses the math, statistics and economics departments and is within sight of the university’s iconic Campanile clock tower.
The UC system’s Capital Financial Plan through 2028 already includes more than $2 billion in seismic-related projects. For instance, Moffitt L ibrary was seismically retrofitted in 1992, and experts think the building could withstand small or moderate levels of shaking. But new research and a generation of better observations of recent earthquakes has shown that the potential for ground shaking at that site is much worse than previously understood, and the library’s columns could fail in severe shaking.
Retrofit standards have significantly improved since the 1990s, and today’s computing technology allows engineers far better tools to identify flaws in a building’s design, Filippou added. Engineers said the results of these analyses are serious and need to be resolved to ensure the survival of UC campuses. But it’s possible to do it, they said, pointing to California’s historic effort to retrofit or replace dangerous freeways and bridges following deadly collapses in the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 and the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake of 1994.“I don’t think the campus can afford not to do anything.
U CLA Vice Chancellor Gregg Goldman said the campus hopes to receive construction funding through the possible state bond measure. “UCLA’s top priority continues to be the safety and well-being of its students, faculty, staff and visitors,” he said in a statement.
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