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- H. Kit Miyamoto: All About Disaster Mitigation
H. Kit Miyamoto, a structural engineer and an expert in seismic-resistant design, has enormous experience bringing engineering relief to the scenes of disasters and helping local leaders restore safety and order amid danger and chaos.
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- Repairs to Quake Damaged Houses in Haiti Provide Safety to Thousands, Many More Still Living in Deteriorating Conditions
More than 35,000 Haitians are now living in homes it has repaired, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) has announced. However, two years after the 2010 earthquake more than 500,000 people are living in dangerous houses that had been damaged by the earthquake and are liable to collapse.
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- Expert: Cathedral plan can't be rushed
The public should be more involved in the debate over the future of earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral, a seismic engineering expert says.
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- Haiti Study Tour Promotes Urban Disaster Risk Reduction
The January 12, 2010, magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was one of the largest urban disasters in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most severe to ever strike a national capital. Much of the destruction was due to poor building techniques and the use of sub-standard building materials, leading some to refer to the event as a “construction disaster” rather than a “natural disaster.”
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- Division over Christchurch's Cathedral
- The council had engaged its own engineers, international earthquake repair experts Miyamoto + Cardno, who tabled a third option – retaining most of the ... Read More
- Amid Canals and Bridges, Bentley Honors Inspiring Infrastructure
The software developer invites AEC professionals to share their finest work at its Be Inspired: Thought Leadership in Infrastructure event in Amsterdam.
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- Risk Mitigation for Natural Catastrophes
Written and oral histories provide a record of natural hazards people have experienced since antiquity...
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- Portland-area engineers visit site of Turkey quake, say Oregon must prepare soon
Turkey is reeling from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook its eastern border last week, and engineers based in the Portland- metro area are warning, yet again, that Oregon is running out of time to prepare for a seismic disaster.
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- November 3, 2011
- Miyamoto sends team to Turkey quake zone
A team of earthquake and structural engineers from West Sacramento-based Miyamoto International was dispatched from the company's Istanbul office to Van, Turkey.
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- Engineers visit site of Turkey quake, say Oregon must prepare soon
Turkey is reeling from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook its eastern border last week
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- Jerry Allen Courage in Leadership Award
- H. Kit Miyamoto Ph.D., S.E., often comes to face with death, emotional devastation, cholera, hurricanes, earthquake aftershocks and an array of dangerous situations – all in the name of his personal mission: to save the world. Read More
- Fate of Christ Church Cathedral on Table
Structural engineer Michael King says funds could be raised internationally to save most of Christ Church Cathedral.
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- Partial Christ Church Cathedral Demolition
Dean Peter Beck and Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews disscuss interim plans for Christ Church Cathedral.
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- Rush to Ruin
The premature demolition of heritage buildings will harm the city's recovery
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- Structural Earthquake Engineers Headed to Van, Turkey to Assess Damage
A team of earthquake and structural engineers from Miyamoto International will soon arrive in Van, Turkey, to support the disaster relief efforts in response to the devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake on October 23.
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- Heed quake lesson, says project boss
- By New Zealand Media Monitors
- Ocean-Spanning Power of Japan’s Great Quake on Display
A stunning result of a simulation of the globe-spanning waves generated by the8.9-magnitude great earthquake off the east coast of Japan’s Honshu Island.
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