Come listen and learn as Dave Swanson and the entire SEAW Japan Reconnaissance Team present their findings from observations following the Tokyo and Sendai earthquake when they return on Wednesday, June 15. (You can click on these links to read about parts one… Continue Reading

Dave Swanson is currently leading a team of structural engineers from the Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) through Sendai, Japan as part of an earthquake reconnaissance team. The team will study the effects of the Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami on buildings,… Continue Reading

Tsunami Debris Dave Swanson is currently leading a team of structural engineers from the Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) through Sendai, Japan as part of an earthquake reconnaissance team. The team will study the effects of the Tohoku Earthquake and… Continue Reading

Day 5 - Monday 3/15/11 How well do seismically retrofitted URM buildings perform – what works and what doesn't? Today we start to answer that question. With engineers from the EERI Reconnaissance Team and the SEAOC Building Performance Assessment Team,… Continue Reading

Earthquake performance of a seismically retrofitted building.  This building had steel moment frames around the perimeter of the first level with plywood diaphragm strengthening under the second floor framing.  Collapsed URM second level exterior walls and a collapse prevention performance… Continue Reading