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QUAKE SAFE ADOBE Building earthquake safe communities |
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QUAKE SAFE ADOBE Building earthquake safe communities |
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The Expedition El Salvador project involved the construction of a small child-care centre in the rural community of El Condadillo, in the Municipality of Estanzuelas, Department of Usulután, in El Salvador. The project was a collaborative venture involving individuals, groups and institutions in El Salvador, the United Kingdom and Australia. The main driving force for the project came from a group of enthusiastic students and staff from Imperial College, London, who desired to develop and participate in a practical project to support the reconstruction efforts in post-earthquake El Salvador. The project had the following key objectives: - Provision of an important community facility (child-care centre). - A hands-on community training program in improved adobe construction. - Promotion of improved adobe as a viable and safe construction system. - Introduction to international and community development for engineering students from Imperial College, London. - Practical application and assessment of adobe improvement techniques for further research considerations.
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The following paper describes the child-care centre construction project: Dowling, D.M. (2004) Improved Adobe Mudbrick in Application – Child-Care Centre Construction in El Salvador, Proceedings of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 1 – 6 August 2004, Vancouver, Canada, Paper # 705. Abstract: This paper describes the technical and practical aspects and ‘lessons learned’ from a recent improved adobe construction project in El Salvador, as well as drawing on field investigations, laboratory research and other literature. The paper concludes with a proposed addition to the current technical evaluation of the performance of improvement systems: the assessment of the skill level and resources required to effectively incorporate improved adobe systems.
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