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What is building pathology?
Building pathology is a detailed study of the defects in a building. This is to ensure that a building is safe enough to be entered.
What is the most seismically active cities in the US?
every city around san francisco
What factors are important when trying to find a safe apartment building?
The crime rate of the neighborhood is one important factor that should be looked at to find a safe apartment building. The environment and buildings around the apartment are also a factor to finding a safe apartment.
This person is very good at drawing and designing and usually makes drawings if all the parts of a new building or machine?
A person who is very good at drawing and designing and usually makes drawings if all the parts of a new building or machine is called an architect.
What are the two plates at the major boundary of the most seismically active area of north America?
The Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are the names of those two plates.
In order to make the construction of seismically safe buildings economically possible the icssc drafted executive order 12699 to mandate that a building should be designed to prevent?
collapses
The ideal characteristics for building materials in seismically active areas are ductility and stiffness?
False
Are The ideal characteristics for building materials in seismically active areas are ductility and stiffness?
False
What is the clearest indication that your community is seismically safe?
Earthquake hazard maps say the seismicity of your State is low.
What is clearest indications that your community is seismically safe?
Earthquake hazard maps say the seismicity of your State is low.
How are structures made seismically safe?
you make it so it is heavy but with a light top and evenly balanced make it heavier, and as you go up, lighter
A building constructed according to the NEHRP Provisions may sustain enough damage during an earthquake that it must be demolished?
In a severe earthquake, a seismically safe building built under the "cost-effective" clause may not collapse and kill or injure its inhabitants, but it may be so badly damaged that it must be demolished. At least, that's what FEMA training says.
Do steel buildings need to be seismically upgraded?
Yes, steel buildings need to be seismically upgraded but not very often.
How did spanish make the missions safe?
They made them safe by building forts with soldiers in them.
What is the most seismically active area in Europe?
Greece.
What stellar objects are seismically active?
the big dipper
What state is the most seismically active?
The area of the United States that is the most seismically active is Alaska. After that the states that follow are California, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Oregon.
