Miyamoto Sends Engineering Team to Downtown Christchurch
As it did with last year�s devastating earthquake in Haiti, Miyamoto International, West Sacramento, sent an investigative team of structural engineers to the Central Business District in Christchurch, New Zealand to assess structure damage for a week.
Just back, the team�s findings to date, documented in journal reports and press releases, indicate that 30% to 50% of buildings constructed of unreinforced masonry (URM) have sustained severe damage or collapsed, due to the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit on Feb. 22, killing at least 75 people.