Now We Know. A Big Earthquake can hit Cebu. How safe are those condominium units being sold HERE??

[Passport]

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sa amin....ingon sa admin kay facade ra mostly nag,crack...but the structure itself kay no damage

external cladding ra man gud na ang inyo gitawag ug facade.. naay tendency nga ma detach sa main structure kung dili kaau maayo pagka install.

[marcial19xx]

ang CICC bag-o pa jud nag nga building. pero naah sa news nga basin ipa close nlang... wala sila mayabag.. almost a billion ang kantidad ana nya ipa close lang as in wala gamit... mao nah ang resulta sa walay pulos nga mga politician. huna hunaa ninyo kung kamo maka palit ug butang nga murag paminaw ninyo wala mo kaangay... dli bah inyo jud paniguhaon nga ma dispose or mahalin nah sya... pero ang cicc nga milyon ang price then usa tah sah ni apil ug gasto ana... nya ipa close lang... maka ingun jud ko nga bogo man ni ang naa sa government...

[salbahis]

in Japan they have to earthquake proof all buildings.

Does our Building Code have it?

So many Buildings sprouting in Cebu.
Are they strictly inspected to be earthquake proof??

cebu is not immune to earthquake infact we are already hit multiple times since the late 80's... beside cebu is sitting on top of a limestone deposit which is more prone to sinkhole... now are the building strong enough to withstand magnitude 7.2? i cant say coz it depends on the contractor who built it... it is better to asked this people.... in cebu we have couple dormant fault line on the north cebu... and dont forget the dormant volcano on the north... is cebu still safe? yes... cebu is still safe... as long as construction are built according to specification and standards...

though i heard that most building here in cebu particularly diha sa IT park is build using japanese building specs... and they are using spring or rubber as shock absorber... heard lang ni nako... but cant confirm...

[Sand Man]

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More info on my explanation can be found here: https://www.istorya.net/forums/scienc...ebu-quake.html

That's one helluva good thread.

[cyberchrono]

in Japan they have to earthquake proof all buildings.

Does our Building Code have it?

So many Buildings sprouting in Cebu.
Are they strictly inspected to be earthquake proof??

with regards to earthquake proof it is already considered during the design stage..for a structural engineer to design a structure he/she considers different loads namely: dead load (the weight of the structure it self), live load (diff. values based on the type of structure built), wind load (forces exerted by winds specially for high rise bldg.) and earthquake load (as the name implies for earthquake). Then there is a factor of safety for the loads when incorporating sa structure.

example: Weight = 1.4DL+1.7LL+1.2EL (kalimut nako if sakto ba ang sa EL)

During construction mo matter ang kanang bend sa column ties ug sa beam kay before in one of our project sa Cebu naa contractor nga dili mo sunod sa bend sa ties nya kami inspector ato nga time. Amoa gipa usab pero gahi lage ug mga ulo mo insist gyud nga OK r daw (mga karaan nasad nga mga engineer gud) pero amoa gi ask ang designer kung ok rba ang iya tubag kay dapat naa daw ang bend kay for Seismic reasons na cya.

So magdepende sad gyud sa mag supervise kung sundon ba gyud niya ang unsa naa sa plano.

P.S.:

Same contractor ug engineer sad ang gabuhos nga wala pa inspection kay gadali daw. Pag check nako ddto pra lang ma accommodate ila request kay delayed na, nakalimtan ug butang intermediate beam ending ila gi block out to nga area. Next day ask ang ila Manager nako why ingon ato ang buhos akoa gi ingnan nga nakalimtan nila ang beam..Astang gipangasab an

[masakiton]

murag Earthquake resistant structures ang mas maayo i tawag

Earthquake resistant structures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earthquake-resistant structures are structures designed to withstand earthquakes. While no structure can be entirely immune to damage from earthquakes, the goal of earthquake-resistant construction is to erect structures that fair better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts.

[cyberchrono]

^sakto ka gob wla gyud structure nga immune sa earthquake

[masakiton]

^sakto ka gob wla gyud structure nga immune sa earthquake

atleast naa na mga technology karon nga maka improve sa safety sa infrastructure
education is the key to success

daghan gihapon sa ato a nga i relate sa religion ang panghitabo
labi na sa mga na apektohan nga simbahan

[cyberchrono]

atleast naa na mga technology karon nga maka improve sa safety sa infrastructure
education is the key to success

daghan gihapon sa ato a nga i relate sa religion ang panghitabo
labi na sa mga na apektohan nga simbahan

one example kay ang Taipei 101 naa gyro gibutang sa ibabaw para mo balance sa pag linog.

pasagdahi n cla Gov. kay para nila maau ila relihiyon..pero buot hunahunao parehas r tanan

sorry OT na kaau

[burn777]

atleast naa na mga technology karon nga maka improve sa safety sa infrastructure
education is the key to success

daghan gihapon sa ato a nga i relate sa religion ang panghitabo
labi na sa mga na apektohan nga simbahan

kay we are a christian country man daw gov!

nothing wrong about it though. mura ragud na ug unsay hilig nimo, mo bilib jud ka ug maayo sa mga prinsipyo concerning your hilig