The DLSU Civil Engineering Department organized the
PRISMH Workshop on Multi-Hazard
Resilience Assessment for School Infrastructure last Feb. 12-3, 2018 at the
Henry Sy Sr. Hall (4th Floor). PRISMH which means “Philippine
Resilience of Schools against Multi Hazard” is a project under the Newton Fund
International Links Grant with the University of College London as the UK
partner university. The PRISMH project,
for the case of the Philippines, is funded by the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED). The PRISMH team from
DLSU was led by Assoc. Prof. Lessandro Garciano (lead investigator) and members
– Prof. Andres Oreta and Engr. Richard De Jesus. The UCL team in this workshop
was led by Dr. Carmine Galasso.
Prof. Oreta presented a lecture on “Making Schools
Resilient to Disasters”, while Dr. Garciano delivered a lecture on “Earthquake,
Wind and Flood Hazard Assessment in the Philippines.”
The UCL partners delivered lectures on the following
topics: “Overview of Earthquake, Wind & Flood Vulnerability Assessment by UCL
Professor, Dr. Galasso; “Understanding Structural Deficiencies and Shortcomings
of Existing Buildings through Data Collection by UCL Lecturer A. Nassirpour.
The UCL researchers composed of A. Nassirpour, M.
Bertolini, and A. Vecere also gave practical sessions and lectures on the ff
topics:
-Seismic
Analysis of Structures using Numerical Software;
-Fragility Assessment
of Structures using Numerical Software
-Data
Collection via SCOSSO App;
-Walk-through
the Road of Seismic Performance Assessment (thru Static Pushover Analysis);
-Structural
Response Analysis via SeimoStruct;
-Structural
Performance Assessment via N2 Method;
- Non-Structural
Vulnerability & Methodology for Casualty Estimation
About 60 participants which comprised of DRRM
officers and civil engineers from DepEd all over the country, CE professors and
researchers from various universities, structural engineers of ASEP, and
graduate students from DLSU attended the workshop.
The
lecturers and participants of the PRISMH Workshop
Dr. Garciano moderates the open forum
Dr. Galasso of UCL
Dr. Arash Nassirpour conducts practical
sessions
GCOE Dean Jonathan Dungca and Dr.
Garciano with UCL researchers
The PRISMH research project aims to develop an advanced resilience
assessment framework for school infrastructure subjected to multiple natural
hazards in the Philippines. In particular, the project addresses risk from
seismic, wind and flood hazards. The project investigates the effectiveness of
buildings’ retrofit measures and social preparedness measures as means of
preventing casualties, reducing economic losses and maintaining functionality
of the school infrastructure and its role within the community in the event of
natural disasters. Experts from University College London (UCL) EPICentre, UCL
IRDR, De La Salle University and Xavier University collaborate together in
different aspects of this project. The PRISMH project is funded by the British
Council and Philippines’s Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
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