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Degenkolb Engineers Help Peru Recover From Devastation of Earthquake
After an 8.0 earthquake struck the coast of Central Peru on Aug. 15, killing more than 600 people; two experts from the leading earthquake engineering firm in the U.S., spent eight days helping in the recovery effort.
Degenkolb Engineers, which specializes in the design and seismic strengthening of buildings, sent firm principal Kent Yu and design engineer Liliana Pinto to Lima, immediately after the quake.
Yu and Pinto worked along with a reconnaissance team from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute of Oakland, Calif., to study the structural performance of the buildings and other engineered structures in the affected areas of Peru.