A year and a half ago, the earthquake in Haiti crippled the already troubled nation’s infrastructure. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake displaced over 3 million residents and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of buildings – both commercial and residential - in the main capital of Port-Au-Prince, as well as its surrounding towns.
November 8, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. — Degenkolb Engineers Principal Kent Yu starts his two-year term as Chair of the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Committee (OSSPAC) this month. In this role, Dr. Yu leads disaster recovery and preparedness planning in the state of Oregon for OSSPAC.
OSSPAC promotes earthquake awareness and preparedness through education, research and legislation at the federal, state and local levels. The organization consists of an 18-member commission, representing the fields of engineering, transportation, education, housing and emergency response ...
A team of U.S. and Japanese researchers conducted a five-day field inspection of the of tsunami borne debris and its effects on structures following March’s magnitude 9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan.
On August 3rd, SMPS Oregon hosted its Annual Golf Tournament at Camas Meadows. In keeping with the event's "What Happens in Vegas" theme, Degenkolb Engineers hosted it’s very own Degenkolb Casino photo booth at Hole #11. Photos were taken of all 22 teams by our own Liz Francis and then our panel of judges chose the winner. Degenkolb was pleased to name Team Emerick (consisting of Samantha Jordan, Kelley Keith, Mike Degliantoni, and Art Beyer) as our winner. Each team ...
The Degenkolb squad had another strong showing against Fugro on Thursday. The team was at an all time low with former coach, Andrew "Everybody should play but I can’t make it" Scott, current coach Bryan "I'll Have to Wait Another Week to Start" Bindrich, Gordy "Ace Hurler" Wray and John "Heavy Hitter" Sticklen all out for the week. We had to rely on the rookie players with Paige Hill, Dave Martin, Alan Roberts, Andrew Ma, Paul Sargent and Theresa Turri ...
Chairman, Chris Poland testified this week before the Innovation and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The testimony focused on determining if the U.S. is adequately prepared for a major earthquake. The hearing, entitled "Are We Prepared? Assessing Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States", focused on federal programs to mitigate the impact of earthquakes, especially the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). Poland told the committee, "The vast majority of ...
