Earthquake 

Degenkolb team 2 in Chile

Degenkolb Chile Team 2 left the US from 4 different cities on Tuesday March 16 – Stacy Bartoletti from Seattle, Kent Yu from Portland, Daniel Zepeda from LA, and Mike Braund from San Diego. We all met up in Atlanta and flew from Atlanta to Santiago and then from Santiago to Concepcion. The travel was generally uneventful with the exception of very short connection times. 3 of the 4 of us ended up running through the airport ...


Degenkolb / Earthquake 

What can we learn from the Chilean Earthquake?

What can we learn from the Chilean Earthquake?

We are just beginning the process of obtaining detailed information on the impacts of the Chilean Earthquake and we expect to learn many lessons that will be applicable to construction in the United States. We are particularly interested in what similarities we will find with the Pacific Northwest where we have our own version of the Chilean Earthquake waiting to happen on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). Much like Chile, where the Nazca ...