As rescue and recovery work winds down at the Paris landmark, restoration is set to start this summer that will be informed by a digital twin using billions of data points.
Puerto Rico, which has been experiencing seismic activity since late December, was rocked Jan. 6 and 7 when a pair of strong earthquakes took down buildings and caused widespread power outages, according to news reports.
After Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage to Harris County, Texas, in 2017, discussions at Harris County Flood Control District turned to recovery and building resilience against future storms.
With much of north Florida’s design and construction community engaged in damage assessment and recovery, ENR talked with Jason Bird, resilience practice leader for Jacobs Engineering, about how engineers can lead the way forward.
More than failed tsunami warning systems, earthquake experts condemn a lack of public understanding of the risk as a fatal contributor to the more than 1,400 deaths in a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Palu Bay in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sept. 29.