[media type="image" id="944397" layout="mugshot" height="300" position="left" caption="1"][/media] Dr Md Tarek Uddin, PEng., Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
CALOOCAN CITY, April 19 (PIA) A self-assessment app promoting the general safety of concrete houses during strong earthquakes is now available for Android users.
The Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) has released the How Safe Is My House? Self-check for Earthquake Safety of Concrete Hollow Block (CHB) Houses in the Philippines mobile application for Android users.
The app provides a simple and easy-to-use tool for owners and occupants of residential houses and other 1-2-storey CHB buildings.
By answering 12 questions, Android users can evaluate the safety of their CHB houses, and understand its likely vulnerability to a strong earthquake. The result determines if the structure is safe and presumably built according to standard construction procedures. If not, it may recommend further professional consultations and necessary structural strengthening.
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Published April 16, 2021, 10:57 AM
Evaluating how safe your home is from damage due to earthquakes is now right at your fingertips.
This handout photo received on August 18, 2020 from the Facebook page of Jake Gabilan shows residents walking past debris on the ground after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit near the town of Cataingan in the central Philippine province of Masbate province.
(AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Jake Gabilan / FILE PHOTO)
The mobile version of the “How Safe is My House? Self-Check for Earthquake Safety of Concrete Hollow Block (CHB) House in the Philippines” provides a simple and easy-to-use tool for owners and occupants to check the safety of residential houses and other one- to two-storey CHB buildings, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said during its launch on Tuesday, April 13.