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SUMMARY:Post seismic assessment of buildings in Albania
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Pia Hannewald\, Ronny Moser & Michael Büeler\nOn 26 Novemb
 er 2019 an earthquake of magnitude M=6.4 hit Albania. The epicentre was lo
 cated about 34 km northwest of the capital Tirana\, 10 km north of Durr
 ës\, the second biggest city in Albania. Responding to the official reque
 st by the Albanian government\, Switzerland sent a team of experts\, i.e. 
 structural engineers\, people specialised in water and shelter supply afte
 r natural disasters and others\, from its Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA
 ).\n\nThe structural engineers formed part of an international group of en
 gineers dispatched to assist the Albanian engineers in the post-earthquake
  assessment of damaged buildings in several cities. The Swiss engineers ma
 inly assessed buildings in Durrës\, Kruje region and Tirana. The aim was 
 to determine if buildings were at risk of collapse and if they were still 
 habitable or not. The presentation is prepared by three of the engineers w
 ho were part of that team. It will give a brief overview over the general 
 mission in Albania and over the types of construction as well as the seism
 icity of the country. Then\, some of the main damage types as well as typi
 cal shortcomings in terms of construction and detailing will be presented.
 \n\nBios: \nPia Hannewald has finished her PhD on the cyclic inelastic beh
 aviour of RC bridge piers at EESD\, EPFL in 2013. Since then\, she has bee
 n working for Résonance Ingénieurs Conseils SA\, mainly in the field of 
 seismic assessment of existing masonry and concrete buildings.\nRonny Mose
 r obtained his master's degree in Civil Engineering from EPFL in 2008 and 
 has since been working for local engineering companies\, mainly in the fie
 ld of infrastructure. Currently he is involved in the transformation and e
 xtension project of the Main Railway Station in Lausanne. He has joined th
 e SHA Unit as Structural Engineer in 2015.\nMichael Büeler has finished h
 is master's degree in Civil Engineering at ETHZ in 2011. Since then he has
  been working for WaltGalmarini AG in Zürich - mainly in the field of str
 uctural engineering with timber\, concrete and steel as well as in fire pr
 otection design. He has joined the SHA Unit two years ago after taking par
 t in a building assessment mission after the 2017 M8.2-earthquake in Mexic
 o.\n 
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