Strengthening Seismic Disaster Risk Reduction Countermeasures for Critical Buildings Course

Earthquake disaster countermeasures include seismic strengthening, development of evacuation centers, designation and maintenance of emergency transportation roads, formulation of earthquake disaster plans, etc.
In particular, seismic strengthening is important to reduce damage from earthquakes, and governments must strengthen facilities such as government buildings, hospitals, fire departments, and police departments, and make efforts to ensure that emergency response and administrative services are not delayed in the event of a disaster. This course aims to learn
 (1)basic concepts necessary to ensure functional continuity of critical buildings, through understanding design methods and technologies, thereby contributing to strengthening earthquake risk countermeasures for critical buildings, (2) pre-disaster investment measures (seismic diagnosis methods and seismic retrofit for existing buildings), and (3) response measures after disasters (emergency risk level assessment, recovery technical guidelines, etc.).

Group photo with seismic isolation devices

An example of the actual schedule

Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.
			May-22	May-23
			9:30-12:30 Briefing, JICA Orientation	9:15-20 Group photo etc 9:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony 10:00-11:00 IISEE Orientation 11:00-11:15  Facility tour 11:15-12:00 Guidance/Computer 13:00-15:30 Interview
May-26	May-27	May-28	May-29	May-30
9:30～12:00 Introduction 13:00～15:30 Self study	9:30～15:30 Earthquake damage of critical buildings	10:00-14:30 Colloquium 1 Presentation for the Inception Report	9:30-15:30 RC Structures II	9:30-15:30 RC Structures II
Jun-02	Jun-03	Jun-04	Jun-05	Jun-06
10：00-12：00 Site visit (Third-party organization) 14:00-16:00 Site visit (Technical Tour of Research Center)	9:30-15:30 Seismic evaluation of existing reinforced concrete buildings	9:30-15:30 Seismic evaluation of existing reinforced concrete buildings	9:30-15:30 Supplementary lecture for seismic evaluation and seismic retrofit	10:30-14:30 Comprehensive seismic plan for government facilities
Jun-09	Jun-10	Jun-11	Jun-12	Jun-13
9:30-15:30 Functional continuity and criteria of critical buildings	10：00-12：00 Site visit (Retrofitted historical masonry structure) 13:00～15:30 Self study	9:30-15:30 Quick inspection and Damage classification of damaged buildings	9:30-15:30 RC Structures I	9:30-15:30 Design of foundation and soil for the critical buildings
Jun-16	Jun-17	Jun-18	Jun-19	Jun-20
9:30-15:30 Seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete buildings	10：00-15:00 Site visit  (UR museum)	9:30-15:30 Seismic Isolation and structural response control	9:30-15:30 Seismic design examples considering the functional continuity	10:00-15:30 Site visit (Manufacturing plant of damper device)
Jun-23	Jun-24	Jun-25	Jun-26	Jun-27
10:00-11:30 Guidance for Study Trip 13:00～15:30 Self study	Study Trip Day1	Study Trip Day2	Study Trip Day3	Study Trip Day4
Jun-30	Jul-01	Jul-02	Jul-03	Jul-04
9:30-15:30 Seismic damage of  building equipment	9:30-15:30 Seismic design of  building equipment for the critical buildings	9:00-12:00 Self study	9:10-10:55 Site Visit (Disaster Prevention Center) 13:30-15:00 Actual construction site	9:30-15:30 Structural Health Monitoring
Jul-07	Jul-08	Jul-09	Jul-10	Jul-11
9:30-15:30 Seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete buildings Exercise	9:30-15:30 Masonry structures	9:30-15:30 Seismic performance of non-structural elements for the critical buildings	9:30-12:00 JICA projects 13:00～15:30 Self study	10:00-12:00 Site visit (Manufacturing plant of reinforcement bars)
Jul-14	Jul-15	Jul-16
9:30-15:30 Self study  for Colloquium 2	10:00-14:30 Colloquium 2 Presentation for the Action Plan	Closing Ceremony