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SEISMIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR HEALTH FACILITIES (CLINIC) IN MALAYSIA

MEE20712
Syuhaida Suaib
Supervisor: Tatsuya AZUHATA, Yuji ISHIYAMA
Country: Malaysia
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Malaysian Government focuses on earthquake disaster management after the Ranau Earthquake (6Mw) occurred on 5 June 2015. This study performed a seismic evaluation for clinic type 3 and clinic type 7 regarding the Standard for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Building, 2001 by the Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association (JBDPA). The study also developed Malaysia index for seismic evaluation, executing column section analysis to get suitable column size and main bar specifications and searching for suitable shear wall location on each floor for guidelines development to achieve a sustainable project in the future.

Keywords: Ranau Earthquake, seismic evaluation, sustainable projects