SEISMIC RESPONSE, EVALUATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DVA SEPULVEDA CAMPUS FOLLOWING THE 1994 NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKE

摘要

The Department of Veterans Affairs Sepulveda Medical Center is located approximately four miles from the epicenter of the M6.7 January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake. This campus of buildings, constructed in the 1950s, suffered varying degrees of damage to over 40 buildings including severe damage to the main hospital. After the earthquake, the medical center went through a systematic process that included immediate post-earthquake response, post-earthquake inspections and evaluations, master planning for the facility's new mission, design and construction of new buildings and rehabilitation of existing buildings. This work to rebuild after Northridge represents an important case study in post-earthquake response, evaluation and reconstruction of a major facility.