Seismic Mitigation Program

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The Province has budgeted $254 million for seismic upgrades to 95 schools as the first part of a $1.5 billion plan to make BC's public schools earthquake safe. School boards are undertaking feasibility studies to confirm the seismic risk and scope of required remediation. Project engineers will be using Interim retrofit design concepts for BC schools that have been developed by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC). Construction on the first projects is scheduled to commence in 2006. The Seismic Mitigation Advisory Committee, formed in March 2004, continues to assist the Ministry with development and implementation of the program. The first school projects to proceed were selected by the Ministry based on structural assessment undertaken by school boards in 2004 using a standard assessment tool, developed with the assistance of APEGBC.

First Schools to be Upgraded (March 2005) (396 kb)

Seismic Mitigation Project Implementation

• Seismic Mitigation Projects Feasibility Study Guidelines (July 28, 2005) (174 kb)
• List of APEGBC Engineers Trained on Retrofit Design Concepts (July 14, 2005) (22 kb)
  

Seismic Mitigation Advisory Committee

• Terms of Reference (March 2004) (85 kb)
• Advisory Committee Members (August 2005) (59 kb)

2004 Seismic Assessments

• 2004 Seismic Assessments (August 2004) (265 kb)
• List of Pre-Qualified Engineers (July 2004) (35 kb)
• Assessment Tool (August 2004) (479 kb)

Other Ministry Links

• News Release: PROVINCE ADDS MEASURES TO SPEED UP SCHOOL SEISMIC WORK
• News Release: PROVINCE LAUNCHES $1.5 BILLION SCHOOL SEISMIC UPGRADES
• News Release: $2-MILLION EARTHQUAKE ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER

• E-mail: educ.seismicmitigation@gov.bc.ca