Seismic Mitigation Program

There is nothing more important than the safety of British Columbia’s students. That’s why this government has made a 15-year, $1.5-billion commitment to make our schools safer in the event of an earthquake. In fact, we are the first-ever government in B.C. to undertake a comprehensive school seismic upgrading program.

Since 2001, we have spent more than $580 million on seismic upgrading of schools in 37 school districts in B.C. A list of schools complete, under construction and proceeding to construction can be viewed through the adjacent link “Seismic Mitigation Program Progress Report”.

As part of the Province’s School Seismic Mitigation Program, boards of education assessed schools in 2004 to confirm the seismic risk and scope of required projects in their districts. Project engineers used retrofit design concepts in the risk assessments that were developed by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC).