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Sichuan Earthquake Relief efforts
Lend a Hand for
Safe School Reconstruction
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The AAa/e (Asian American Architects and Engineers Association), along with the Japanese and Chinese Chambers of Commerce, are planning to launch a technical assistance and the fundraising efforts to assist the reconstruction of schools in the earthquake-hit area.
AAa/e with Asian American resources will provide seismic engineering and technical support for improving the safety of the local school designs.
Based upon the findings, prototype designs will be developed and the fund raising effort will be initiated for the construction.
Please join us on our first kick off luncheon on
Thursday August 7th, 2008 – Kit Miyamoto will be a featured speaker.
Event Details
| Date: |
Thursday August 7th, 2008 From 11:30am to 1:30pm |
| Location: |
Empress Harbor Seafood Restaurant
111 N. Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (map)
(10 Frwy off Atlantic Exit, Go South 0.5 mile, Subterranean Free Parking)
Phone 626-300-8833 http://www.empressharbor.com |
| Luncheon fee: |
$40/person |
Speaker
Kit Miyamoto: The Founder of Miyamoto International, a structural engineering firm. Miyamoto International and Global Risk Miyamoto dispatched a team of engineers to China to assess the structural integrity of existing buildings and infrastructure, provide support to clients, collect data, and document lessons learned. The team was the first foreign engineers to investigate the site. This report contains detailed descriptions of findings, identifies lessons learned, and provides solutions to mitigate future losses. Kit is back from his investigation trip in the earthquake-hit area, one of a few Western engineers to visit and investigate what caused the devastation in clash of school buildings.
What Is Our Next Step
We have been in contact with local non-profit organizations to develop our project into fruition including such organization as Sowers Action, a Hong-Kong based NGO that has been doing school construction and reconstruction in China for several years.
Based upon the Safe School design prototypes, the fund requirement will be carefully analyzed with the help of local non-profit organizations to launch a fund raising campaign.
Kit Miyamoto, M.S., S.E.
A licensed structural engineer in ten states, Kit Miyamoto is C.E.O. of Miyamoto. Under his leadership, over 3000 structures have been successfully completed nationally and internationally. He has performed numerous expert consultations for countries and private sector organizations worldwide and is a past Director of Structural Engineers Association of California. He serves on the Task Committee of ASCE 7 which produces a source document for the International Building Code. He was a member of the Technical Subcommittee in Base Isolation and Energy Dissipation for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. He is an adjunct professor at California State University, Sacramento. Kit has published over 70 technical papers on advanced structural and earthquake engineering topics, and he has lectured at numerous international conferences.
Supporters
Asian American Architects and Engineers’ Association
Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
(Chinese Chamber Foundation)
