Mexico City Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 4
Central Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 4 Today we drove 2.5 hours southeast of Mexico City to the city of Puebla. With a population of 1.5 million, Puebla is located 30 miles closer to the epicenter of the September 19th, M7.1 earthquake than Mexico City. The published USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) shake map showed […]
Read MoreMexico City Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 3
Central Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 3 On day three we turned our attention to the performance of lifelines in Mexico City, specifically water and power. The previous days were mostly spent surveying building damage in the area of La Condesa. During that time we ran into a group from GEER (Geotechnical Extreme Events […]
Read MoreMexico City Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 2
Central Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 2 We wrapped up day one at 11:00 PM, but were back at Starbucks by 7:30 AM again to formulate our plan of attack for day two. After a quick coffee and breakfast sandwich, we headed out again toward the La Condesa area to continue our search for damaged […]
Read MoreMexico City Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 1
Central Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 1 I arrived in Mexico City on Wednesday afternoon, having never been to Mexico City before, what immediately struck me while flying in was the enormity of the Greater Mexico City area. As one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with a population of 21.3 million, the sheer […]
Read MoreWRK Engineers New Hire: Colten Johnson
WRK Engineers welcomes Colten Johnson to our team! Colten comes to WRK from Kansas State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering. Colten’s previous experience includes residential construction, reinforced concrete column research, and commercial steel design. On the engineering side, Colten enjoys learning how to better provide a safe and efficient […]
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