Rehabilitation/strengthening of wind damaged suco hall and youth center to become evacuation centers

Problem Area - Damage by Wind

Created at: 15 May 2022

Rehabilitate and strengthen largely destroyed school structure to be resilient against future high wind events. Use of thicker 0.38mm zinc roofing, fastened with screws at critical edges and ribbed roofing nails elsewhere to ensure no vibrational movement during high winds. Metal plates used to strengthen critical points on truss and rafter structures and inter truss timber bracing
Further refurbishment: concreting floor, replacing damaged windows and doors.

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Geert Westerhuis

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