MacArthur Maze, Fire Collapse and Reconstruction- A Public Seminar

• May 7, 2008: 5:15pm - 6:30pm
• Location: Sibley Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus

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Public Seminar on Structural, Fire and Bridge Engineering:

"MacArthur Maze, Fire Collapse and Reconstruction"


Speaker: Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
Department of Civil and Env. Engineering and
Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, (CCRM/CITRIS)
University of California, Berkeley


Abstract: The seminar focuses on the MacArthur Maze in Oakland, two spans of which collapsed on April 29, 2007 and will provide information on the following areas:

1. The initial design and construction of the Maze
2. Seismic damage during the 1989 earthquake and status of the seismic retrofit on April 29, 2007
3. Fire damage and collapse of the two spans during the April 29, 2007 fire
4. Field investigation of the collapse
5. Analysis of the collapse of the two spans due to the tanker truck fire (in collaboration with the LLNL)
6. How the repair and reconstruction was done?
7. Bridge engineering lessons learned from this fire collapse and reconstruction that can be applied to protect other bridges.

More information at: http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~astaneh/Seminars/Astaneh-EPM-Seminar-MacArthur-Maze-May-7-2008-UCB.pdf

The project is funded by the National Science Foundation at the University of California Berkeley , Center for Catastrophic Risk Management with A. Astanhe-Asl as Principal Investigator.

The seminar is free and open to public. Everyone is welcome!