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Vancouver Courier - Naoibh O'Connor
Friday, March 07, 2008 West Side school parents anxious for seismic upgrade
VSB Website - Seismic Information on each Schools (2005-06). All of the reports are in Adobe PDF format.
Challenges with Siesmic Mitigation process. View email from the Gorden Elementary School Parent Advisory Chair to VSB, following meeting with Henry Ahking at VSB on Dec 7th

Ministry of Education website - Seismic Mitigation Program
The Province has budgeted $254 million for seismic upgrades to 95 schools as the first part of a $1.5 billion plan to make BC's public schools earthquake safe.

  • Seismic Mitigation Project Implementation
    • Seismic Mitigation Projects Feasibility Study Guidelines (July 28, 2005) (174 kb)
    • List of APEGBC Engineers Trained on Retrofit Design Concepts (July 14, 2005) (22 kb)
  • Seismic Mitigation Advisory Committee
    • Terms of Reference (March 2004) (85 kb)
    • Advisory Committee Members (August 2005) (59 kb)
  • 2004 Seismic Assessments
    • 2004 Seismic Assessments (August 2004) (265 kb)
    • List of Pre-Qualified Engineers (July 2004) (35 kb)
    • Assessment Tool (August 2004) (479 kb)
  • Other Ministry Links
    • News Release: PROVINCE ADDS MEASURES TO SPEED UP SCHOOL SEISMIC WORK
    • News Release: PROVINCE LAUNCHES $1.5 BILLION SCHOOL SEISMIC UPGRADES
    • News Release: $2-MILLION EARTHQUAKE ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER
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CBC News Wed. Oct. 18, 2006 - Questions raised about B.C. school seismic upgrading
CBC News Tues. Sept. 5, 2006 - Costs soar for earthquake-proofing B.C. schools

Families for School Seismic Safety website

  • Ministry of Education Capital Spending Breakdown
 
 
 
 
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