Proposed Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures & Proposed Specifications for Masonry Structures

10.14359/9225 ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Building Code ◽  
Masonry Structures

Convective Storms and the Insurance Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten D. Orwig
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Property Values ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
The United States ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Convective Storms ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Insured Loss

Convective storms affect countries worldwide, with billions in losses and dozens of fatalities every year. They are now the key insured loss driver in the United States, even after considering the losses sustained by tropical cyclones in 2017. Since 2008, total insured losses from convective storms have exceeded $10 billion per year. Additionally, these losses continue to increase year over year. Key loss drivers include increased population, buildings, vehicles, and property values. However, other loss drivers relate to construction materials and practices, as well as building code adoption and enforcement. The increasing loss trends pose a number of challenges for the insurance industry and broader society. These challenges are discussed, and some recommendations are presented.

The September 7, 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico, earthquake: Damage assessment in masonry structures for housing

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 102123
Author(s):  
Eber Alberto Godínez-Domínguez ◽  
Arturo Tena-Colunga ◽  
Luis Eduardo Pérez-Rocha ◽  
Hans Israel Archundia-Aranda ◽  
Alonso Gómez-Bernal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Masonry Structures ◽  
Mexico Earthquake ◽  
Earthquake Damage Assessment
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