RICARDO CHAVEZPROFESSOR: DR. DRAGOS ANDREI

CE 221MAY 19, 2015

INTRODUCTION• SUSTAINABILTY • THE CLASSROOM LABORATORY &ADMINISTRATION BUILDING (THE CLA BUILDING)

SUSTAINABILITY• FUTURE GENERATIONS• RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND OUR LIFE

SPAN• RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND OUR

SPECIES• MAINTAINING THE DELICATE

BALANCE OF FORCES AND FACTORS THAT MAKE THE WORLD A LIVABLE PLACE

• SURVIVAL

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN• ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT• ENERGY EFFICIENCY• WATER CONSERVATION• MATERIALS • ECONOMIC IMPACT• SOCIAL IMPACT• CONTEXT

CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLA CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN 1993 COST $52 MILLION

PROBLEMSSAN JOSE FAULT • CONSIDERED INACTIVE• FEBRUARY 28,1990

5.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES• BEAMS AND CONNECTIONS DO NOT MEET

EARTHQUAKE SAFETY STANDARDS• 2ND HIGHEST SEISMIC “RISK SCORE” OF ALL BUILDINGS

IN CSU SYSTEM• BUILDING LEAKS WATER WHEN IT RAINS• DIFFICULT TO OCCUPY

FUTURE OF THE CLA BUILDING• $40 MILLION TO FIX• $76.5 MILION TO REPLACE• OFFICIALS HAVE NOT FINALIZED A

DECISION

CONCLUSION• SUSTAINABILITY• THE CLA BUILDING • SUSTAINABILIY AND THE CLA

BUILDING

SOURCES

The Poly Post - http://www.thepolypost.com/cla-building-points-towards-failure/article_7e8d314d-6d83-55a5-a426-3b7ec1a17d97.html

Southern California Earthquake Data Center - http://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/sanjose.html

Whittier Daily News - http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20080830/iconic-cal-poly-pomona-building-could-be-razed

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLA_Building