The document summarizes observations from an earthquake reconnaissance trip to Meinong, Taiwan between February 23-26, 2016. It discusses response efforts with few yellow and no green tags but some red tags on occupied buildings. It also examines construction issues, soil liquefaction, building design problems like captive column failures, and goals around retrofitting structures like Guiren Junior High School.

1. Meinong Taiwan Earthquake
Reconnaissance 02/23/16 to
02/26/16

2. Discussion
• Response
• Construction
• Soil
• Design
• Society
• Goals

3. RESPONSE

4. Few Yellow Tags, No Green Tags

5. Red Tags, Occupied

6. No Tags

7. Repairs and the Next Earthquake

8. CONSTRUCTION

9. Construction Issues

10. Construction Issues

11. Construction Issues ‐ Inspection

12. Construction Issues

13. SOILS

14. Liquefaction

15. Liquefaction

16. Liquefaction

17. Liquefaction

18. Local Effects?

19. DESIGN

20. Ho Mei Building
• Base Isolation

21. iLife – Base Isolated

22. Base Isolation

23. Base Isolation

24. Wang Lin Hotel

25. Hotel

26. Captive Column Failures

27. Design Issues

28. Axial Column Failure

29. Stair Failure

30. Captive Column Failures

31. Yu Jing Junior High School
Captive Column Failure

32. Occupied Residence
Column Shear Failure

33. SOCIETY

34. Soft Stories

35. Added Levels

36. Transferred Columns

37. Market Building

38. Market Building

39. Market Building

40. GOALS

41. Retrofit

42. Guiren Junior High School
Retrofitted Buildings