The presentation was presented in the Civil Engineering Materials class at the California State Polytechnic, Pomona.

1. RICARDO CHAVEZ
PROFESSOR: DR. DRAGOS ANDREI
CE 221
MAY 19, 2015

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

3. 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

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

5. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLA
 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN 1993
 COST $52 MILLION

6. PROBLEMS
SAN 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

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

9. CONCLUSION
• SUSTAINABILITY
• THE CLA BUILDING
• SUSTAINABILIYAND THE CLA
BUILDING

10. 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