Data Available

As part of the PAGER project, experts have collected data both empirically and analytically. For more information on the types of data that has been collected so far, visit the links below.

Construction Types

As part of this project, considerable attention has been paid to evaluating existing classifications and modifying classifications of construction types to ensure the most accurate depictions of performance.  For purposes of the PAGER model, this means very detailed classifications, that distinguish among roof types, number of stories, etc. The file below lists PAGER construction types, and corresponding types from various other sources, such as HAZUS, WHE, EMS-98, Coburn and Spence 2002, and RISK-EU.

LISTING OF PAGER CONSTRUCTION TYPES

Empirical Data

During Phase I, experts in a number of countries provided estimates of the vulnerability of major construction types in their countries, as well as rough estimates of inventory and occupancy. These data are called the EMPIRICAL DATA. (Please note that some of these forms have a higher level of certainty than others. See Jaiswal and Wald paper for more detailed discussion.)

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Analytical Data Phase I (after SF workshop)

A small workshop was held in May 2008 to evaluate some of the reports that came in during the first phase, and to discuss if there might be a more effective way to determine vulnerability of various global construction types. At the workshop it was decided that the experts in attendance would provide some basic engineering parameters for the construction types for which they are familiar.

These reports then became the basis for the Analytical Phase–it became apparent in that many engineering parameters are not readily available for all construction types. The “raw” data that came in after this workshop are identified in the table below. Some of the experts were able to use the Excel file developed by Keith Porter (and further revised in 2009); others provided data in a more “raw” form:

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Analytical Data Phase II & III (2010)

During this phase of the project, experts from different countries provided information on various engineering parameters for a variety of construction types.

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Analytical Data Phase IV (Comparative Analytical Models)

During this process of the project, five groups of modelers (that had already contributed to Phase III) agreed to exchange the structural model and vulnerability data on construction typologies that were derived by each of them separately in the previous phase and to perform vulnerability analyses (using their own procedures) on data provided by the other groups. Capacity and fragility curves were developed for concrete and masonry buildings that do not comply with the HAZUS typologies, either because they are not designed to code standards or because the construction details substantially differ from U.S. code provisions.