What does URM stand for?

Unreinforced Masonry

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The building, the site of Edison Middle School until the late 1930s, is one of the city s last unreinforced masonry brick structures and includes the district s purchasing and technology departments, special education staff and teachers on special assignment.

United States: BUSD Plans $10M Upgrade for Oregon Street Maintenance ...

2004) has shown that, with the exception of ancient unreinforced masonry buildings, most modern buildings found in the province of Quebec can be represented by the 15 building classes (NRC-IRC 1992) described in Table 1.

Development of an index assignment procedure compatible with the ...

In the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, two-thirds of the 31 buildings deemed uninhabitable were made with unreinforced masonry.

Seattle seismic retrofits could deliver financial aftershocks

Franco continued, "The historic center of L'Aquila has been devastated and as expected, damage to unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is severe.

AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses of between 200 Million and 400 ...

The historic library was fenced off for years as construction crews labored to retrofit the unreinforced masonry building.

United States: Five years later, earthquake project repairs ...

Strengthening and repair of unreinforced masonry structures: state-of-the-art.

Rheological modelling of masonry creep (1)

More than a decade ago, city inspectors demolished or retrofitted all buildings constructed of unreinforced masonry - which would be susceptible to earthquake damage, said city building official Ruben Barrera.

PREPARE FOR LOCAL DISASTER CITY, COUNTY HAVE PLANS; HOUSEHOLDS NEED ...

After the Nisqually earthquake, the city of Seattle considered requiring retrofits to brick buildings and other unreinforced masonry structures, but backed off for lack of money.

Pinpointing devastation if Seattle Fault ruptures