News Release

Media resources for upcoming tests of a 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego earthquake simulator

Photo and video gallery on Twitter

Video

YouTube

Building drone fly-over

Construction overview, floor by floor (drone shots) 

Timelapse: Lifting the last roof component in place

Timelapse: Lifting the last wall panel in place on the 10th floor

Timelapse: building construction 

Google Drive

Drone fly-over, last building component being lifted in place 

Photography

Photo folder: Researchers installing sensors in the building, portrait of lead researcher Tara Hutchinson, with the building behind her, close-ups of the cold-formed steel-framed structure 

Interviews with the researchers

UC San Diego Professor Tara Hutchinson explains why the CFS10 earthquake tests are important 

Podcast interview with Johns Hopkins Professor Ben Schafer, who is the project’s co-lead

Press releases and feature stories

10-story steel-framed building to be put to the test on the UC San Diego earthquake simulator (UC San Diego press release) 

Earthquake simulator shakes up cold-formed steel design (Johns Hopkins feature story) 

Cold-formed steel for seismic resilience? It’s on the table (NHERI feature–more technical) 

Useful websites

CFS10 project website

UC San Diego shake table 


 

Media Contacts

Ioana Patringenaru
Jacobs School of Engineering
858-822-0899
ipatrin@ucsd.edu