Earthquake Safe Building-Office Initiative
(Building - Office = the hospital building or office that has no patient care)
Structural Integrity and Indicators
Structural elements are the primary load-bearing components that make a building stand
§ Foundation
§ Column (posts and pillars)
§ Beams
§ Slabs
§ Floors
§ Walls
§ Roofs
Goal: To ensure that the building-office will not collapse or be destroyed during an earthquake so as to
protect staff and properties and be able to continually provide services to both external and internal customers.
Preparedness – Prevention, Mitigation and Contingency Measures – Structural Indicators
Non-structural Integrity and Indicators
Non-structural elements are those elements that do not form part of the load-bearing system of the building-office. These include the architectural components of the building-office; furniture, machines and equipment of the building-office; and critical systems for continuous rendering of services of the building-office like communication; electrical; water supply; heating, ventilation, air-conditioning systems; fire suppression system; data management system; security system; etc.
Components of Non-structural Elements:
Architectural Components
· Safety of ceiling
· Safety of windows and shutters
· Safety of walls, divisions, and partitions
· Safety of floor coverings
· Safety of doors and entrances
B. Furniture, Machines and Equipment
C. Critical Systems
· Communication system
· Electrical system
· Water supply system
· Food supply system
· Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems
· Fire suppression system
· Emergency exit system
· Data management system
· Security system
· Manpower system
· Coordination system
· Other critical system that will ensure critical organizational services can be continuously provided during times of earthquake disaster
Goal: To ensure that the architectural components; furniture, machines and equipment; and critical systems for continuous functioning of the building-office like communication; electrical; water supply; heating, ventilation, air-conditioning systems; fire suppression system; data management; security; etc. will not be destroyed during an earthquake so as to protect staff and properties and be able to continually provide services to both external and internal customers.
Preparedness – Prevention, Mitigation and Contingency Measures – Non-structural Indicators
Functional Integrity and Indicators
Functional elements are those outside the structural (primary load-bearing) and non-structural elements (non-loading bearing and critical services). These include the earthquake response, business continuity and recovery plan of the building-office to ensure that the organization continue operating at maximum capacity right after the earthquake disaster with restoration of “business as usual” in the soonest time possible.
Components of functional elements:
Earthquake response plan of building-office
Continuous provision of critical services plan
Restoration of all services or recovery plan
Goal: To ensure that during times of earthquake, whether the structural and non-structural integrity of the building-office are compromised or not, the OFFICE continually provides critical services to both external and internal customers and restore “business as usual” in the soonest time possible.
Preparedness – Prevention, Mitigation and Contingency Measures – Functional Indicators
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