AIR Earthquake Engineer Selected to Lead Reconnaissance Team to Italy.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002 AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR), the technological leader in catastrophe modeling
n. A civil engineer specializing in earthquake-resistant design and construction and in the study of the effects of seismic activity on fabricated structures. Research Institute (EERI EERI Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (Oakland, CA, USA) ) to Molise, Italy. The goal is to study the impact of earthquakes on buildings, transportation, utility systems and emergency response efforts. EERI is also sending a reconnaissance team to Alaska. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck Alaska on November 3 was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in U.S. history. Because the quake Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. struck a sparsely populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. area, however, damage was minimal. In contrast, the earthquake that occurred in Molise, Italy on October 31 measured a moderate 5.9, but affected several towns and resulted in extensive damage and the loss of 29 lives. What has caught the attention of the EERI, as well as local officials, is why some newer buildings collapsed, while others, some centuries old, remained standing. Dr. Bazzurro's team will examine the patterns of damage and try to determine their causes. The findings will be used by the EERI to help engineers prevent future destruction by examining new techniques to mitigate damage and loss of life from future earthquakes. For more information please see the EERI website at www.eeri.org. About AIR Worldwide Corporation AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) is a leading catastrophe and weather risk modeling company. Through its web-based and computer software solutions (ClimateCast(TM), CLASIC/2(TM), CATRADER(R), CATMAP(R)/2, AIRProfiler(R)), AIR services the insurance, reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. and capital markets. AIR's models simulate losses from both man-made and natural catastrophes in more than 35 countries. AIR is headquartered in Boston and has additional offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit the AIR website at www.air-worldwide.com. |
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