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A B C D E F G H I J K L M
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FIG. 2.1 Plan of the example two-story URM school building. (A) Floor (story 0). (B) First story
(story 1).
l death and injury of students, teachers, and other staff;
l damage to or collapse of buildings;
l damage and loss of furnishings, equipment, and building contents; and
l disruption of educational programs and school operations.
Also, school buildings usually follow one of the available standard modular
forms in architecture. As a result, evaluation and proposing a retrofit solution
for a typical school building can be easily extended to several buildings of
this type.

2.2 ASSUMPTIONS

The main assumptions in different parts of this chapter are as follows:
l The evaluation of the considered building is performed according to
“Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings, ASCE 41” [2].