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Example of a Two-Story Unreinforced Masonry Building Chapter 2 15

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FIG. 2.2 Sections of the example two-story URM school building. (A) West view. (B) South view.
(C) North view.

FIG. 2.3 A view of the example two-story URM school building. (Permission from DRES.)

l Evaluation of the nonstructural parts of the building is not within the scope
of this chapter.
l The seismic hazard is the only hazard of the site. As a result, there shall be no
liquefaction, slope failure, or surface fault rupture hazard present at the