Preliminary Damage Reports on Buildings

Preliminary Damage Reports focus on large engineered structures such as commercial buildings, hospitals, schools and lifelines along the Gulf coast, from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans, Louisiana. The reports include a brief description of damage and photographs of the building being assessed. In addition, links to a GPS database hosted at Cornell University, a Data Collection Form used in the field (in Excel format), and additional photographs are available for some of the sites visited.

Team Members: Gilberto Mosqueda, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo and Keith Porter, California Institute of Technology

Reconnaissance Dates: September 6-11, 2005; October 5-11, 2005

Sites Visited:

Alabama

• Citgo Gas Station, Mobile, Alabama

Mississippi

• American Legion Post 119, Gulfport, Mississippi
• Apartment Building, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• Buildings on the 400 Block of US 90, Biloxi, Mississippi
• Casinos on Barges, Mississippi Shoreline
• D'Iberville High School, D'Iberville, Mississippi
• Grand Casino Hotel, Gulfport, Mississippi
• Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, Gulfport, Mississippi
• Nonstructural Damage to Buildings, Gulfport, Mississippi
• Ocean Springs Hospital, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
• Singing River Hospital, Pascacoula, Mississippi
• US Courthouse, Gulfport, Mississippi
• US Post Office, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• US Probation Office, Gulfport, Mississippi
• Synthesis Report on Damage to Parking Structures, Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi

Concrete Parking Structure, Biloxi, Mississippi

Grand Casino Bayview Parking Structure, Biloxi, Mississippi

Grand Casino Parking Structure, Biloxi, Mississippi

Gulfport Grand Casino Parking Structure, Gulfport, Mississippi

Hotel Parking Structure, Biloxi, Mississippi

Isle of Capris Parking Structure, Biloxi, Mississippi

Palace Casino Parking Structure, Biloxi, Mississippi

US Courthouse Garage Parking Structure, Gulfport, Mississippi

Louisiana

• Amoco Building, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
• City Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Collapsed Masonry Wall, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Dominion Tower, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Energy Center Building and Parking Structure, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Office Building, 1250 Poydras St., New Orleans, Louisiana
• Office Building, 1555 Poydras St., New Orleans, Louisiana
• Plaza Tower, New Orleans, Louisiana
• S. Rampart St. Parking Structure, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Tulane University Hospital Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana
• U.S. Postal Services, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Xavier University Student Center, Palmetto St., New Orleans, Louisiana

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