Martin & Chock : Engineering Research

Engineering Research

Over the past 20 years, we have been continuously engaged in funded research projects emphasizing wind engineering, seismic engineering and investigations, and tsunami engineering research, building and code development, as well as multi-hazard loss estimation. Sponsors and collaborators include the NASA Office of Earth Science, NOAA, FEMA, the University of Hawaii, and various state and county agencies.

Summary Martin & Chock, Inc. Engineering Research Projects

Project	Client	Completion Date
Wind Design Mapping For Use in the City and County of Honolulu Building Code	Dept. of Planning & Permitting City & County of Honolulu	2005
Wind Design Mapping For Use In the County of Maui Building Code	Office of Planning, DBEDT Coastal Zone Management Program Honolulu, Hawaii	2008
Windspeed Design Mapping For Use In the County of Hawaii Building Code	Office of Planning, DBEDT Coastal Zone Management Program Honolulu, Hawaii	2007
Wind Design Mapping For Use In the County of Kauai Building Code	Dept. of Public Works County of Kauai	2008
Modeling and Analysis of Topographic Wind Effects and Hurricane Damage for Hawaii and Guam Using Geographic Information System Technology	NASA Office of Earth Science Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD	2002
Post and Pier Earthquake Damage Development of Incremental Retrofits for Hawaii Single-Family Residences	FEMA / University of Hawaii College of Engineering - Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering	2009
October 15, 2006 Kiholo Bay Earthquake Response (SEAOH/EERI/UH)	Department of Public Works County of Hawaii	2006
Conversion of Hawaii HAZUS-99 Updates and Methodology for Use in HAZUS-MH MR-3 and Validation of the HAZUS Earthquake Model Results in Relation to the Hawaii Earthquake Disaster of October 15, 2006	FEMA Region IX	2009
Development of Performance-Based Tsunami Engineering	University of Hawaii College of Engineering - Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering	2010