Services
Our observatory engages in the following services:
- monitoring of earthquake activity (via dispatched seismographs and strong motion recorders in remote areas) in northern UAE
- assessment of seismic hazards at construction sites for design purposes
- assessment of seismic risk of existing structures and development of recommendations, strengthening and remediation
- assessment of seismic risk at petrochemical and industrial facilities
- evaluation of local site soil dynamics effects (e.g., liquefaction potential, amplification, resonance effect, design response spectra)
- geotechnical earthquake engineering design (e.g., pile foundation design, retaining structures design, earth structures design, offshore foundation design, ports and harbor design)
- preparation of macrohazard zonation and microhazard zonation maps
- preparation of geohazard maps (e.g., landslide hazard maps, problematic soil hazard maps)
- evaluation of dynamic soil properties via the MTS 50 kN state-of-the art dynamic triaxial facility
- providing expert opinion on earthquake hazard and related risk in the UAE and the Gulf region
- providing community services, such as public awareness on matters pertinent to earthquake activity in the UAE and its surroundings.
- conducting training workshops for engineers on analysis and design of structures and facilities for earthquake loading
- providing expertise on development of earthquake-resistant design codes
- design of machine foundations for dynamic loading in industrial facilities
- supervision of undergraduate and graduate research in earthquake geotechnical engineering
