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TAISHIN PROJECT IN EL SALVADOR

Enhancement of the construction technology and dissemination


system of the earthquake-resistant housing.
El Salvador is a prone earthquake country. The most recent seismic disaster occurred on 2001, when two
earthquakes (January 1
th
and !e"ruary 1
th
# caused the collapse o$ many houses. %n order to reduce the
seismic risk o$ the country promotin& earthquake'resistant constructive technolo&ies $or housin&, the
&overnment o$ El Salvador requested technical cooperation to the &overnment o$ Japan.
%n 200, T(%S)%* pro+ect started throu&h the colla"oration o$ the Japanese %nternational ,ooperation
(&ency (J%,(# with the technical colla"oration o$ -uildin& .esearch %nstitute (-.%# and *ational ,enter
$or /isaster 0revention o$ 1e2ico (,E*(0.E/#. %n El Salvador, the pro+ect is under the coordination o$
the /epartment o$ )ousin& and 3r"an /evelopment (414/3# with the participation o$ the Salvadorean
!oundation $or /evelopment and 1inimum )ousin& (!3*/(S(5#, 3niversidad de El Salvador (3ES#
and 3niversidad ,entroamericana Jose Sime6n ,a7as (3,(#. Two main $acilities have "een constructed
in El Salvador8 one la"oratory to conduct tests on walls (in plane "ehavior o$ walls# and one tiltin& ta"le
to evaluate the out o$ plane "ehavior o$ houses (especially $or earthen constructions or "rittle materials#.
The main o"+ective o$ this pro+ect is to develop and disseminate enhanced materials and construction
methods to stren&then the seismo'resistant capa"ilities o$ low'cost popular housin& in El Salvador. The
T(%S)%* pro+ect has "een divided in 2 phases. %n the $irst phase (200'2009# T(%S)%* pro+ect in El
Salvador was aimed to evaluate and improve the seismic "ehavior o$ actual dwellin& constructions in El
Salvador, improvin& speci$ically the constructive techniques. !our systems were studied: pre$a"ricated
system (-loque panel#, earthen construction (ado"e#, con$ined masonry (soil cement solid "ricks# and
rein$orced &routed masonry. %n the second phase (200;'2012# the emphasis is the dissemination o$
technical standards $or the construction o$ housin& in El Salvador, and the &eneration o$ proposals on the
"asis o$ the results o$ research carried out in "oth phases.
.esults are e2pected to contri"ute improvin& the current &uideline provisions. The technical in$ormation
will "e disseminated trou&h the &uideline and manuals o$ construction $or workers.

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