Component One: Seismic Stabilization
Activities to identify, develop, and disseminate effective seismic retrofit measures that have minimal impact on historic fabric.

	Structural damage to the earthen Cathedral of Ica, the result of a VIII Mercalli scale earthquake in August 2007 in Peru. Photo: Claudia Cancino, GCI.

Component Two: Structural Grouting
A multidisciplinary program to analyze different methods of repairing seismically induced cracks.

	Diagonal compression test of a mud-brick small-scale wall, performed as part of the grouting research project developed in collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) in Lima. Photo: courtesy of PUCP.

Last updated: October 2008