{"id":10234,"date":"2025-12-01T16:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avangardtech.com\/vesta\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10234"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:01:09","slug":"structural-vulnerability-assessment-design-of-hospital","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/vesta-eng.com\/en\/portfolio\/structural-vulnerability-assessment-design-of-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Vulnerability Assessment &#038; Design of Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10234\" class=\"elementor elementor-10234\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f5d6b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96f5d6b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcdbfed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bcdbfed\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d4719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4d4719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Structural Vulnerability Assessment &#038; Design of Hospital<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76fad85 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"76fad85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db00fe9 color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db00fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Project Location:<\/strong> Afghanistan<\/p><p><strong>Consulting Firm:<\/strong> VestA and Protek-Yapi<\/p><p><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> 2014<\/p><p><strong>Duration of Consulting Services:<\/strong> 4 months<\/p><p><strong>Client:<\/strong> Aga Khan Agency for Habitat<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72440bb elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"72440bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56bca1f color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56bca1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The seismic and multi-hazard vulnerability of the Faizabad Provincial Hospital and the Maternity Hospital was assessed through both qualitative and quantitative methods.<\/strong> The assessment was conducted based on field inspections, non-destructive testing, structural classification, and an evaluation of characteristics affecting the seismic response of the buildings. These included evidence of past earthquake damages, settlements, existing cracks, previous structural interventions, changes in use, the level of maintenance, and other observable structural indicators. 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