The UK Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (Eefit) was established as an independent society in 1982. Between 1984 and 2011, it carried out field missions to 29 earthquake zones, with reports on all of them freely available online. Over a hundred UK-based engineers have participated, split almost equally between industry and academia. There have been a number of significant benefits, including training through observations of the practical effects of ground shaking, fostering strong links between practising and academic participants, establishing international links and gathering data for research into a wide range of earthquake engineering topics. The paper outlines Eefit’s history and development, sets out its achievements and presents details of a recent 5-year government grant that will extend its effectiveness still further.
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Edmund Booth, FREng, FICE, FIStructE;
Edmund Booth, FREng, FICE, FIStructE
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Consultant
Tring, UK
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Sean Wilkinson, MEng, PhD;
Sean Wilkinson, MEng, PhD
2
Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, University of Newcastle
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Robin Spence, MA, MSc, PhD, FIStructE, MICE;
Robin Spence, MA, MSc, PhD, FIStructE, MICE
3
Emeritus Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Cambridge; Director
Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd, Cambridge
UK
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Matthew Free, PhD, CGeol, FGS;
Matthew Free, PhD, CGeol, FGS
4
Associate Director
Arup, London
UK; Chairman Eefit Management Committee
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Tiziana Rossetto, PhD
Tiziana Rossetto, PhD
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Reader in Earthquake Engineering, University College London
London, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
March 07 2011
Online ISSN: 2043-9911
Print ISSN: 2043-9903
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2011
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering (2011) 164 (3): 117–123.
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Booth E, Wilkinson S, Spence R, Free M, Rossetto T (2011), "Eefit: the UK Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering, Vol. 164 No. 3 pp. 117–123, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/feng.2011.164.3.117
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