Suburban Updates - All Other Metro Vancouver Municipalities - Page 213

Reecemartin · #**4241** Posted **Mar 1, 2018, 10:15 PM**

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jlousa · #**4242** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 1:54 AM**

Aww so now we've moved on to liquefaction....

Again this is not an unsolvable problem. It's one that Richmond has been addressing since 1955. With every new building going up in Richmond the ground is getting more compacted and reducing risk even further. Of course there will be issues of liquefaction during a major quake, but they won't be around the new developments, they will mostly east of No 5 Rd, where development isn't happening.

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Some degree of liquefaction can occur during an earthquake depending on the location, size and duration of an earthquake. Some homes and buildings could settle and crack and roads and other surfaces could become uneven due to soil failure. The best geotechnical information available to date indicates that there are only limited areas that are at risk of liquefaction. All new structures in Richmond are built on densified or otherwise improved ground and use foundation systems such as piles or raft slabs that are specifically designed to eliminate or mitigate the risk of liquefaction.

https://www.richmond.ca/safety/prepare/city/hazards/earthquakes.htm

Reecemartin · #**4243** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 3:29 AM**

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Feathered Friend · #**4244** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 7:42 AM**

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While our home is in Vancouver, we value our growing suburbs and want the families living there to have as much information as possible. So when a reader took the advice of our FAQ Section and sent us a notification card for a pre-application event in Port Moody, well we had to share it with everyone.

Read our limited opinion on the proposal here:
https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2018/03/01...tinues-to-see-density-and-affordability/

VarBreStr18 · #**4245** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 5:00 PM**

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Read our limited opinion on the proposal here:
https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2018/03/01...tinues-to-see-density-and-affordability/

Who made up that circular? March 14 , 2018
Is Wednesday ...... not Tuesday

Alex Mackinnon · #**4246** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 5:08 PM**

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Hate to use the example but, again the Japanese are much better prepared and look what happened there in 2011.

Well then, we should abandon Victoria and Port Alberni, not Richmond.

Simulations of megathrust waves generally indicate that anything directly facing the Pacific gets whalloped by a Tsunami, but the wave reaching Vancouver and Richmond is less than a metre.

I think most structures in Japan withstood the earthquake just fine, the Tsunami is what whalloped them and caused the vast majority of the damage. We have the Gulf Islands insulating us.

Reecemartin · #**4247** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 5:22 PM**

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Alex Mackinnon · #**4248** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 5:57 PM**

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There was still significant damage to structures near the epicenter iirc.

Theres all this: https://legearpelling.com/vancouvers-concrete-buildings-wont-withstand-a-major-earthquake/

Thoughts?

The megathrust would be something like 400km away though.

The more local events that engineers usually have to design for are approximately 7.8M at significant depth, subduction earthquakes.

Reecemartin · #**4249** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 6:37 PM**

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Alex Mackinnon · #**4250** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 6:50 PM**

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Magnitude 9 is pretty significant, wouldn't there still be significant shaking?

Oh yeah, for sure.

I think the deep crustal is more intense for Metro Vancouver though. It's been the controlling event on the last couple tunnel projects I've been on (IIRC). I don't directly do seismics though, since I'm a hard rock tunnelling engineer rather than a soils person. It's not nearly as big of an issue in hard rock.

whatnext · #**4251** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 7:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

Richmond's gonna be just fine. I never knew people not from there were so concerned about it until this thread. All of us in Richmond have always lived perfectly peacefully.

I'm not sure about peacefully. Stay classy Richmond:

Video: Man assaults Richmond librarian

GlassCity · #**4252** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 8:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

I'm not sure about peacefully. Stay classy Richmond:

Video: Man assaults Richmond librarian

Well —, looks like you got me

Vin · #**4253** Posted **Mar 2, 2018, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by VarBreStr18

I read with interest the potentials for problems about Richmond: flooding, rising water table, unstable soil during earthquakes. Yet developers are still developing Richmond like there is no tomorrow. Of course they all like us to believe everything should be fine. If everything is so fine, why do they bother to
build dykes, elevated roadways as preventive measures. I saw the huge compaction at Bridgeport/Sea Island way project. It has been there for almost 2 years now.It may be fine to build on when it is ready, but only as good as there is no lateral force to weaken it. But isn't earthquakes shakes lateral forces? Richmond's proximity to airport is no longer a selling point with the Canada Line in operation. The Evergreen line opens up a new dimension of accessibility to the Tri Cities. Think Richmond will hate me.

Just like how New Orleans had been safe for a couple of hundred years....and then it just happened.

libtard · #**4254** Posted **Mar 3, 2018, 9:26 PM**

I don't understand the hate with Richmond. Is it a jealousy thing?

libtard · #**4255** Posted **Mar 3, 2018, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by VarBreStr18

I read with interest the potentials for problems about Richmond: flooding, rising water table, unstable soil during earthquakes. Yet developers are still developing Richmond like there is no tomorrow. Of course they all like us to believe everything should be fine. If everything is so fine, why do they bother to
build dykes, elevated roadways as preventive measures. I saw the huge compaction at Bridgeport/Sea Island way project. It has been there for almost 2 years now.It may be fine to build on when it is ready, but only as good as there is no lateral force to weaken it. But isn't earthquakes shakes lateral forces? Richmond's proximity to airport is no longer a selling point with the Canada Line in operation. The Evergreen line opens up a new dimension of accessibility to the Tri Cities. Think Richmond will hate me.

Why would proximity to an airport be a selling point, if anything it's a drawback to living in Richmond

and people still keep moving there in droves.

Pinion · #**4256** Posted **Mar 3, 2018, 9:38 PM**

What on earth is there to be jealous about

libtard · #**4257** Posted **Mar 3, 2018, 9:50 PM**

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What on earth is there to be jealous about

Jealous of how many new projects are being developed in Richmond compared with other areas? It's a juggernaut right now

Sheba · #**4258** Posted **Mar 3, 2018, 10:37 PM**

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What on earth is there to be jealous about

What is there about the North Shore to be jealous about? There's more rain, and more mudslides because it's at the bottom of a mountain...

VarBreStr18 · #**4259** Posted **Mar 4, 2018, 12:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by libtard

Why would proximity to an airport be a selling point, if anything it's a drawback to living in Richmond

and people still keep moving there in droves.

In pre Canada Line days , Richmonders just take 1 short taxi ride to airport. Most other people takes long drive to airport and parking expensive and hard to find. I remember parking at friends house in Richmond when I need to go overseas to avoid the hefty long term parking fees. May be just me.

VarBreStr18 · #**4260** Posted **Mar 4, 2018, 1:07 AM**

Jealous of Richmond projects? When there are so many other better places to invest/ live in without the forever shadow of reinforcing sea wall , increase pumps capacity ..... who pays for those btw. Just one man opinion only , forgive me if I speak my mind too loud. It is beautiful city to VISIT and the endless variety of good food.