UH Quake Damage Totals $2.5 MillionCracks, Some Structural Damage Bulk Of ProblemPOSTED: 2:40 pm HST November 13,
2006 HONOLULU -- Earthquake damage at the University of Hawaii campuses statewide suffered $2.5 million, school officials said.The damage is spread out on campuses at Manoa, Leeward Oahu and the Big Island. Officials said there are no health or safety issues, and no buildings are in danger of collapse.At UH Manoa, the historic George Hall consists of an old building with two added wings. Where those wings join there are major cracks and possible structural damage. That is what most of the damage consists of -- cracks and what they call "expansion of joints."The architecture building suffered $600,000 in damage. Hamilton Library, just recovering from the big flood two years ago, also suffered cracks and expansion joint damage in the earthquake.The UH astronomy facility at Mauna Kea suffered $80,000 worth of structural damage, officials said.Now that the damage has been totaled, UH officials will determine how to pay for repairs."So, we'll take this report and we'll see if our insurance will cover some of this, or actually we're working with the (Federal Emergency Management Agency) people to see if we can recover some repair funds from them," UH spokesman Jim Manke said.There was not one campus that had major or catastrophic damage. Officials said it was more like a lot of minor instances of damage spread throughout the system that added up to a large dollar amount. Copyright 2007 by TheHawaiiChannel.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |








