Road Town from air, just before landing
Road Town, Tortola
Admin Bding : View from East
shore to South, (left of Photo) Note stiff outside frame of building near emergency stairs
Power Generator
the generator is to the East of the building, Very noisy. Note : land to the East is currently not developed, but plan is to fully devolope this side. Hotel is to the West, parking lot to the North. Only quiet spot is to the South, bofore the shore.
View of Cruise ship from Admin Bding
All land in this region is fill, from 1970's. the liquifaction potential of the entire site, the location of much of the critically important govt and business interests for entire BVI, is a matter of serious concern.
View of Admin Bding from NE
parking lot to North, generator to East, Hotel (visible in right corner) and access roads to West make these options unsuitable for free field
Admin Bding : View from North.
barely visible in center part of picture is a 2 story open walkway through the building. Potentially a weakness during strong dynamic motion, could crack and prevent building from moving as one piece.
View from SW, near shore.
acess road betwen hotel and building is clearly visible. Jose and Jason are looking West towards the Hospital and Emergency Managment Building. To extreme right is location of proposed strong motion site, near this shear wall. Location is 17m from structure. Between building and shore (~30m distance)runs a small access road, rarely used.
View of shore to West from Admin Building
The hospital is located below the large cut in the hillside in Center right of Photo. Emergency Managment center, (the proposed location of hard rock freefield site for Road Town ,current location of SP TBVI station from PRSN) is located on hillsides to upper left of hospital, approx 300m distance
Floor Slab Admin Building
Admin Bilding - Foundations
Admin Building Elevations
Abmin building Roof level
Admin Building Elevations
Admin Bding : View from North 2.
barely visible in center part of picture is a 2 story open walkway through the building. Potentially a weakness during strong dynamic motion, could crack and prevent building from moving as one piece.
Center of Road Town
Adminstration Building is just to left of Cruise Ship. Peebles Hospital is below the large cut on the far left of photo. Disaster Managment building is to the left of this, on edge of photo.
Current SP sensor at TBVI