About Us
We are a new business designed
Earth Quake Safety
During an earthquake stay away from
windows.
Stay inside until the shaking stops
and you are sure it is safe to exit the
building safely.
Move to heavy furniture, preferably a
table or desk, near you can go under
and use as cover and hold on. Stay
away from furniture that can fall on
you such as bookcases.
to help fix big companies
technology problems, and study
the tectonic plate movement near
our headquarters. Our
headquarters is located in
Mindanao Avenue corner Biliran
Road Lahug, Cebu. The city we are
located in sits on top of the Eurasian
Plate and Philippine Plate. Since part
of our company studies the tectonic
plate we are located on we need to
live near it. Living near active
movement with the plate it comes
with problems, tsunamis and
earthquakes. We have to design our
building so it can resist damage from
both the tsunamis and earthquakes.
E-mail: TECHFIX INC.
tmstechninjas@gmail.com
WEBSITE:Thetechninjas.wee
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TECHFIX INC.
Mindanao Avenue
Email: corner Biliran Road
Lahug, Cebu
tmstechninjas@gmail.com
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What to do in case of
tsunami.
Our building is built higher so that
water can flow under it, with
suspended floors made of concrete
with suitable framing. The weight and
integrity of the floors can combat some
of the force of the wave which is what
causes buildings to collapse. Even if the
building is above ground level it is still
vulnerable to big waves. Though, it is
possible to design the walls so that
they can fail at ground-to-first floor
level, but the frames must be strong
enough to support the floors above
without help from the walls and thats
exactly what weve done. It helps if the
building is not square on to the wave
front. If diagonal, the wave hits the
pointed corner first and is diverted
around the sides. Pressure is much
reduced. The most heavily loaded
members and the ones that take the
most bending are the columns from the
ground to the first floor, these usually
are loosely fixed to concrete pads.
When the wave passes through it
scours the pad and sinks or tips
helping the building collapse. To solve
this we require steel beams with
moment connections to the
columns, at or below ground level,
enclosed in concrete floor that prevents
tipping and scour. The weight if the
water, at the same time is trying to push
the building over, is also pushing the slab
downwards, helping it resist the wave.
There are certain signs that help detect
tsunamis like, large off shore earth
quakes, unusual rise or fall of coastal
waters, sound of approaching train, etc.
One of the biggest rules during a
tsunami or warning of a tsunami is to
STAY AWAY from the BEACH! Never go
to watch a tsunami. If you can see the
wave it is too late to escape.
In case of tsunami listen to the radio
and if needed immediately evacuate.
There are many emergency exits for
evacuation. If there is not enough time
to evacuate climb to a higher level. If not
in a building climb a tree.
What to do in case of an
earthquake.
To be earthquake proof, buildings,
structures and their foundations must be
built to be resistant to sideways loads,
which is what we have done with our
building. The lighter the building it is, the
less the loads. This is particularly when
the weight is higher up. We have tried
our best to have a lightweight roof and
lightweight floors, walls and partitions
considering the best way for our building
to survive a tsunami is concrete floors.
The sideways resistance comes from
diagonal bracing. For this the bracing
must go equal in all directions. These
braces should be strong enough to
accept load in tension and compression.
The bolted or welded connections
should resist more tension than the
ultimate tension value of the brace and
should not buckle wit loads well above
the design load.
Earth Quake Safety
During an earthquake stay away
from windows.

Stay inside until the shaking stops

and you are sure it is safe to exit the
building safely.

Move to heavy furniture, preferably

a table or desk, near you can go
under and use as cover and hold on.
Stay away from furniture that can
fall on you such as bookcases.