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Beirut Port Explosions Response BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSIONS RESPONSE Beirut Municipality Rapid Building-Level Damage Assessment Introduction and purpose Building Coding The Port of Beirut explosions (4 August 2020) resulted in Adapted from the Applied Technology Council’s Field Manual extensive damage on multiple levels – the loss of life, injury (ATC-20-1), the following building coding to categorize damage and the destruction of vast tracts of urban fabric within the and habitability was adopted: municipal boundaries of Beirut and Bourj Hammoud. Led by Total collapse1 the Municipality and Governor of Beirut, UN-Habitat supported Buildings that experienced total collapse. a rapid damage assessment at the building level (exterior visual Unsafe / evacuate survey). Buildings that are structurally unsound and require evacuation. The assessment covered all building types within an immediate Restricted use 2km radius of the blast, dividing them into four categories (total Buildings that incurred considerable damage in their collapse, unsafe / evacuate, restricted use, safe / minor damage, architectural components (falling architectural elements that unclassified) in order to understand the extent of damage, might affect public safety). particularly structural impacts, as well as immediately identifying Safe / minor damage buildings at risk of collapse and in need of evacuation. The Buildings that were subject to minor defects, such as broken assessment provides a basis on which to formulate recovery glass. Buildings that were not affected at all also fall under this and reconstruction measures, with regards to building damage category. rehabilitation. Unclassified Buildings that were not surveyed. Assessment Findings Building damage # buildings % buildings category assessed assessed Total collapse 7 0.1 ©UN-Habitat (2020) Unsafe / evacuate 208 2.0 Restricted use 483 4.7 Safe / minor damage 6,822 66.4 Vacant plot 524 5.1 Unclassified 2,236 21.8 ©UN-Habitat (2020) Total 10,280 100 Zoning Table 1 Number of assessed buildings by category Beirut identified two broad zones for assessment purposes (Figure 1), covering approximately half of the municipal boundary area. These zones are composed of: Unsafe/evacuate Safe/minor damage Unclassified Zone 1: Mdawar, Rmeil, Saifi, Achrafieh 1, Beirut Central 2.0% 66.4% 21.8% District, Marfaa, Zokak el Blat, Bachoura and Minet el Hosn. Total collapse Restricted use Vacant plot Zone 2: Ras Beirut, Mazraa, Msaytbeh, Ain el Mraysseh and 0.1% 4.7% 5.1% Achrafieh 2. Figure 2 Percentage of assessed buildings by category Beirut Central Beirut Central District District Mdaouar Mdaouar Aain El-Mraisse Aain El-Mraisse Foncière Foncière Foncière Foncière Mina El-Hosn Marfa’ Foncière Mina El-Hosn Marfa’ Foncière Foncière Foncière Ras Beyrouth Ras Beyrouth Saifi Foncière Saifi Foncière Foncière Foncière Rmeil Foncière Rmeil Foncière Bourj Bourj Zqaq El-Blat Zqaq El-Blat Hammoud Hammoud Foncière Foncière Bachoura Bachoura Foncière Foncière Msaitbé Foncière Achrafieh Msaitbé Foncière Achrafieh Foncière Foncière Mazraa Foncière Mazraa Foncière Sinn El-Fil Sinn El-Fil 0 225 550 1100 m 0 225 550 1100 m Explosion site Zone 1 Zone 2 Explosion site High impact Low impact Figure 1 Geographical distribution of assessment zones Figure 3 Radius of impact of explosion 1 The category “Total collapse” was added to the ATC20-1 coding list by the Municipality of Beirut in coordination with the Order of Engineers and Architects and Khatib & Alami to adapt the assessment categories to building conditions observed post-Beirut Port explosions. Detailed map of assessed area (Beirut) Beirut Central District Mdaouar Foncière Aain El-Mraisse Foncière Mina El-Hosn Foncière Marfa’ Foncière Ras Beyrouth Foncière Saifi Foncière Rmeil Foncière Zqaq El-Blat Foncière Bourj Hammoud Bachoura Foncière Msaitbé Foncière Achrafieh Foncière Sinn El-Fil Mazraa Foncière 0 225 550 1100 m Explosion site Unsafe / evacuate Safe / minor damage Vacant Total collapse Restriced use Unclassified Unsurveyed land Figure 4 Detailed map showing the different damage categories for all assessed plots (including hospitals, schools and heritage buildings), as of 5 September 2020 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAM MUNICIPALITY OF BEIRUT @BEIRUTMUNICIPALITY @CITYOFBEIRUT E: [email protected] | T: +961 1 985484 @UNHABITATLB E: [email protected] | T: +961 1 987979 www.unhabitat.org/Lebanon www.beirut.gov.lb @CITY.OF.BEIRUT Link to full report..
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