FRP RETROFIT OF SHEAR WALLS IN HIGH RISE BUILDING Name: McKinley Tower Type: Office Building Project Overview Location: Anchorage, Alaska Completed: September 2005 PROBLEM The McKinley Tower (formerly the MacKay Building) survived the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, but suffered significant damage. With a magnitude of 9.2, that earthquake is the strongest measured in North America to date. Lack of reinforcing steel had resulted

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