STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF DAMAGED BRI BRANCH OFFICE BUILDING AT JALAN KHATIB SULAIMAN PADANG DUE TO EARTHQUAKE

The earthquake 30 September 2009 in West Sumatera has caused damage to many buildings in Padang City, Indonesia. One of building that also suffered severe damage is BRI branch office which is located at Jalan Khatib Sulaiman Padang. This paper discussed the structural evaluation of damaged BRI branch office building whether it can be used again or not. Evaluation was done on non-structural and structural elements of the building. The structural analysis was used ETABS program ver. 9.7.1 with properties of material is taken from the test results of existing structures. The standard code is used is Earthquake Resilience Planning Standard for Building Structure 2002 (SNI 03 - 1726 - 2002) and the Hazard map Indonesia earthquake in 2010 with location of Padang city. From the results of the evaluation it was found that the building is not structurally feasible and recommended not to be use or to be destroyed