#Reconstruction

30 Years Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

We have reached the 30th year of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. An increasing number of people of this generation either do not know or do not remember the earthquake. Now that the Nankai Trough earthquake is said to "could come at any time," it is a major mission of PACIFIC CONSULTANTS, which is involved in social infrastructure development, to pass on the memories of the earthquake and utilize them in disaster prevention, disaster mitigation, and BCPs. Managing Executive Officer, Mikiyo YAMADA, Director/Board Member, who was working at the Osaka Branch Office (now Osaka Headquarters) at the time of the earthquake, interviewed Shinichi KITADA of the Osaka Transportation Infrastructure Department's Earthquake Resistance Section, who was forced to live as an evacuee after the disaster in Kobe, while working on restoration and reconstruction.

One Year After the Noto Peninsula Earthquake 2024

At 4:10 p.m. on January 1, 2024, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture. In addition to a seismic intensity of 7 being observed in Wajima City and Shika Town, strong shaking was observed over a wide area of the Hokuriku region, causing severe damage to infrastructure due to landslides, river blockages, road collapses, and uplift in coastal areas. PACIFIC CONSULTANTS has been working on various recovery and reconstruction support activities since the disaster occurred, and is still continuing these efforts. We asked Yoshihiro MORINO, the head of Noto Recornstruction Engineering Office who spearheaded support activities on the site, and Katsuyoshi HAYASHI, General Manager of Hokuriku Branch Office in charge of the site, to look back for one year after the earthquake occurred.