Dr. Conrad W. Felice, President and CEO of LACHEL FELICE & Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of Schnabel Engineering, Inc., participated as a member of a four-person American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) reconnaissance team from North America and Asia invited by the Chinese government to observe damage and recovery operations following the May 12, 2008, M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake.  With their sponsors from the China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, the team visited the hardest hit areas from July 15-July 20.  The team will document its observations and findings with a focus on lifelines in a monograph to be published by ASCE.

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