A Los Angeles City Council committee that was briefed last week on seismic upgrades required by law in roughly 15,000 […]

If your building is a multi-story building, characterized by a ground floor or lower floors that are significantly “less stiff” […]

The City of Los Angeles recently passed Ordinance 183893, which requires the retrofit of pre-1978 wood-frame soft-story buildings and non-ductile […]

Major earthquakes in metropolitan areas of California have highlighted the vulnerabilities of certain types of buildings. Unreinforced masonry can crumble. […]

Earthquakes strike quickly, without any warning and are uncontrollable disasters, making the main cause of injuries, deaths, and the destruction […]

Building owners have seven years to retrofit their wood buildings with soft story conditions, and 25 years for non-ductile concrete […]

An earthquake occurs when there is a sudden release of energy between two plates in the Earth’s crust, creating seismic […]

A big problem involves homes built before 1979 with a handful of steps above the ground, where in between the […]

If you look around a typical Los Angeles neighborhood, there’s no doubt you will find a soft-story building. Soft-Story buildings […]

The City of Los Angeles recently passed Ordinance 183893, which requires the retrofit of pre-1978 wood-frame soft-story buildings and non-ductile […]

Renovation, retrofit, and refurbishment of existing buildings represent an opportunity to upgrade the energy performance of commercial building assets for […]

One of the most earthquake-prone urban areas in the nation, Los Angeles is likely to be rocked by a major […]

If you are a building owner that must comply with the soft-story retrofit ordinance, you need to know the latest […]

Los Angeles is no stranger to earthquakes and, like other cities in California, has experienced extensive damage in previous seismic […]

A LA(Los Angeles) council committee that was briefed last week on seismic upgrades needed by law in roughly 15,000 buildings […]

A soft story building is a multi-story building with one or more floors which are “soft” due to structural design. […]

Earthquakes can cause thousands of dollars in damages. But homeowners can limit potential damage by thinking ahead and identifying problem […]

Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil […]

When it comes to the civil and structural engineering of a building, life safety is exactly what it sounds like: […]

If you own any commercial buildings in the Los Angeles, California, area, then you know earthquakes are a natural occurrence. […]

Soft story configuration in structures is a type of construction where any one story of the building is more flexible […]

The ground is constantly moving in Southern California. Almost every day there are small shifts of the rock beneath the […]

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic […]

A home is a complicated work of construction. There are plenty of systems and technical issues that need to planned […]

If you live in a zone with a high level of seismic activity, you’ve probably felt at least a minor […]

Earthquake retrofit is a process used in construction to make the house strong during natural calamities. The aim of doing […]

The primary purpose of earthquake retrofitting is to keep your home from being displaced from its concrete foundation — making […]

A large number of properties, including apartment and commercial buildings, have a ‘soft story’ condition. These properties may be required […]

Seismic Retrofitting is the method of strengthening of the already built damaged/undamaged old/new structures those are found to be weak […]

The City of Los Angeles recently passed Ordinance 183893, which requires the retrofit of pre-1978 wood-frame soft-story buildings and non-ductile […]

Los Angeles city officials and property owners are making progress retrofitting the types of apartment buildings that proved especially vulnerable […]

A planned ordinance which will mandate the retrofitting by property owners of as many as 500 “soft-story” multi-family wood buildings […]

Things You Need To Know: The Los Angeles Ordinance #183893 has brought up many questions for building owners. “How do […]

A Los Angeles City Council committee agreed Monday to explore ways of helping property owners finance costly seismic retrofits required […]

For years, Angelenos have heard that the “big one” is coming. But are buildings able to withstand 6.7 or greater […]

West Hollywood has identified more than 800 buildings that could be at risk of damage or collapse in a major […]

The LA council voted weekday to induce a full update on seismic retrofits needed by law in roughly fifteen thousand […]

A LA(Los Angeles City) council committee in agreement in the week to explore ways in which of serving to property […]

Los Angeles town officers and property house owners ar creating progress on retrofitting the categories of housing buildings that evidenced […]

The clock is ticking… We, as apartment building owners, are required to reinforce our soft story buildings within the next […]

  Retrofitting Structures Earthquakes can be horrible. They don’t discriminate when it comes to buildings; even a structure without significant […]

Soft-Story Buildings Earthquakes are bad for buildings, including the ones that survive them. Especially so for soft-story buildings, of which […]

Earthquake Retrofitting Recent studies say that California has entered a period of seismic activity and it has become an ‘earthquake […]

Foundation Repair Los Angeles Putting an end to more than a year long debate to begin implementing mandatory seismic laws […]

The commonness of seismic activity reports coming out these days is enough to make one think the planet is generally […]

If you look at the stats, there have been several incidents in the past 50 years that saw brick chimneys […]

On 17 January 1994, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Los Angeles. This quake came to be known as the […]

Los Angeles has passed an ordinance to ensure soft story retrofit of weak buildings. The ordinance 183893 is meant to […]

Are the walls of your home cracked? Do you have doors that would not close or bulging floors? These can […]

Earthquake retrofitting is the process of modification of the existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground […]

Many things come to our mind when talked about earthquake retrofitting, the usual ones being do I need an earthquake […]

The manufacture of Fiber Reinforced Polymer technique came forth as a result of the recent developments in the field of […]

If you are living in an earthquake prone area, it is important to take advanced measures to keep your home […]

Ordinance 183893 was passed by the City of Los Angeles in 2015 to improve its seismic safety. This ordinance addresses […]

Newly issued law and bond proposals have raised awareness among residents in California about the need for seismic retrofitting. The […]

Historic buildings are cultural assets, and they are worth preserving. Renovation and retrofitting of these buildings brings out several challenges, […]

Unreinforced masonry buildings are more vulnerable against a seismic activity. There are many such buildings in Los Angeles, with moderate […]

Jacketing of column is the method of adding transverse and longitudinal reinforcement around the existing columns in a building. The […]

As per the latest reports, there are about 13,000 soft story apartment complexes in the City of Los Angeles, which […]

Soft story buildings get their names for having the first stories less rigid, when compared to the above stories. These […]

Soft story retrofitting has been made mandatory under the Ordinance 183893 by the City of Los Angeles. Below are the […]

Implementing earthquake retrofitting to your building is the best way to ensure the stability of the structure. An earthquake retrofitting […]

We have witnessed too many earthquakes in the past couple of years. The impact of several earthquakes has been devastating; […]

In light of the seismic retrofitting ordinance implemented by the City of Los Angeles, many building owners are looking for […]

We have witnessed too many earthquakes in the past couple of years. The impact of several earthquakes has been devastating; […]

In light of the seismic retrofitting ordinance implemented by the City of Los Angeles, many building owners are looking for […]

Earthquake hazard is high in Southern California (specifically in the Los Angeles region) due to proximity to the great San […]

Neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood and the Westside will feel the biggest impact from Los Angeles’ new law requiring the […]

Last year in October, the Council of the City of Los Angeles passed Ordinance # 183893 mandating the retrofitting of […]

  Despite outstanding questions over the price tag of retrofitting thousands of old buildings, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed […]

The 1971 Sylmar earthquake sent a 6.6-magnitude jolt through the Newhall Pass, toppling a new interchange at Interstate 5 and […]

The recent 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico City is a tragedy – and a wake-up call for all Angelenos. With […]

WEST HOLLYWOOD—The City of West Hollywood is now part of the statewide incentive program developed by the California Residential Mitigation […]

Santa Monica is poised to require safety improvements to as many as 2,000 earthquake-vulnerable buildings in what would be the […]

When Los Angeles two years ago approved the nation’s most sweeping earthquake retrofitting regulations, officials knew they were in a […]

What should you do when an earthquake hits? Cover in place? Run outside? It’s a decision one must instantly make […]

In the dead of night, the earthquake shuddered through this decades-old home, coming from an epicenter just a mile away. […]

  Retrofitting Need Is your apartment vulnerable to collapse in the event of an earthquake?  It is a fear that […]