With the deadline almost here, retrofitting contractors are practically crawling out of the woodwork in Los Angeles. The seismic ordinances were passed in 2015, and now four years later only about 14% of the soft-story buildings have been retrofitted to meet the current standards. Many of these new companies appearing around the city are luring …
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When LA’s city officials were compiling their list of at-risk buildings for the Los Angeles Seismic Retrofit program, they found over 13,000 apartment buildings that were in need of a retrofit. With Southern California being one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the nation, a retrofit is necessary for public safety. Many long-time LA residents …
Los Angeles Seismic Retrofit: How Close to a Fault Line is My Building Read More »
Completing a soft-story retrofit in Los Angeles is a complicated process. A number of steps have to be taken to keep the project moving forward. For many property owners, time is running out to get their retrofit done. The process begins with an assessment of your property to determine what work needs to be done. …
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After the devastation of the Northridge earthquake in 1994, Los Angeles city officials came together to make the city’s structures more resilient. They spent one year assessing the damage from the Northridge earthquake to determine what buildings posed the greatest risks. In 2015, Los Angeles wrote two new ordinances designed to prevent loss of life …
Los Angeles Seismic Retrofitting Program To Implement A Rating System Read More »
When Los Angeles rolled out their mandatory soft-story retrofit program, property owners around the city were upset. Most of them saw this new program as an unnecessary burden and expense. The average cost to retrofit a small building is about $130,000, while a large concrete structure could cost millions. But don’t despair. We have found …
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As part of the Los Angeles soft-story retrofit program, the mayor has put together a Seismic Safety Task Force. The head of this task force is Dr. Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey. They compiled a 126-page report, after conducting a year-long investigation into the city’s most vulnerable areas from a major earthquake. The …
LA’s Soft-Story Retrofit Program Includes a Seismic Safety Plan Read More »
Los Angeles rolled out their soft-story retrofit program in 2015. The goal is to make the city’s structures more resilient and to prevent loss of life during a seismic event. When creating this program they listed buildings into four tiers. If you received a mandatory letter from the city to retrofit your building the tier …
Time is Running Out, Have you Hired a Retrofit Contractor Yet? Read More »
If you own an apartment complex in the Los Angeles area, you should have been notified by now to complete a soft-story retrofitting on the property. The shaking forces of an earthquake cause buildings to rock from side-to-side. As long as the earth is moving, soft-story buildings will sway more violently and could build up …
After the most recent earthquakes that hit Ridgecrest on July 4th and 5th, soft-story retrofitting has become a popular topic of conversation among property owners in Southern California. By now, all property owners in the greater Los Angeles area should have completed a soft-story retrofit, or begun one. If you haven’t started yours, time is …
Review of Special Moment Frames used in a Soft-Story Retrofit Read More »
The LA soft-story retrofit program was implanted four years ago. It seemed this program was moving along as planned, but recently many Structural Engineers (SE & PE) are wondering what is going on? Some of the unforeseen circumstances come from the wording used in the retrofit ordinances and some are due to certain retrofit companies …
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