A large number of properties, including apartment and commercial buildings, have a ‘soft story’ condition. These properties may be required to comply with the Los Angeles Soft-Story Retrofit Program. Many of us are not familiar with this term but it can be easily understood. It is a term used to describe a building with three or …

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Experience: Be sure that your Los Angeles Retrofit Contractors has verifiable and recent experience in soft-story Retrofit construction. This should play a considerable role in the process of choosing the right contractor for your Soft-Story project.  Selecting the wrong soft-story contractor can be the difference between eight weeks of construction and an eight month nightmare!  …

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Seismic Retrofit Program Earthquake preparedness is a part of life for Southern Californians. Damage to vulnerable buildings, physical injury, and even death are the most apparent threats from earthquakes. There can also be significant economic damage in their aftermath. Recent earthquakes have shown that some older buildings may be at risk during future earthquakes because …

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On April 17, 2017, the City Council formally adopted an Ordinance establishing a framework for the seismic retrofit of two types of existing buildings. The ordinance establishes the following provisions: Mandatory Strengthening Provisions for Existing Wood-Frame Buildings with Soft, Weak, or Open-Front Walls. Voluntary Strengthening Provisions for Cripple Walls and Sill Plate Anchorage in Existing …

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There is a 60% chance that a magnitude 6.7 earthquake — the size of the 1994 Northridge temblor — or larger will strike the Los Angeles area in the next 30 years, said U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Morgan Page. If your building is believed to be at risk, please give us a call.