Table of Contents The year 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of one of the worst earthquakes to strike Southern California. In 1994, what is now known as the Northridge Earthquake, homes and businesses all over Southern California suffered major damage. This earthquake was a blind-reverse thruster that measured a 6.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale. …
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Long Beach is a coastal city in the southernmost region of Los Angeles county. Long Beach was first settled in 1784. It has become a thriving town for walks of life, full of food and life in the 21st century. In 1933, Long Beach was struck with a 6.4 earthquake causing massive damage. It is …
Having your building meet today’s earthquake safety and building standard is crucial and is a must. This is because in a high-risk place for earthquakes such as Los Angeles, California, one major shake could potentially destroy lives and livelihood. Let us discuss how upgrading your building’s ability to withstand earthquakes through soft story retrofitting and …
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Los Angeles Apartment buildings with a “soft story” in might need serious seismic retrofits. If you live in Los Angeles, you have to do everything that you can in order to prepare for the “Big One”. Since we cannot predict earthquakes, one thing you can do to prepare for a seismic shake is to get …
One way you can protect your investment is to check if your building is sitting on top of a liquefaction zone and see if seismic retrofits are a great solution. When your property sits on a liquefaction zone, your building is prone to damage and risk for your tenants and for you. Liquefaction is when …
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Earthquakes are a natural phenomenon, and according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, they can occur anywhere in California. As a business owner who owns a commercial property, not only do you have to make sure the structure of your property is strong enough to withstand an earthquake because of the loss it can …
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Homeowners and commercial building owners often think that they have a lot of time to prepare for “the Big One” or a massive earthquake that could destroy lives and pose a risk to our safety. Unfortunately, the recent report released by the Seismological Research Letters may beg to differ. Read along and consider getting a …
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California is known for its mild weather and miles of sandy beaches. But, they also have the most seismic activity of any state in the country. If you are a property owner, rather it is an apartment complex or office building, you will want to make sure your building can withstand the damaging effects of …
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When the city of Los Angeles rolled out their soft-story retrofit program in 2015, many property owners considered it to be a “senseless hardship”. The majority of the buildings affected by the new city ordinances are soft-story structures with “tuck under” parking. On the list of mandatory retrofits are approximately 150,000 apartment complexes. Most owners …
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Most property owners in Los Angeles are well aware of the Soft-Story Retrofit program by now. The program was rolled out in 2015 when the city passed two new ordinances to make buildings and structures around the city safer during an earthquake. Longtime residents will remember the Northridge Earthquake of 1994 which caused millions of …
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