It's been 17 years since the Northridge earthquake, but thousands of soft-story structures in Los Angeles remain unfit to handle a similar tremor. In December, officials finished work on the ...
Keywords: Retrofitting. Manuals. Highway infrastructure. Retaining structures. Slopes. Tunnels. Culverts. Roadways. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Performance ...
View Partners in Progress: From Homes to High Rises via Firehouse’s proprietary digital platform Clarity. Over the years, there have been many fire service “mantras” that have helped firefighters stay ...
Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Retrofitting. Seismic designs. Existing structures. Lateral force resisting systems. Moment strengths. Anchor beams. Multistory structures. Energy dissipation ...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Mandatory earthquake retrofitting should be required on thousands of buildings in Los Angeles to reduce potential damage from a devastating quake, experts told city lawmakers ...