Two Applied Technology Council hazard-mitigation projects targeting nonductile concrete buildings—often referred to as “killer buildings” because many are at risk of collapse in an earthquake—are ...
An analysis by the Los Angeles Times found that more than 1,000 buildings in LA County could be at risk of falling in a major earthquake. The buildings include residences, high rise office buildings ...
Keywords: Retrofitting, Passive Control Systems, Energy Dissipation, Friction Damping Devices, Reinforced Concrete Frames, Shaking Table Tests, Analytical Models, and Added Damping. Abstract: This is ...
San Francisco wants to inventory its concrete buildings to determine which structures are most vulnerable to damage during the next major earthquake. Mayor London Breed issued an executive directive ...
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles City Council committee that was briefed last week on seismic upgrades required by law in roughly 15,000 buildings was told that 14 percent of soft-story wooden structures ...
Following the first International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2005), ICCRRR2008 will again be held in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference will be ...
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Owners of thousands of S.F. buildings will have to pay to see if structures are at risk in an earthquake
The owners of several thousand San Francisco concrete buildings will soon be required to undertake preliminary seismic screenings to determine whether their structures are at risk of collapse in a ...
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