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19 June

City of Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Dept “HCIDLA”

Weinstein Construction2024-07-21T07:27:13-07:00

What is the City of Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (“HCIDLA”) In some of our previous blogs (see links at the end of this page) we discussed the requirements of the City of Los Angeles’ Soft Story Retrofit Program and the function of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (“LADBS”). In this blog we discuss the important role of the City’s [...]

City of Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Dept “HCIDLA”Weinstein Construction2024-07-21T07:27:13-07:00

10 June

4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Los Angeles – Is Your Home Ready

Itzcik Weinstein2024-06-10T17:19:42-07:00

What is the likelihood of another earthquake hitting Los Angeles? Well, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit the Los Angeles area Thursday, July 30, 2020. This strong earthquake, which centered near San Fernando, struck at 4:29 am. You may be wondering, will seismic activity continue after an earthquake hits? In this case, subsequent aftershocks continued with a 3.3 quake at 4:38 am and a 3.8 quake at [...]

4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Los Angeles – Is Your Home ReadyItzcik Weinstein2024-06-10T17:19:42-07:00

1 June

How do you prepare your house for the Rainy Season?

Weinstein Construction2024-07-21T05:28:25-07:00

What is the Los Angeles Rainy Season? In Los Angeles, the Winter period, from December to February, is our rainiest season. In fact, according to the National Weather Service, the last couple of years have been some of the wettest back-to-back rain seasons ever! But before Winter arrives, the Fall season in Los Angeles is just wonderful: the weather becomes more temperate, we start to [...]

How do you prepare your house for the Rainy Season?Weinstein Construction2024-07-21T05:28:25-07:00

15 May

Average Cost Of Retaining Wall Installations In Los Angeles

Weinstein Construction2024-05-20T09:00:06-07:00

For many Los Angeles homeowners, especially those living in hillside homes, the dangers of mudslides and water runoff from rain are ever-present. In the past few years, we have seen again and again how homes in our own neighborhoods are damaged and even destroyed during inclement weather. Thankfully, there are ways to prevent mud, soil, debris, and water runoff from sliding into our homes! One [...]

Average Cost Of Retaining Wall Installations In Los AngelesWeinstein Construction2024-05-20T09:00:06-07:00

2 May

Los Angeles Foundation repair costs can be affordable

Weinstein Construction2024-07-21T07:34:10-07:00

What is the most common cause of foundation failure If you worry about the health of your home’s foundation, you are quite right to be concerned, as sadly, foundation failures in our region are a common occurrence. This is not just because of the earthquakes which subject our homes to intense pressures, but also because the unique soil we build our homes on makes Los [...]

Los Angeles Foundation repair costs can be affordableWeinstein Construction2024-07-21T07:34:10-07:00

29 April

California Earthquake Retrofit Costs – Government Grants Help

Weinstein Construction2024-04-29T10:08:16-07:00

Can your home survive an earthquake without a retrofit? In the last few years, earthquake scientists have been sounding the alarm about the inevitability of a very large earthquake on the San Andreas fault, which is located only 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It is a fact that our fair city typically experiences a very large earthquake every 100 years, and we are all [...]

California Earthquake Retrofit Costs – Government Grants HelpWeinstein Construction2024-04-29T10:08:16-07:00

4 April

Don’t DIY Earthquake Retrofit! Find A Qualified EBB Contractor

Weinstein Construction2024-04-08T07:34:39-07:00

Can You DIY Your Home’s Earthquake Retrofit? Many Los Angeles homeowners already know that the government’s “Earthquake Brace + Bolt” (“EBB”) program provides families in the Greater Los Angeles area with free money grants of $3,000 (and more!) to subsidize the cost of a California earthquake retrofit. Those homeowners who think that they can DIY their retrofit are taking unnecessary risks with the soundness of [...]

Don’t DIY Earthquake Retrofit! Find A Qualified EBB ContractorWeinstein Construction2024-04-08T07:34:39-07:00

21 March

Earthquake Retrofit Grants in LA – Free Money For A Safer Home

Weinstein Construction2024-03-21T08:53:05-07:00

The Danger Of Homes Built Prior To The 1950s Many thousands of homeowners in Los Angeles, and indeed, in the entire State of California, live in homes that were built in the 1950s or earlier, and as such, were built on foundations intended to safeguard the home in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a mudslide. However, while today’s foundations [...]

Earthquake Retrofit Grants in LA – Free Money For A Safer HomeWeinstein Construction2024-03-21T08:53:05-07:00

22 February

Does Your LA Apartment Building Balcony Meet Code? 5 Considerations

Weinstein Construction2024-02-22T07:50:06-08:00

Virtually all residential and commercial apartment buildings in the City of Los Angeles have balconies and other “Exterior Elevated Elements” (also called “EEE”) that can pose a safety risk if they are not properly maintained. In recent years, the high-profile collapse of poor-condition EEEs, especially a balcony that resulted in multiple injuries and deaths of students during a birthday party, have paid out multi-million dollar [...]

Does Your LA Apartment Building Balcony Meet Code? 5 ConsiderationsWeinstein Construction2024-02-22T07:50:06-08:00

10 February

Balcony Inspection and Repair – Protect Your Tenants & Investment

Weinstein Construction2024-12-19T06:16:19-08:00

Balcony Inspection and Repair Legal requirements and liability concerns The State of California has rolled out two new mandatory Balcony Inspection Laws, which were passed by the legislature in 2018 and 2019 in response to the deaths of six UC Berkeley students and the injuries of seven others during the 2015 collapse of a balcony the students were standing on during a birthday party. Legislators [...]

Balcony Inspection and Repair – Protect Your Tenants & InvestmentWeinstein Construction2024-12-19T06:16:19-08:00

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