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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

24 January

Tips on picking an EBB Contractor once your grant is approved!

Weinstein Construction2024-01-24T06:09:35-08:00

What is the California EBB Program? As you may already know, about twice a year, the State of California’s “Earthquake Brace + Bolt” (“EBB”) grant program provides homeowners in the Greater Los Angeles region with completely free money grants of $3,000 (and potentially other supplemental grants) in order to subsidize the cost of seismic retrofitting their homes. Right now, and for a limited time, the [...]

Tips on picking an EBB Contractor once your grant is approved!Weinstein Construction2024-01-24T06:09:35-08:00

6 January

If Your Home Was Built In The 1970s or Earlier Read This Blog Now

Weinstein Construction2024-01-11T13:43:18-08:00

We will get hit by earthquakes, and one of those will be the “Big One” Every century, the greater Los Angeles region experiences a substantial earthquake, and seismic experts are united in the belief that our city is long overdue for a significant seismic event! Our large earthquake will likely originate from the San Andreas fault, located a mere 35 miles away from downtown Los [...]

If Your Home Was Built In The 1970s or Earlier Read This Blog NowWeinstein Construction2024-01-11T13:43:18-08:00

9 October

Tips To Pick A Balcony Inspection And Repair Contractor in LA – 4 Part Series

Weinstein Construction2023-10-18T06:37:17-07:00

This is the second blog in a series of four blogs that we will publish over the next few weeks, all having to do with the upcoming mandatory obligation of owners of multi-family residential apartment buildings and condominiums in the City of Los Angeles to conduct a thorough safety inspection and repair (if necessary) of their buildings’ wood-framed balconies and other exterior elevated elements (“EEE”) [...]

Tips To Pick A Balcony Inspection And Repair Contractor in LA – 4 Part SeriesWeinstein Construction2023-10-18T06:37:17-07:00

18 July

Earthquake Soft Story (ESS) Grant Program is Here

Weinstein Construction2023-11-06T08:08:03-08:00

On April 25, 2023, registration opened for the Earthquake Soft Story (“ESS”) pilot program! This unique government program offers free-money grants of up to $13,000 to eligible Los Angeles homeowners that goes toward a seismic retrofit of their “Soft Story” home, which is defined as a home with at least one floor of living space that is built above a garage. Such homes are especially [...]

Earthquake Soft Story (ESS) Grant Program is HereWeinstein Construction2023-11-06T08:08:03-08:00

15 April

Important Apartment Building Earthquake Retrofitting Requirements

Weinstein Construction2023-04-16T07:22:22-07:00

Greater Los Angeles Soft Story retrofitting History Almost eight years ago, the City of Los Angeles passed two landmark Soft Story retrofit ordinances to help ensure that when the next earthquakes hit, residential condo and apartment buildings would be more structurally sound. Such multi-story buildings are called Soft Story structures, because they typically have large open spaces on their flimsy first or second floors, instead [...]

Important Apartment Building Earthquake Retrofitting RequirementsWeinstein Construction2023-04-16T07:22:22-07:00

27 March

Seismic Retrofitting LA – Improve Your Homes Earthquake Resistance

Weinstein Construction2023-03-27T05:09:13-07:00

If you have what is called a “Soft-Story” home, then you are in luck and should carefully read this blog for some hot-off-the-press news about seismic retrofitting and free grant money! Earthquakes in our fair city of Los Angeles can result in catastrophic damage. For example, even if we get just a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward fault, the resulting damage would displace 77,000 [...]

Seismic Retrofitting LA – Improve Your Homes Earthquake ResistanceWeinstein Construction2023-03-27T05:09:13-07:00

21 March

Los Angeles County Supervisors Require Seismic Retrofitting

Weinstein Construction2023-06-20T07:52:10-07:00

On February 28, 2023, and in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that rocked the country of Turkey just a few weeks prior, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to require the retrofitting of older, so-called “non-ductile concrete” buildings that are at a high risk of collapse during a powerful earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey has said that such buildings “pose [...]

Los Angeles County Supervisors Require Seismic RetrofittingWeinstein Construction2023-06-20T07:52:10-07:00

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