Los Angeles, CA experiences our “Rainy Season”, beginning about October 15 and ending around April 15. Trust the professionals at Weinstein Construction, Los Angeles region’s best retaining walls contractor and leading basement waterproofing companies, to help you with all your drainage solutions.
California's Mandatory Balcony Inspection Laws - Use this "Decision Tree" to see if California SB 721 and California SB 326 apply to your building! One of our favorite clients asked us the other day for additional guidance regarding the State of California’s new mandatory “Balcony Inspection Laws”, and suggested it would be helpful if we put together a “Decision Tree” that building owners and [...]
Los Angeles Foundation Repair Foundation cracks in Los Angeles are very common because in this city, we build our homes on top of soft clay soil that expands during our rainy seasons and contracts during our dry seasons. This back-and-forth movement happens constantly, and it doesn’t just happen in one direction! Incredibly, a home’s foundation can be lifted, moved, and set back down in a [...]
For the past few months, we have been hearing more and more from owners of multi-unit residential apartment buildings and condominium home owner associations, asking us for guidance regarding the State of California’s new mandatory Balcony Inspection Laws, and so we thought to put together a short, “plain speak” informational blog post on the subject! Much in the same way that the City of Los [...]
At Weinstein Construction, we are very excited to inform all our neighbors and friends that the California Earthquake Authority retrofitting grant program has now opened back up! Weinstein Construction Corporation is an EBB approved, FEMA authorized, and FEMA trained contractor (in fact, we have been FEMA certified since 1994!). Weinstein Construction has also been on the EBB Directory for many years, and we are [...]
What are the benefits of Soft Story retrofit in Los Angeles Homeowners and commercial property owners in Los Angeles know that they have an urgent need to retrofit their buildings to safeguard them from the destructive forces of earthquakes. Because so many of our clients who are owners and/or landlords of Los Angeles commercial properties are interested in more information about Soft Story programs, we [...]
How much does a Los Angeles Soft Story retrofit cost The City of Los Angeles mandatory Soft Story retrofitting program identifies buildings vulnerable to structural failure from the effects of an earthquake. Because so many of our clients want to know the potential cost of Soft Story retrofitting, we decided this helpful blog about Soft Story buildings and the City’s retrofit program! What is considered [...]
What does the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (“LADBS”) do? To Reach the City of Los Angeles Building and Safety Department (LADBS) Directly - Dial 311 Call 3-1-1 (within the City of Los Angeles) Callers from outside Los Angeles can call (213) 473-3231. If you a commercial property owner and a frequent reader of our blogs on the mandatory requirements of the City [...]
What are a Soft Story retrofit project’s lead & asbestos testing, structural observations, and cost recovery? In the previous blog in our series on Soft Story retrofitting, we discussed how the owner/landlord of a Soft Story building hires a structural and/or soil engineer and a construction firm to carry out a Soft Story Retrofitting project. In another blog in the series, we also discussed the required [...]
Homes sit on top of foundations! The concept of building a home on top of a foundation has not changed in 100 or more years. In fact, most homes in Los Angeles have been built on foundations whose job it is to keep the home safe from harm when a natural disaster hits, for example a flood, landslide, or earthquake. Modern foundations are made out [...]
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