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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

2 February

What Have We Learned From the 1994 Northridge, CA Earthquake

Weinstein Construction2023-02-02T14:11:25-08:00

It has been nearly three decades since the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake, and the question on the minds of millions of Los Angelinos is: are we safer today than we were back then? Are the lives of our loved ones secure? Are our homes and commercial businesses safe? The answer to these questions is, unfortunately, more complex than one would hope…* Let’s start with [...]

What Have We Learned From the 1994 Northridge, CA EarthquakeWeinstein Construction2023-02-02T14:11:25-08:00

15 September

Greater Los Angeles Cities Soft Story Seismic Retrofit Programs

Weinstein Construction2021-09-25T04:43:53-07:00

Homeowners and owners of “Soft Story” commercial properties know that they have an urgent need to retrofit their buildings to safeguard them from the destructive forces of earthquakes. Soft Story structures are multi-story buildings that have large open spaces on their first or second floors, instead of walls that are typically required as part of a stable earthquake engineering design (one example is an apartment [...]

Greater Los Angeles Cities Soft Story Seismic Retrofit ProgramsWeinstein Construction2021-09-25T04:43:53-07:00

1 September

What is the average Los Angeles Soft Story retrofitting cost?

Weinstein Construction2021-10-01T07:44:43-07:00

In some of our previous blogs (see links at the end of this page) we discussed the mandatory requirements of the City of Los Angeles’ Soft Story retrofitting program, which identifies buildings vulnerable to structural failure from the effects of an earthquake. In this blog, we discuss the potential cost of Soft Story retrofitting! What are “Soft Story” buildings? Soft Story buildings are multi-story structures [...]

What is the average Los Angeles Soft Story retrofitting cost?Weinstein Construction2021-10-01T07:44:43-07:00

27 May

The important function of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (“LADBS”)

Weinstein Construction2021-05-27T07:13:38-07:00

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, which identified buildings vulnerable to structural failure both during and after an earthquake. In this new blog, we discuss the important function of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (“LADBS”), which administers compliance [...]

The important function of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (“LADBS”)Weinstein Construction2021-05-27T07:13:38-07:00

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