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16 August

Residents of Greater Los Angeles Apartments or Condos – Important Information

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:21:25-08:00

If you live in a residential apartment building or a condo building in Greater Los Angeles, you probably also have an outside balcony which provides you with an outdoor recreational space. Moreover, your building probably also has multiple other “exterior elevated elements” (“EEE”) in the form of decks, stairways, and walkways, which rely in whole or in part on wood structural supports. All balconies and [...]

Residents of Greater Los Angeles Apartments or Condos – Important InformationWeinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:21:25-08:00

18 July

Earthquake Soft Story (ESS) Grant Program is Here

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:13-08:00

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 Construction2025-02-23T13:18:13-08:00

20 June

Balcony Repair Inspections in California: What You Need To Know

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:10-08:00

As a reader of Weinstein Construction’s blogs, you are likely already aware of California Senate Bills 326 and 721, also known as the Balcony Repair Inspection Laws. These laws require that Los Angeles owners of a multi-unit residential apartment building, or a Condominium association of a condo building, conduct a balcony safety inspection for their building and repair any damaged balconies, decks, stairs, catwalks, and [...]

Balcony Repair Inspections in California: What You Need To KnowWeinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:10-08:00

23 May

Balcony Repair Cost: What You Need to Know To Save Money

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:08-08:00

At Weinstein Construction, we are one of the few experienced balcony repair contractors in the City of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. We know that as part of your process for budgeting for EEE inspection and balcony repairs, what is top of mind for you is not only how to choose the right contractor for the job, but also how much your balcony repair cost [...]

Balcony Repair Cost: What You Need to Know To Save MoneyWeinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:08-08:00

15 May

Top 5 Reasons To Get Your Balcony Inspected and Repaired Today!

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:06-08:00

Many owners of multi-unit residential apartment buildings and condominium associations are by now familiar with California’s new “Balcony Inspection Laws” (SB 721 and SB 326), which have been “on the books” for a few years now and have mandatory compliance requirements. You should definitely review the Balcony Inspection law requirements of these laws if you are not familiar with them! For those apartment building and [...]

Top 5 Reasons To Get Your Balcony Inspected and Repaired Today!Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:06-08:00

3 May

Top 5 Reasons To Check Your Home’s Crawl Space Today

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:04-08:00

As our Los Angeles homes slowly dry out after some incredibly heavy rains, we wanted to remind all our clients and friends that there are some incredibly important reasons for every homeowner to be aware of what is happening inside their home’s crawl space, which is that shallow, unfinished area beneath the first floor of a home. We constantly hear folks say, “I don’t live [...]

Top 5 Reasons To Check Your Home’s Crawl Space TodayWeinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:18:04-08:00

15 April

Important Apartment Building Earthquake Retrofitting Requirements

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:17:58-08:00

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 Construction2025-02-23T13:17:58-08:00

2 April

What Are Retaining Walls and What Causes Retaining Walls To Fail?

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:17:56-08:00

How Does The Weather Affect Retaining Walls? Even if you haven’t really been paying attention to the weather this year, you know this has been a year for the record books in terms of rain! And yes, our drought may be nearly over in the Greater Los Angeles area, but our home basements and crawlspaces have been flooded with water, and for some of [...]

What Are Retaining Walls and What Causes Retaining Walls To Fail?Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:17:56-08:00

21 March

Los Angeles County Supervisors Require Seismic Retrofitting

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:17:52-08:00

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 Construction2025-02-23T13:17:52-08:00

13 March

Apartment And Condo Balcony Safety – 5 Steps To Take

Weinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:17:51-08:00

Balconies are an important feature in many residential and commercial apartment buildings in the City of Los Angeles, providing helpful outdoor space and views of the surrounding neighborhood. However, such balconies can also pose a safety risk if they are not properly maintained and inspected. In recent years, several high-profile balcony collapses have emphasized the need for increased attention to balcony safety. An apartment [...]

Apartment And Condo Balcony Safety – 5 Steps To TakeWeinstein Construction2025-02-23T13:17:51-08:00

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