Monthly Archives: February 2022

22 February, 2022

Optimum Seismic Announced As Presenting Sponsor of Culver City Chamber of Commerce Installation Gala & Centennial Celebration

By |2022-05-20T17:50:32+00:00February 22nd, 2022|Press Release|

Optimum Seismic, Inc., one of California’s leading earthquake retrofit companies, will be the Presenting Sponsor of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce’s Installation Gala & Centennial Celebration on Friday, March 4, 2022.

Culver City Chamber of Commerce’s Installation Gala & Centennial Celebration is one of the Chamber’s premier events convening […]

4 February, 2022

Are your building’s balconies safe?

By |2022-02-08T18:05:25+00:00February 4th, 2022|balcony Laws, Buildings Resilience, Earthquake Protection, Earthquake Resilience|

She was a college student from Dublin, spending the summer in California, when plans to celebrate her 21st birthday with friends turned deadly – and ultimately led to stricter oversight of balconies, decks and other external elevated structures on apartment buildings.

Aoife Beary was one of seven students seriously injured when […]

4 February, 2022

Will your business survive a major earthquake?

By |2022-02-15T00:31:22+00:00February 4th, 2022|Earthquake Resilience, Earthquake Retrofit, Earthquake Retrofit Benefits, SDCAA|

Small businesses, the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, are often the first to suffer from natural disasters such as earthquakes.

Although they create two-thirds of new jobs and stimulate economic growth – particularly in our region’s underrepresented communities – small businesses are often least prepared to withstand disasters

The COVID-19 pandemic brought […]

3 February, 2022

New balcony laws a reflection of survivor’s courageous advocacy

By |2022-02-03T01:01:11+00:00February 3rd, 2022|Seismic Waves|

Optimum Seismic, Inc. February 2022 Newsletter

Ali Sahabi, GEC
Principal,
Optimum Seismic, Inc.

California’s new balcony inspection laws reflect young survivor’s courageous advocacy after collapse

 

Consider the story of Aoife Beary, an incredibly […]

3 February, 2022

Protecting Orange County against disaster

By |2022-02-15T00:26:57+00:00February 3rd, 2022|AAOC, Buildings Vulnerabilities, earthquake preparedness, Earthquake Protection, Earthquake Resilience|

Orange County’s economy is robust: leading most other U.S. counties, many states – even some countries – in terms of output.

The region’s gross domestic product, at $221 billion in 2020, surpasses that of Oregon and New Zealand, and nearly tops Google, the Orange County Register recently reported.

As the ninth largest […]

2 February, 2022

Earthquakes and Tsunamis: A Double-Whammy for Coastal Communities

By |2022-02-15T00:20:08+00:00February 2nd, 2022|AACSC, Earthquake Safety, Structural Safety, Tsunamis|

Two significant earthquake threats face communities in the Apartment Association of California Southern Cities area. The first is the risk of building damage associated with seismic shaking. The second is more localized along low coastal areas — the danger of a tsunami triggered by an earthquake that may occur thousands […]

1 February, 2022

Can Liquefaction Destroy Your Building?

By |2022-02-15T00:13:05+00:00February 1st, 2022|AAGLA, Earthquake Resilience, Liquefaction|

About 15 million years ago, the Los Angeles Basin was underwater. Over the span of many millennia, surrounding mountain ranges rose, releasing molten rock into the underlying crust to create an immense geologic bowl that time filled with sand, silt, and clay from ancient rivers.

Today, the basin is home to […]

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