Apartment owners faced with any major renovation, repair or alteration of their building are often concerned with the impacts construction could have on their tenants — and whether the work will require added expenses.
These extra costs can include paying for additional precautions to minimize impacts, establishing alternative parking when assigned […]
Asbestos and lead, once touted as miracle materials for construction, now stir feelings of dread among owners of older apartment structures.
The discovery of these substances in the stucco, walls, paint, ceilings and other components of a building can substantially increase the cost of any demolition or reconstruction project.
Once found, state, […]
What is the cost of being unprepared for disaster?
In California, the numbers are staggering – and growing.
This year alone, the Golden State has seen natural disaster in the form of COVID-19 as well as record-breaking wildfires, bringing price tags to taxpayers in the tens of billions of dollars.
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“The Resilience Advantage” Explores Preventing Earthquakes from Being Disasters
LOS ANGELES, CA, November 17, 2020 — A coalition of leading business organizations will launch a monthly webinar series, “The Resilience Advantage,” on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Each webinar will include a 20-minute video featuring interviews with leading […]
Optimum Seismic, Inc – November 2020 Newsletter
We were honored last month to join in an important press conference with California State Treasurer Fiona Ma and other key government […]
If your apartment building is located in Mission Bay, Mission Valley, Tierra Santa, Linda Vista, or many other communities in the Greater San Diego Area – it may sit on soil prone to liquefaction, landslides or other instability when shaken by an earthquake.
These destructive reactions can happen when ground vibrations […]
Nobody should be caught without insurance. It’s an essential tool to guard against excessive risk associated with our automobiles, our property, our health, even our lives.
But while insurance may help to cushion the blow of an accident or worse, it does nothing to prevent these adversities from occurring.
If you own […]
For years, the city of Long Beach has been proactive at addressing seismic vulnerabilities within its communities.
The city served as the beta test site for California’s earthquake early warning system; it has taken steps recently to retrofit the Civic Center and Community Hospital for seismic safety; and it has been […]
Tokyo had Godzilla.
Los Angeles, for more than a century, has feared the notorious San Andreas Fault.
But Angelenos have been overlooking a closer and even more deadly monster: the Puente Hills fault, which could kill more people and cause more damage than the San Andreas in the LA area because it […]
New research into the Gales Creek fault, which lies 22 miles west of Portland, reveals that earthquakes on the fault have ruptured the surface three times in the last 9,000 years.
For more info, please read the original article by LiveScience.com:
https://www.livescience.com/earthquake-fault-near-portland.html
