Optimum Seismic, Inc. will be sponsoring the participation of young professionals and students in the 2019 Year End Technical Summit and President’s Luncheon and Achievement Awards program of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California on Wednesday, June 19.
“Optimum Seismic is firmly committed to helping develop the technical capabilities […]
Representatives of Optimum Seismic, Inc. met with business investors from around the globe at the fifth annual Select LA Investment Summit at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles on June 6.
Considered by many as Southern California’s premier international trade event, Select LA brings together global investors with local business and […]
Optimum Seismic, Inc. has agreed to serve as the Executive Sponsor of the LA Headquarters Association’s Mayors’ Forum on the Future of Cities.
Mayors participating in the event include: Terry Tornek, Pasadena; Gleam Davis, Santa Monica; and Meghan Sahli-Wells, Culver City. Serving as co-moderators for the event will be David P. […]
SEAOSC Annual Gala Features Excellence in Structural Engineering and Safer Cities Awards
Los Angeles, California — May 31, 2019 —Optimum Seismic, Inc. (www.optimumseismic.com) is pleased to announce it is a platinum sponsor of the annual Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC, https://www.seaosc.org/) Safer Cities Gala and President’s Awards […]
Newly Passed Earthquake Retrofitting Ordinance in Beverly Hills to be Discussed
Los Angeles, California — May 16, 2019 — The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA, www.aagla.org) and The Beverly Hills/ Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors (GLAAR,www.bhglaar.com) in cooperation with Optimum […]
Optimum Seismic,Inc (www.optimiumseismic.com) Chief Operating Officer and Sustainability and Seismic Resilience expert Ali Sahabi, presents the economic benefits of retrofitting buildings to increase earthquake resilience on Wednesday, April 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The seminar will be held at the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of REALTORS® […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
There’s a saying in our industry, that earthquakes don’t kill people. Buildings do.
Yes, it is over-simplified, but the fact remains that earthquake threats to public safety are fundamentally linked to structural stability.
People get injured in earthquakes because a building […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
It’s been three years since the City of Los Angeles started sending out orders requiring seismic retrofits of vulnerable soft-story and non-ductile concrete buildings.
Soft-story property owners, upon receipt of these official notices, were required to:
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
Southern California this year observed the 25th anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake — a 6.7- magnitude blind-reverse thrust that in 1994 caused $67 billion in widespread damage.
It was deemed, and still remains, one of the nation’s most expensive […]
Nearly 150 years ago, an earthquake estimated at 7.8 magnitude struck California’s Inyo County in the Owens Valley killing 27 people in 1872.
The quake struck at 2:30 a.m. while most people in the sparcely populated area were sleeping. […]
