As a national advocate for safer cities throughout the United States, Optimum Seismic Chief Operating Officer Ali Sahabi participated last month in the American Institute of Architects Oregon’s URM Seismic Resilience Symposium.
The three-day event, held July 18-20 at Portland State University, featured two days of presentations from prominent engineers and […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
Last month’s 6.4- and 7.1-magnitude earthquakes were the largest this state has seen in the past 20 years.
Thankfully, due to the remoteness of the Ridgecrest area where they struck, there were no casualties and relatively little destruction.
What if […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
Southern California got hit by some monster quakes last month, thankfully with no casualties and little destruction due to the remoteness of the epicenters’ sparsely populated desert location.
The 6.4- and 7.1-magnitude temblors may have occurred in Ridgecrest, but they […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
Chances are you felt at least one of the many earthquakes that rattled Southern California last month.
The initial 6.4-magnitude quake near the desert community of Ridgecrest was just a precursor to a larger 7.1-magnitude giant, with many other quakes […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
I recently ran across the following question from a Los Angeles woman on Yelp:
Q: Is there a way to know how safe your apartment building is in case of an earthquake?
One respondent stated that if her apartment is […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
Much of the world’s best research about building strength during earthquakes happens right here in San Diego.
The University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering conducts some of the most noteworthy studies available on the effects of […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
It’s been more than six months since a massive 9.2-magnitude quake shook Southeastern Alaska, and while some businesses are still trying to get their lives back to normal the overwhelming majority of communities there seem to have withstood the […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
There has been a steady influx of startup companies sprouting up to capitalize on Southern California’s growing seismic retrofit industry. This has led to concern that some of these new companies may not have the professional expertise required of […]
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 […]
-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 […]
