-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 […]
-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 […]
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. […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
“Here’s who to thank that we all survived the quake on Friday,” a headline in the Anchorage Daily News read just days after the Nov. 30 2018 earthquake shook the region with a 7.0-magnitude force.
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-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
Anyone who lives in California knows that our state’s calamitous reputation for earthquakes is fueled by the intricate web of volatile fault lines that crisscross our landscape.
The closer you are to […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
SDCAA Expo
Stop by Optimum Seismic’s booth or visit our presentation at the San Diego CAA Expo April 30 at the San Diego Convention Center for more information.
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-Appeared on Southern California Rental Housing Association.
Nobody likes to think about insurance, but it is important to guard yourself and your assets against the “what if’s.”
What if I get in a car accident? What if a member of my family becomes […]
