-Appeared on Southern California Rental Housing Association.
“Here’s who to thank that we all survived the quake on Friday,” a headline in the Anchorage Daily News recently read.
Striking images from the Nov. 30 earthquake there show Vine Road near Wasilla fractured and […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
The recent Mars landing of NASA’s robotic lander InSight means we can now look forward to two years of data from seismic monitoring and underground temperature readings that will unlock mysteries about the origin of the red […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
California just experienced its deadliest and most destructive wildfire, ever. Nearly 14,000 homes, 530 commercial structures and 4,300 other buildings were destroyed in November when the Cal Fire ravaged the Butte County landscape, incinerating entire communities like […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
Generally speaking, knowledge is the key to understanding threats and developing strategies to overcome them.
We ask our loved ones to wear their seatbelts, because we know that their chances of surviving a crash are so […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
People often reference the Northridge earthquake of 1994 when they speak about seismic disasters. After all, it’s something many of us experienced first-hand: an event that we can relate to.
The 6.7-magnitude thrust of the quake […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
Are you feeling rushed to meet seismic retrofit deadlines imposed to by Los Angeles Department of Building Services? The cut-off date for engineering studies of older wood-framed, soft-story structures has passed for more than 150 properties, with […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
Because many of us grew up in homes containing lead and asbestos, we can sometimes downplay the health hazards these substances can pose to humans and the environment alike. We feel tempted to bypass the rules — […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
The Philippines is all too familiar with natural disasters: deadly tropical storms and typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Located along the Pacific’s so-called “Ring of Fire,” where seismic activity and tropical storms hit with alarming […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
A key worry among apartment owners faced with any major renovation, repair or alteration of their building is the impact that construction could have on their tenants — and whether the outcome of their Tenant Habitability Plan […]
When buildings crumble – when they are red-tagged due to damage from an earthquake – small businesses suffer, setting off residual waves of hardship that can devastate economies.
The Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) has teamed up with Chairman’s Circle member Optimum Seismic […]
