A recent social media post raised the following question about earthquake safety.
Q: Is there a way to know how safe your apartment building is in case of an earthquake?
One person commented that if her apartment is still standing, it has survived everything until now — wrongly implying that the building […]
Few might think to turn to a brewery for lessons on earthquake resilience, but the Anheuser-Busch company knows the subject well.
When its brewery in Van Nuys suffered significant damage in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, the company decided to invest $11 million in retrofitting structures at the site to withstand the […]
Does your apartment building meet today’s standards for functionality, design and seismic safety?
Today’s tenants have higher standards when it comes to style, convenience and earthquake safety. A recent Suffolk University/Los Angeles Times poll showed that 80% of Angelenos support their city’s mandatory seismic retrofit law —and, there are many vulnerable […]
Happy Building Safety Month! This low-profile observance, an international celebration of safe and sound structures, rarely gets noticed outside of the industry. It’s the unsung understudy to causes nearer and dearer to people’s hearts like ice cream, talking like pirates, even Ferris wheels.
Yet buildings play an ever-present and vital role […]
Combatting climate change is becoming serious business in the U.S. and California with ambitious initiatives designed to curb our dependence on fossil fuels that promote global warming.
In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law sweeping legislation to accelerate the state’s transition to 90% clean energy by 2035 and achieve carbon […]
Optimum Seismic, Inc. will be a major sponsor of the California Special Districts Association’s Emergency Preparedness Summit 2023. The virtual summit is a professional development program presented by the USC Price EXED Forum from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24.
Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, D-Pomona, chair of the Assembly […]
New luxury apartment homes are sprouting up throughout Los Angeles – in the heart of Koreatown, Little Tokyo, in West Hollywood, Glendale, Culver City, even downtown. Amid all the new construction, the need for more affordable housing continues to grow.
From 2010 to 2019, the city lost thousands of homes considered […]
Media coverage always goes for the dramatic, and coverage of the Northridge earthquake was no exception – flashing visuals of flattened apartment buildings, collapsed freeway overpasses and grotesquely twisted steel-framed structures dominated the airwaves long after the disaster struck.
What wasn’t shown – but was just as alarming – is that […]
As fire season heats up in California – and open spaces dry into withered reminders of the constant threat wildfire poses to our communities – Orange County residents are rallying together to fight back through prevention.
People who live in our canyons and open space communities depend on one another for […]
Happy Building Safety Month! This low-profile, international observance for safe and sound structures, rarely gets noticed outside the industry. It’s the unsung understudy to fun causes nearer and dearer to people’s hearts – taking a back seat to ice cream, talking like pirates, even clowns.
But buildings play an ever-present and […]
