A recent social media post sparked an important question about earthquake safety:
Q: Is there a way to know how safe your apartment building is in case of an earthquake?
While some believe that a building’s past survival guarantees future stability, this assumption is dangerously flawed. Each earthquake is different, and a building’s […]
The ABCs Of Earthquakes And Seismic Engineering
Most Californians have experienced earthquakes. There are the large ones – sudden, jarring jolts followed by more strong shaking that can last from a few seconds to a couple of minutes. Farther away, these feel like a gentle “bump,” often followed by more rolling […]
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 […]
Structural engineering plays a very important role in our society today. We show our great confidence into the work of structural engineers every time we drive on an overpass, pass through a tunnel, or enter a building. In every case we trust our lives to the knowledge and workmanship of […]
We put a lot of trust into structural engineering. Every time we drive on an overpass, pass through a tunnel, or enter a building – we trust our lives to the knowledge and workmanship of the people who built them.
Structural engineers design the bones and muscles that form and define […]
More than 60,000 vehicles pass daily over the new Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach – a 2,000-foot-long expanse of cables and steel connecting downtown and the 710 freeway to the port.
Opened in October, it is built to accommodate taller ocean cargo vessels, which are expected to rise to nearly […]
The Third Little Pig built his house out of brick, so when the Big Bad Wolf huffed and puffed – it didn’t blow down.
But what if that childhood fable’s menace had been an earthquake instead?
The outcome of that story could be much different.
Brick, concrete, and steel were once considered indestructible […]
San Diego is at the heart of much of the world’s best research about developing earthquake resilient buildings.
The University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering conducts some of the most noteworthy studies available on the damaging effects of earthquakes on buildings using one of the world’s largest shake […]
-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 […]
