In Southern California, earthquake building codes should be taken seriously. Everyone who owns a building in Los Angeles needs to take responsibility to get seismic retrofitting work done to prevent or reduce property damage, injury and death from earthquakes.
As we know, earthquakes aren’t just a possibility here—they’re a certainty. […]
-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 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 […]
Seismic retrofits affect more than just the buildings they are designed to protect.
Depending on the construction process, they have the potential to disrupt quality of life for your tenants.
That’s why the City of Los Angeles in 2005 enacted the Tenant Habitability Program to encourage landlords to mitigate […]
