Optimum Seismic, Inc., one of California’s leading earthquake retrofit companies, is a Gold sponsor of the U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles (USGBC-LA).
As a USGBC-LA Gold sponsor, Optimum Seismic helps contribute to the transformation of the building industry and the future of healthy green schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE – Optimum Seismic, Inc. Co-Founder Ali Sahabi (c), a leader in sustainability and resilience, was the Champion sponsor of the U.S. Green Building Council – LA’s Green Gala event at Union Station in Los Angeles. this week. Also pictured are Optimum Seismic Senior Advisor Tom Robinson (l) and USGBC-LA Executive Director Ben Stapleton.
In collaboration with its sponsors, USGBC-LA hosted more than 150 programs with a combined total of over 11,000 attendees in 2020. The organization looks forward to continued progress in transforming Southern California into a more sustainable region for all in 2022 and beyond.
In addition to being a Gold sponsor, Optimum Seismic served as a Champion sponsor for USGBC-LA’s Green Gala event held on Dec. 8 at Union Station in Los Angeles. The Green Gala event was attended by more than 350 business and government leaders as well as others interested in securing a more sustainable future for the Los Angeles region.
“Sustainability and resilience have a significant amount of overlap,” said Ben Stapleton, Executive Director of the USGBC-LA. “In order to have a truly sustainable society or a truly sustainable building it must be resilient in order to offer long-term positive benefits to each of us.”
“The Optimum Seismic team is a recognized leader in resilience,” continued Stapleton. “The company’s Co-Founder and COO Ali Sahabi has been honored with the California Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership award for taking a sustainable approach toward community development and environmental restoration in the Dos Lagos mixed-use development in the City of Corona. We are pleased to have Ali and this company continue to support the green community.”
Ben Stapleton Executive Director USGBC-LA
Melissa Sullivan
Chair, USGBC-LA Board
“We are very pleased to have Optimum Seismic as as a major sponsor USGBC-LA,” says Melissa Sullivan, Chair of the USGBC-LA Board, and Vice President of Sustainability and Wellness for Cushman & Wakefield. “The involvement and generosity of sponsors such as Optimum Seismic play such an important role in making USGBC-LA events and programs so successful.”
“Optimum Seismic is proud to be actively involved in the important work being done by USGBC-LA to encourage decisions that will make our communities more sustainable and resilient in the future,” says Sahabi. “We can all become the heroes of our future by making choices today to become more sustainable and resilient.”
Sahabi is a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and Los Angeles County Business Federation, and the Building Industry of Southern California. Optimum Seismic is also actively involved in key organizations such as Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, U.S. Resiliency Council and California Building Officials, as well as numerous other local Chambers of Commerce and business and professional organizations.
“Older, affordable multifamily and commercial buildings built under outdated codes can be economical and practical to preserve and make more resilient by retrofitting them to extend their useful lives and protect their occupants from earthquakes,” added Sahabi. “Professional architects and engineers are also increasingly incorporating resilience into their new designs of buildings, as an integral component of their sustainability practices.”
Optimum Seismic recently sponsored The Resilience Advantage webinar series. The series was produced in cooperation with the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles County Business Federation, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation and the U.S. Resiliency Council. The program, which included pre-recorded videos and panel discussions, is designed for business, government and community leaders to learn about the importance of resilience to natural hazards such as earthquakes. To view the episodes, visit https://www.optimumseismic.com/the-resilience-advantage/episodes/.
About Optimum Seismic, Inc.
The Optimum Seismic team has been making California cities safer since 1984 by providing full-service earthquake engineering, steel fabrication and construction services for multifamily residential, commercial and industrial buildings. With more than 3,500 earthquake retrofit and renovation projects completed, Optimum Seismic’s work includes soft-story multifamily apartments, unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings and tilt-up, non-ductile concrete and steel moment frame buildings. To arrange a complimentary assessment of your building’s earthquake resilience, contact Optimum Seismic at (833) 978-7664 or visit optimumseismic.com.
About U.S. Green Building Council-Los Angeles
USGBC-LA is a 501©3 nonprofit organization committed to creating a prosperous and sustainable future within one generation. Our mission promotes sustainability in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties’ built environment by delivering access to knowledge, resources, recognition and networking. (www.usgbc-la.org)
