Ali Sahabi, GEC

Ali Sahabi

About Ali Sahabi

Ali Sahabi has been a licensed General Engineering Contractor (GEC) since 1993, and is a principal at Optimum Seismic, Inc. He has completed hundreds of seismic retrofitting and adaptive reuse projects for multifamily residential, commercial, and industrial buildings throughout California.
28 October, 2019

Dr. Frank Jobe Memorial Gala Raises Funds to Benefit Student Athletes at La Sierra University

By |2019-10-31T18:14:21+00:00October 28th, 2019|Press Release|

La Sierra University’s Frank Jobe Memorial Gala was attended by hundreds of Riverside area dignitaries on Wednesday, October 23 at the Riverside Convention Center.

Proceeds from this event will benefit athletics scholarships, enabling athletes to pursue both their competitive and educational dreams at La Sierra University.

“It was a great pleasure to […]

28 October, 2019

A 3.3 earthquake rattled the Kincade Fire

By |2019-10-28T17:55:31+00:00October 28th, 2019|Related News|

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake stuck at 1:10 a.m. a few miles away from the Kincade Fire. Luckily the earthquake didn’t cause any more harm. Another 80,000 homes, businesses, and other buildings were threatened by the blaze.

For more info, please read the original article by USA Today:
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24 October, 2019

Optimum Seismic Exhibits at League of California Cities Annual Conference & Expo

By |2019-10-28T23:20:14+00:00October 24th, 2019|Press Release|

City officials from throughout the state of California met with leading experts in seismic retrofit contracting from Optimum Seismic during the League of California Cities’ Annual Conference & Expo on October 16-17 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

“Optimum Seismic was very proud to be involved for […]

24 October, 2019

Machu Picchu hit with earthquakes, while it was being built

By |2019-10-24T16:57:00+00:00October 24th, 2019|Related News|

Machu Picchu is one of the seven wonders of the world, but when it was being built it suffered through at least two earthquakes a new study suggests. The earthquakes not only damaged walls, but a change in construction techniques occurred.

For more info, please read the original article […]

22 October, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled an earthquake early alert app in California

By |2019-10-22T18:23:35+00:00October 22nd, 2019|Related News|

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled an earthquake early alert app in California. The MyShake app created by UC Berkeley is the first statewide earthquake early alert app for California.

For more info, please read the original article by USC Annenberg Media:
http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/10/22/californias-first-statewide-earthquake-app-will-send-early-alerts-to-people/

21 October, 2019

Another fault besides the San Andreas can produce a magnitude 8 earthquake

By |2019-10-21T16:15:39+00:00October 21st, 2019|Related News|

A study released last Thursday warned that the Garlock fault, which runs through the Mojave Desert in southern California has been moving for the first time on record

For more info, please read the original article by Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-fault-creep-the-big-one-2019-10

21 October, 2019

4.6 earthquake hit off Oregon’s coast

By |2019-10-21T16:11:01+00:00October 21st, 2019|Related News|

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake hit Monday morning off the Oregon coast becomes the fifth to strike off the coast. It hit at 6.47 a.m. About 120 miles west of Bandon.

For more info, please read the original article by OregonLive.com:
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/10/magnitude-46-earthquake-off-oregon-coast-marks-fifth-this-month.html

17 October, 2019

4,500 Pasadenans are about to be shaken, not by an earthquake but by….

By |2019-10-17T17:41:58+00:00October 17th, 2019|Related News|

According to Pasadena Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian, the City anticipates sending out “notices to comply” will be sent to Priority 1 properties “next month or so.” The notice will require affected property owners to submit a screening application, unless they believe their structures do not require retrofitting. The screening […]

16 October, 2019

The earthquakes that shook Northern California over the past two days were a surprise to geologists in only one way

By |2019-10-16T17:48:02+00:00October 16th, 2019|Related News|

A lot of talk has been around the recent earthquakes to hit the Bay Area. One of them ruptured an area in Contra Costa County where no faults had been detected before. Small quakes may have little impact, but if they occur on mapped or unmapped faults, they should serve […]

15 October, 2019

San Francisco Bay hit with an earthquake

By |2019-10-15T18:17:50+00:00October 15th, 2019|Related News|

Last night San Francisco Bay was hit with a 4.5 magnitude earthquake. It was felt all over the region. With the USGS said there was a 2% chance of one or more aftershocks larger than magnitude 4.5 over the next week, and as many as four aftershocks of magnitude 3 […]