Roadblocks to Retrofit: Why it’s so difficult to get seismic upgrades done

The Nisqually Earthquake was a wake-up call to build stronger buildings across Puget Sound. More than two decades later, ...
Santa Maria Times

Solvang's Mission Santa Inés to undergo $500K earthquake retrofit: 'This work is urgent'

Solvang’s Mission Santa Inés will undergo seismic retrofitting in the coming months as a preventative measure should a major earthquake hit the region.
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Federal Grant to Help Fund Seismic Retrofit Work at ‘Treasure’ Mission Santa Inés

Mission Santa Inés in Solvang will receive a $500,000 federal grant to conduct seismic retrofit work. The California Missions Foundation secured two grants totaling more than $1.2 million for projects ...
AOL

Despite active quake year, some California suburbs refuse to fix vulnerable buildings

Narek Ekmekjyan, vice president of Optimum Seismic, takes a look at the retrofit work done by the company at an apartment building in Venice on Nov. 7. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Southern ...
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Supervisors Hear LACo CEO Report on Gas Co. Tower Retrofit Spending

Los Angeles County’s CEO assured members of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that the county was not embarking on a nearly $300 million seismic retrofit of its recently purchased high-rise office ...
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Retrofit roadblocks: Why its so difficult to get seismic upgrades done

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nisqually Earthquake was a wake-up call to build stronger buildings across Puget Sound. More than two decades later, experts ...
Los Angeles Times

Despite active quake year, some California suburbs refuse to fix vulnerable buildings

Several suburbs closest to the widely felt earthquakes that struck Los Angeles County this summer and fall have no active plans to require retrofits for seismically flimsy “soft-story” apartment ...