Southern California is an earthquake prone area. Just how prone is it? Data from the latest seismic activity map of San Francisco shows there has been at least 12 to 13 reported earthquake activities in the last week! Numbers from the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) clearly indicates the severity of the situation.
In perspective, the SF governing body issued a mandatory retrofit program this year. It required all residents to submit a construction screening report on or before 15th September 2014.
Time to execute
With the deadline for the San Francisco seismic retrofit program already over, now is the time to execute the solutions. You will need the support of a competent engineering service to convert your soft stories to hard. The soft stories refer to a lack of stability in construction design at most of the old buildings, and also many new buildings.
While looking up a suitable service, do consider checking out structural engineering service instead of conventional CAD based modeling. Structural engineers employ the latest evolutionary design strategy called the BIM or Business Information Modeling.
Cognizant service
Employing the BIM plan ensures your project has a full-proof plan to work. In CAD, there are still many flaws as it is only roughly to scale and does not incorporate feedback's from all involved parties.
Find a structural engineering consultant fully cognizant of the requirements involved in the San Francisco seismic retrofit program. Enable the structural security of your building to avoid the menace of it falling down under the lateral stress of a seismic movement. Be safe!
0 comments:
Post a Comment