Our soft story company in LA specializes in foundation evaluation and repair, as well as retrofitting and house bolting. As a retrofit contractor, we have seen several plans and designs from other companies. Some of our clients would send us their drawings so we can evaluate how much it would cost to build a soft-story…
Many properties in Los Angeles have to comply with a recent piece of legislation from the city which requires that certain buildings be strengthened against the threat of earthquakes. This is as a result of some problems with the durability of some buildings constructed before 1978, which has caused structural failure and raised the threat…
As a property owner, you are responsible for doing what you can to make sure your home is safe for you and your family, or that your building is safe for your tenants. Safety goes beyond providing security, making sure your heating and cooling systems work well, and the like, especially when you live in…
In most earthquakes, many reinforced concrete structures suffer from minor to catastrophic damage. The most commonly observed damage is cracking and falling of the walls. But the most striking of these observations is the structural failures of multi-story buildings which have soft ground floors used for parking, called the “soft story.”Since buildings with sound construction…
