It's been 17 years since the Northridge earthquake, but thousands of soft-story structures in Los Angeles remain unfit to handle a similar tremor. In December, officials finished work on the ...
Non-ductile reinforced concrete buildings are among the most common structures in the United States. They are also among the most deadly. Structures built prior to the 1950s in California and prior to ...
Keywords: Retrofitting. Manuals. Highway infrastructure. Retaining structures. Slopes. Tunnels. Culverts. Roadways. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Performance ...
View Partners in Progress: From Homes to High Rises via Firehouse’s proprietary digital platform Clarity. Over the years, there have been many fire service “mantras” that have helped firefighters stay ...
SOCOTEC lifts the lid on the economic and environmental benefits of retrofitting buildings rather than demolishing them ...
Keywords: Retrofitting, Passive Control Systems, Energy Dissipation, Friction Damping Devices, Reinforced Concrete Frames, Shaking Table Tests, Analytical Models, and Added Damping. Abstract: This is ...
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