UPDATED: May 10, 2018 At the first of two public hearings at City Council on May 9th, amendments to the recommended seismic standards mandate were proposed by Council members. Perhaps most significantly, Mayor Wheeler proposed removing, for now, the requirement to tie floors to walls for “class 3” URMs due to the lack of financial […]
State Legislation Aimed at Offsetting Seismic Retrofit Costs
With mandatory upgrades proposed, will it be enough to avoid demolition of historic buildings on a massive scale? Seismic retrofitting for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings (URMs) is mandated in earthquake-prone cities from San Francisco to Tokyo. In Oregon, it is not – but that may soon change. With the dire predictions of the Cascadia quake […]