An untold number of welded steel moment frame buildings constructed prior to 1994 have yet to be inspected, repaired, or retrofitted in the city of Los Angeles. Michael Rosebrock / Shutterstock Daniel ...
Testing of a geographically distributed hybrid simulation of a four story steel moment frame building subjected to the 1995 JR Takatori record. A geographically distributed hybrid simulation of a four ...
On paper, the deal makes sense. Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a ...
MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SidePlate®, a subsidiary of MiTek, a Berkshire Hathaway company, today announced that three full-scale seismic tests have been successfully carried out on the ...
LOS ANGELES — Ever since the county of Los Angeles purchased one of downtown L.A.’s tallest skyscrapers, questions have mounted over whether the building could be vulnerable to major damage in the ...
Stronger than site- or factory-built shear walls, moment frames permit larger openings and smaller wall sections in buildings while offering higher load values. In the past, however, moment frames ...