Reduce your Earthquake Risk with a Seismic Upgrade
Even if a building is miles away from the epicenter of a severe earthquake it is possible for it to experience the effects of damaging tremors. The stresses from these vibrations can cause notable disturbance and structural damage as building owners in California, Oregon, and Washington can attest. Often structural repairs and Seismic retrofits are necessary to restore and strengthen the structure against future seismic activity.
While the safety of building occupants is the primary concern, implementing Seismic retrofits also reduces earthquake insurance costs, Liability, saves on future repair and maintenance costs, reduces the likelihood of a life-threatening disaster, and adds value to the property.
Retrofitting the structure demands adding additional structural strength to the building. Doing this means reinforcing all roof-to-wall connections and continuity ties throughout the building. In some cases, adding steel frames with concrete footings to strengthen the structure is needed.
Repair and retrofit procedures include:
- Adding hardware to strengthen the primary GLB to-wall connections
- Adding hardware to enhance purlin-to-wall connections
- Strengthening sub-purlin ties with reinforcing rods to the walls.
- Adding continuity ties throughout the building.
Contact Saunders Commercial Seismic Retrofit
Saunders Commercial Seismic Retrofit offers decades of experience in identifying structural damage, performing basement structural repair, and providing much-needed retrofits to commercial buildings. While securing the safety of occupants is the critical motivation, enhancing the value of the building while reducing earthquake insurance costs are other powerful motivations to inspect, repair, and retrofit any structural damage.
Saunders has successfully performed Seismic upgrades for nearly 39 years for a broad spectrum of property owners and engineers. With experience, knowledge, and a strong reputation for reliability, Saunders is ideally positioned for any structural repair and retrofit.
Consult Saunders Commercial Seismic Retrofit to ensure the future integrity of your building and to perform any needed retrofitting or repairs.
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