What Are The Benefits of A Soft-Story Retrofit?

California’s 1994 Northridge Quake was one of the most devastating earthquakes in history. Property damage totaled $44 million and 33 people died. Many of the buildings that were damaged by the earthquake were soft-story residential buildings — the type of building that may benefit most from a seismic retrofit. According to researchers at Caltech, California — specifically Los Angeles — […]