Penhall Company's Seismic Services Director Will Be the Key Note Speaker for Two Northern California Educational Seminars About Seismic Retrofitting in California

Los Angeles, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/03/2017 -- Apartment Owners Association of California released the latest schedule of educational seminars that will include two events that will focus on property owners better understanding seismic retrofitting and mandatory steps required to comply with city ordinances. Penhall Company is proud to announce that Elizabeth Wilson, Director or Seismic Services will be leading the discussion on the hot topic of soft-story seismic retrofitting in California for the Apartment Owners Association of California (AOA).

Sections will include some of the following subjects:

- What is a mandatory ordinance?
- 3 Seismic building categories
- What is soft story seismic retrofit?
- What are the common soft-story solutions?
- The soft-story retrofit process
- Value Engineering
- The average costs associated with soft story retrofits?
- How long does a retrofit take
- Tenant Pass-through Opportunities and THP
- Common ways to pay for soft story retrofits

To attend the upcoming seminars schedule for late March please click here.

Elizabeth Wilson is the Director of Seismic Services for Penhall Company. The seismic services division specializes in design-build seismic solutions for soft story, non-ductile concrete and unenforced masonry buildings throughout North America. Elizabeth has over fifteen years' experience in operations and construction field management. Elizabeth is the former Director of Field Operations for Penhall Technologies and holds multiple Geophysical Survey System certifications in Ground Penetrating Radar which is the most popular form of non-destructive testing used by engineers for structural analysis. Penhall Company was founded in 1957, has 41 divisions and employs over 1200 concrete specialists. Over the last 60 years Penhall Company has become the largest and most trusted provider of concrete cutting, design-build seismic services, GPR scanning and x-ray, demolition and airport and highway services in United States and Canada.

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The Costs, Concerns and Construction of seismic retrofits in California

Anaheim, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/13/2017 -- Penhall Company's Seismic Services Director Elizabeth Wilson publishes article for upcoming AOA Apartment Owners Association, of California Magazine distribution.

A snip-it from the article reads: California is the golden state that enjoys beautiful weather, gorgeous beaches and a bit of a seismic activity complex. Californians wake up all too often to read shocking headlines about earthquake swarms, mega-quakes and inevitable devastation. Given the state's seismic history and the many scientific studies released over the last 3 years it is no big surprise that city agencies have started to focus on loss mitigation by way of regulation.

Cities all over the state are taking action in preparation for the next big shake-up. For example, San Francisco launched a mandatory soft-story retrofit program in 2013 and Los Angeles followed more recently in late 2015.

So the problem was identified and the regulation is put in place, but what next? Property owners of the over 18,000 soft-story buildings in Northern and Southern California are left with loads of questions and concerns.

The biggest question is "How much will it cost to retrofit my building"? 3 years ago the answer to that question was much more ambiguous, but thanks to San Francisco's Department of Building and Inspection, data was released that will shed some light on costs for those still waiting to retrofit.

According to sfdbi.org about 7 million dollars in construction costs for retrofits are already completed and with that data comes some helpful averages from San Francisco's current construction boom.

The public information and full data table including street name of San Francisco retrofit costs can be found at https://www.penhall.com/seismic-retrofit/san-francisco-soft-story/

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About Penhall Company
Penhall launched operations nearly 60 years ago supporting southern California with a singular commitment to providing the highest level of services to its clients. Since then, Penhall has expanded its reach, scope and expertise, serving clients across the U.S. and beyond. Today, Penhall encompasses 41 strategic locations and employs more than 1,200 professionals, with current and ongoing expansion into Canada. We've dedicated that last 60 years to honing our specialized seismic, scanning and concrete services.

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