Soft Story Retrofit

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Have you ever thought about getting something built? Maybe it is a new building that you’re ready to get started on and need help in getting it built. There is a lot to think about when you are ready to have a building being built. A couple of the most important things are cost and actual building. Finding someone to build your building for you can be tough. There is so much to consider. Soft Story Retrofit can help.

Seismic Retrofit can help once you’re ready to get that building built. Their seismic retrofit team consists of highly expert structural Engineers with long-term experience in retrofit design of more than hundred buildings in South California. Their specialized retrofit design build team provide the clients with the most optimized and cost-efficient retrofit solutions. CES4 has been one the leading retrofit companies in Southern California involved in the structural assessment and retrofit of buildings identified for mandatory seismic retrofit program in the region.

Who is CES4?

The team at CES4 consists of highly expert and experienced engineers and construction crews with more than 15 years of experience in the field of building design, construction, and seismic retrofit. Their engineering and construction teams are working together from the planning phase to the end of construction phase, a great teamwork which maximizes the speed and quality of our work while minimizing the cost of our projects. Their mission at CES4 is to provide clients with the highest quality of engineering and construction services, to provide them with smart solutions and efficient design and construction techniques, and to fully support them from the beginning to the accomplishment of their projects.

There are four different cities for the programs for soft story retrofit, which include, the city of Los Angeles, city of Santa Monica, city of West Hollywood as well as the city of Beverly Hills.

Los Angeles

Ordinance 183893 requires the retrofit of pre-1978 wood-frame soft-story buildings and non-ductile concrete buildings. The goal of the mandatory retrofit programs, under the ordinance, is to reduce these structural deficiencies and improve the performance of these buildings during earthquakes. Without proper strengthening, these vulnerable buildings may be subjected to structural failure during and/or after an earthquake.

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Santa Monica

City of Santa Monica’s Seismic Retrofit Ordinance was approved on March 28, 2017 which encompasses 20 years of work to increase the safety of earthquake-vulnerable buildings in the event of a large quake. As part of this ordinance, nearly 2,000 commercial and multi-family residential buildings need to be assessed for possible structural improvement.

West Hollywood

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