After the Northridge earthquake in 1994, significant steps were taken to upgrade building codes. Many of those put in place a couple of years after the quake. Nearly two decades later, the City of Los ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two Hawaii companies that install fire protection systems say they're seeing an increased demand for fire safeguards – safeguards that are now easier to install and more ...

As businesses grapple with the current energy crisis and prepare for it to worsen, new research from JLL finds that these rising energy costs are expediting the move toward more efficient buildings.

Making retrofit processes for historic buildings simpler could not only better safeguard these properties against future ...

CITYWIDE — When the next earthquake hits Santa Monica, will your office building hold up? City Hall wants to know. City Council set aside $105,000 to kick off a three-part seismic safety program. The ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Some of the buildings that collapsed during the massive earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are known as non-ductile concrete structures. "The thing about concrete is it's very ...

When Los Angeles two years ago approved the nation’s most sweeping earthquake retrofitting regulations, officials knew they were in a race against time. The law requires the retrofitting of hundreds ...

Mill Valley will require earthquake retrofitting for some apartment buildings built before 1978. The City Council unanimously approved the ordinance on Monday. The ...