An analysis by the Los Angeles Times found that more than 1,000 buildings in LA County could be at risk of falling in a major earthquake. The buildings include residences, high rise office buildings ...

Two Applied Technology Council hazard-mitigation projects targeting nonductile concrete buildings—often referred to as “killer buildings” because many are at risk of collapse in an earthquake—are ...

More than 1,000 old concrete buildings in Los Angeles and hundreds more throughout the county may be at risk of collapsing in a major earthquake, according to a Times analysis. By the most ...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles City Council committee that was briefed last week on seismic upgrades required by law in roughly 15,000 buildings was told that 14 percent of soft-story wooden structures ...

Seismic safety experts long have warned that brittle concrete frame buildings pose a particularly deadly risk during a major earthquake. But a horrifying video taken during this week’s magnitude 7.1 ...

The method of retrofitting load transfer devices across transverse joints and cracks in concrete pavement has been used successfully on thousands of (lane) miles in the United States with more than ...

Following the first International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2005), ICCRRR2008 will again be held in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference will be ...