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WILL YOUR HOUSE SURVIVE?

CRIPPLE WALL RETROFITS - SAVING OLDER HOMES

HILLSIDE HOMES RETROFITS - YOU MIGHT BE RISKING YOUR LIFE

NO CRIPPLE WALL RETROFITS - THE MOST COMMON KIND OF RETROFIT

LIVING AREA ABOVE A GARAGE - SOFT STORY RETROFITS

EXAMPLES OF CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE
EXAMPLES OF CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE

OUR DANGEROUS GEOLOGY

RETROFITTING OLD FOUNDATIONS

SHEAR WALL CONSTRUCTION - 8 IMPORTANT TIPS

POST TO BEAM CONNECTIONS - DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

NEW YORK TIMES - WHAT DOES A PERMIT GET ME?

BUILDING PERMITS - DO I NEED ONE?

FIND A CONTRACTOR

SOFT STORY RETROFITS THE EASY WAY

ANGLE IRON RETROFITS, A WARNING

APARTMENT SOFT STORY DAMAGE

AVOIDING INJURIES AND KEEPING SAFE

BOLTED HOME RETROFITS

THE WAY THEY USED TO DO IT CAN STILL BE EFFECTIVE

ENGINEERS - DO I NEED ONE?

FIX THAT FLOOR!

FLOOR CONNECTORS THAT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY

INEFFECTIVE RETROFIT STRATEGIES THAT LOOK IMPRESSIVE

MOST CRITICAL RETROFIT CONNECTION

OVERTURNING A HIDDEN FORCE THAT DESTROYS RETROFITS

RETROFIT HARDWARE AND DOING THE MATH

SOFT STORY BUILDINGS AND ROTATIONAL RETROFITS

BRACE AND BOLT-STANDARD PLAN A-A TOTAL FAILURE

STANDARD PLAN A - SHEAR WALL NAILING BOO BOO

THREE FOUNDATION RETROFITS

WOOD SPECIES, NAIL EDGE DISTANCES AND RETROFIT HARDWARE

NO CRIPPLE WALL RETROFITS - WHEN THERE ARE NO JOISTS

STAPLES IN SEISMIC RETROFITS

SHAKE TABLE TEST AND HOLD DOWNS

FOUNDATION ANCHORS INSTALLATION

SHAKE TABLE EXPERIMENTS

NAILING INTO OLD DRY LUMBER

TIME SAVING FLOOR CONNECTORS

DUST CONTROL

STRONGTIE SHAKING TABLE

THE ROCKWELL TESTS - WHERE IT ALL STARTED

SHEAR BLOCKING

MISSION AND HISTORY

BAY AREA RETROFIT ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL PBS STATIONS

READ ABOUT OUR MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND PUBLIC SERVICE

YOU CAN'T SPLIT OLD LUMBER!

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS TO CONTROL DUST

CONNECT THOSE TOP PLATES!

BAY AREA RETROFIT - OUR TRAINING AND ENGINEERING BACKGROUND


