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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