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San Francisco outlines tall-building earthquake strategy, recommends peer review and recovery task force
Summary
City staff presented a tall-building strategy begun in 2017 that maps downtown high-rises, flags steel moment-frame and other at-risk systems, and includes 16 recommendations such as enhanced peer review, higher design standards and a proposed downtown recovery task force.
San Francisco staff briefed the Disaster Council on a multi-year tall-building strategy aimed at improving earthquake resilience in downtown neighborhoods including SoMa and the Financial District. The initiative, which began in 2017, combined work by the Department of Emergency Management, the Department of Building Inspection and the Public Utilities Commission with external experts from the Applied Technology Council.
Presenters said the team reviewed about 165 records for buildings over 240 feet and used additional thresholds (the Fire Department's 75-foot ladder reach, building…
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