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DBI panel briefs the board and public on mandatory soft-story retrofit program

San Francisco Board of Education · November 13, 2018
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Summary

City Department of Building Inspection staff and engineers presented details of the mandatory soft-story retrofit program, compliance tiers, seismic risk, retrofit methods, and a short compliance timeline for property owners who have not yet submitted plans.

A panel from the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) and structural engineers presented an overview of San Francisco’s mandatory soft-story retrofit program during the Nov. 13 meeting.

Presenters said soft-story buildings—typically wood-frame buildings built before 1978 with flexible ground floors—pose a high collapse risk in major earthquakes. DBI…

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