After attending the City of Oakland’s presentation at the RHANAC Expo, as well as a presentation on seismic ordinances at the PCLC Apartment Market Symposium last Wednesday, I felt it would be beneficial to explain the City of Oakland’s Soft-Story Ordinance. The City has just begun sending out the first notifications, so I expect that […]
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City of Oakland Soft-Story Ordinance
Posted by admin on March 22, 2010
http://enginious-structures.com/softstoryblog/?p=52
RHANAC Real Estate Investor’s Expo and Trade Show
I wanted to extend you an invitation to visit the Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda County Real Estate Investor’s Expo and Trade Show this Saturday, March 13th in Oakland. Enginious Structures will be one of the exhibitors at this event promoting public education regarding soft-story buildings and the benefits of seismic retrofitting. The expo […]
Posted by admin on March 10, 2010
http://enginious-structures.com/softstoryblog/?p=45
Why Retrofit?
Although current soft-story ordinances do not require a mandatory retrofit of your building, you must retrofit your building to have it removed from the soft-story inventory list. To encourage owners to complete voluntary retrofits, the City of Alameda will waive all plan review and inspection fees for soft-story retrofit projects if they are submitted within […]
Posted by admin on March 1, 2010
http://enginious-structures.com/softstoryblog/?p=38