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Seismic Retrofit of Historical Buildings


This article, subtitled “Keeping Preservation in the Forefront”, was posted on the Old House Blog. It descibes the unique problems faced when seismically retrofitting a old home. The case studies concern older homes in Northern California. The authors are David W. Look, AIA, Terry Wong, PE, and Sylvia Rose Augustus.

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