Stronger than site- or factory-built shear walls, moment frames permit larger openings and smaller wall sections in buildings while offering higher load values. In the past, however, moment frames ...
LOS ANGELES — Ever since the county of Los Angeles purchased one of downtown L.A.’s tallest skyscrapers, questions have mounted over whether the building could be vulnerable to major damage in the ...
On paper, the deal makes sense. Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a ...
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Gas Company Tower is a modern architectural landmark and an iconic part of the Los Angeles skyline. It's also one of the city's tallest buildings at risk of ...
L..A. County plans to pay more to upgrade the Gas Company Tower than it did to buy the downtown skyscraper in the first place. County officials agreed last November to pay $200 million for the ...
The estimated price tag to earthquake-proof the Gas Company Tower, center, is $230 million. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) L..A. County plans to pay more to upgrade the Gas Company Tower than it ...
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