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San Francisco's soft-story seismic retrofits could be a fire hazard

By Hicbd
Mon Jun 28 2021 3:39 pm

"Yesterday, Mission Local published a special report on a pervasive problem among the city’s thousands of mandatory soft-story seismic retrofits. Building department officials have admitted that the encasing of aging gas lines in new, mandated concrete foundations could lead to 'catastrophic' failures and fires in the event of a major earthquake. "

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https://missionlocal.org/2021/04/san-francisco-gas-line-foundation-san-bruno-fire-department-of-building-inspection/
https://missionlocal.org/2021/04/special-report-structural-engineers-warnings-over-citys-mandatory-retrofits-have-gone-unheeded-for-years/

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Buildings San Francisco / Bay Area Earthquakes

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