San Mateo, CA Seismic Retrofit
Welding The New Strap
Finished Welds
Drilling For New Bolts
Bolted Strap
To strengthen a seventies-era apartment building, we welded a strap to the main steel floor beam and bolted it to the existing masonry wall.
It was a quick and simple, but effective, solution. The tenants only had to move their cars for a couple of mornings when most of them were gone anyway.