USRC to Award Silver Seismic Ratings to Four Portland Buildings
Portland, Ore., is home to more than 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings, considered one of the most dangerous types of earthquake-vulnerable construction. The city has struggled…
Portland, Ore., is home to more than 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings, considered one of the most dangerous types of earthquake-vulnerable construction. The city has struggled…
Following devastating floods of 1935, when Houston’s population was about 400,000, city leaders constructed two large reservoirs outside the city to act as detention ponds…