Enginious Structures, Inc.

04/15/2017

September 15th, 2017 is the deadline to pull permits for buildings requiring retrofit work in San Francisco under the 2013 Soft-Story Law. As of April 9th, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that many owners of the “tier three building category– wood frame structures containing between five and 15 units” have yet to file for permits. Apparently, The City has mailed monthly notices reminding owners of the deadline as well as reaching out to landlords with a city-wide publicity campaign. [ 234 more words ]

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September 15th, 2017 is the deadline to pull permits for buildings requiring retrofit work in San Francisco under the 2013 Soft-Story Law.  As of April 9th, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that…

03/16/2017

City of Berkeley have obtained FEMA funding that can be applied towards the engineering fees of up to $5,000 and 30% of construction costs up to the total combined design and construction costs of $25,000. The funds are available in the form of reimbursements. In order to be eligible for the engineering costs reimbursement, the conditions need to be met: [ 93 more words ]

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City of Berkeley have obtained FEMA funding that can be applied towards the engineering fees of up to $5,000 and 30% of construction costs up to the total combined design and construction costs of …

09/29/2016

Fill out a questionnaire for future Oakland earthquake retrofit grant money

The City of Oakland has requested a federal funding for two programs that provides grant for Oakland property assist owners that are interested in seismic retrofitting their property. If the City o…

02/06/2014

Check out our blog post about GreenFinanceSF. It is a public Financing option for Soft Story Retrofits. Hurry the application deadline is 4/18/14!

Enginious Structures, Inc.

01/21/2014

Interesting article with examples on how the right choice of engineer can save on the overall cost of the construction http://bit.ly/KE3ZhN

01/21/2014

Read our new blog post on new method of analysis of soft story structures http://enginious-structures.com/softstoryblog/?p=409

As we are starting on the retrofit design of several apartment buildings in San Francisco in accordance with the “Soft Story” ordinance, for the last several months I have been studying a new methodology of evaluating and retrofitting of the Soft Story buildings. It is a FEMA document number P-807,…

12/14/2013

Come visit our table at the Earthquake Retrofit Fair!

We will answer any questions or concerns you may have. In addition to the Enginious Structures booth you will find lender and contractor information. This fair will be a great source of information for your seismic retrofit needs.




January 28, 2014
3 PM - 7 PM
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
99 Grove Street, San Francisco
FREE

12/04/2013

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11/30/2013

These photos are a representative sample of the recently completed projects

11/27/2013

Exterior glazing facade designed by Enginious Structures.

09/13/2013

The first phase of the San Francisco Soft Story Screening program is about to begin. See an update to our Soft Story Buildings Blog at http://enginious-structures.com/softstoryblog/?p=351

On Monday, September 9th, I attended a meeting organized by the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California and the City and County of San Francisco Department of Building Inspection regarding the Wood-Frame Seismic Retrofit Program.