Tag: Earthquakes
Listen Now: Climate Change’s Impact On Violence
A behavioral risk expert discusses how climate change is impacting human behavior, creating an increased risk of workplace violence.
Resilience And The Built Environment
Much of the discussion in the construction community about how to withstand one-time devastating events as well as repeated lesser events that take a toll on the built environment have been centered around the concept of resilience.
Natural Hazards And Buildings
Whether hurricanes, wildfires, or earthquakes, threats from nature call for renewed look at emergency preparedness plans.
DriftReady Stairs Safer During Seismic Event
DriftReady Stairs are a safe solution for occupants’ and first responders’ egress and ingress during and after a seismic event.
Agfa Imaging Equipment Certified By OSHPD For Earthquake Resistance
California's Seismic Safety Act requires hospitals to meet requirements to ensure safety of the public and continued operations following an earthquake.
Monitoring Seismic Risk Of Your Building
Following a series of large earthquakes in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas in the mid-1990s, seismic risk recommendations were changed to requirements.
Trimble 4D Go Monitor Seismic Activity
Trimble 4D Go for Buildings is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) that allows users to receive earthquake event data remotely from a web browser on any internet-enabled device.
Earthquake Resilience White Paper Released
The document describes in depth the threats of earthquakes on society, and the economic benefits that come from having safer structures in a community.
Earthquake Protection For Data Centers (Video)
In January 2016, the ISO-Base Seismic Isolation Platform Technology from Instor was tested when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska.
New Service Spotlight: Data Center Earthquake Protection From Instor
This offering employs ISO-Base Seismic Isolation Platform Technology to future-proof data centers from seismic disruptions.
Question Of The Week: Earthquake Ready?
In the U.S., the scope of seismic activity may be widening.
Free Online Earthquake Resilience Program Now Available
Nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) ® creates online version of FEMA QuakeSmart™ Community Resilience Program for Small Businesses and Organizations.
November Is Critical Infrastructure Security And Resilience Month
Emphasizing how essential America’s critical infrastructure is to national security and economic growth, President Barack Obama has proclaimed November to be Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month.
October 18: Are You Ready To ShakeOut?
Great ShakeOut earthquake drills help people in homes, schools, and organizations improve preparedness and practice how to be safe during earthquakes.
HQ Case Study: Mastering Its New Manor
While one of the largest credit card companies in the world continued to handle it's millions of business transactions successfully, MasterCard's personnel languished due to its numerous office spaces spread throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. From the February 2003 issue.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Seismic Assessment From VFA, Inc.
This service helps organizations identify their risk of damage from earthquake activity using an industry-accepted methodology.
Free Guide: Steel Buildings And Earthquakes
A new publication from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) provides a broad understanding of earthquakes and how they affect buildings.
ICC CEO Calls for Using Strong Codes in Haiti Recovery
"Use of building safety codes results in fewer injuries and lives lost," affirms Richard P. Weiland, Chief Executive Officer of the International Code Council.