After the Northridge earthquake in 1994, significant steps were taken to upgrade building codes. Many of those put in place a couple of years after the quake. Nearly two decades later, the City of Los ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. As the demand for built environment grows, the inevitable ...

Los Angeles County’s CEO assured members of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that the county was not embarking on a nearly $300 million seismic retrofit of its recently purchased high-rise office ...