Earthquake Strengthening for Vulnerable Homes: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Contractors, Inspectors and Homeowners Kerry Schafer LLC communications intelligence and aerial photography

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Earthquake Strengthening for Vulnerable Homes: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Contractors, Inspectors and Homeowners Kerry Schafer LLC communications intelligence and aerial photographyExplains how earthquakes damage wood framed buildings of various ages and styles. Shows detailed methods to strengthen various weaknesses. Methods are based on author's experience investigating hundreds of existing wood framed houses and small apartment buildings and designing retrofit systems that work in the real world. Discusses structural and non structural earthquake hazards and how to mitigate them. Illustrated with over 400 photos,