Certus Consulting has recently completed design for the seismic upgrade of the La Clinica De La Raza facility in Oakland, CA. The nonprofit health center is undergoing an expansion into an unreinforced masonry building next to its Oakland campus. Certus designed an extensive seismic upgrade to the building that will improve the building's seismic safety, is cost efficient and maximizes future programming flexibility in the space.

 

Certus designed and provided construction administration services for the remodel and seismic improvements of the First Bank Building in Newport Beach, CA. The project involved working closely with the project architect and contractor to develop an upgrade scheme for this reinforced masonry building. The design improved the strength of the diaphragms and augmented the anchorages of the walls to the floors and roof. The bank remained in service throughout construction.

Certus designed seismic improvements for a shopping center in Washington State. We worked closely with a contractor specializing in retrofitting masonry and tilt-up buildings to develop a strategy that would be efficient and minimize service interruptions. Certus also helped the building owner evaluate its seismic risk in order to reduce potential capital losses in future earthquakes.

Certus Consulting provides structural engineering services to Liko North America in support of the installation of overhead lift systems in general acute care hospital buildings (OSHPD 1). This ongoing relationship includes leadership of a “turn key” design team, whereby Liko, Certus, Unistrut and Dynamic Medical Systems are engaged for the design, installation, training and support of the lift systems. Our efforts are specific to each hospital building and the particular challenges associated with the operational characteristics of the installation spaces. The system design has been approved by OSHPD in more than five separate installations located in both northern and southern California.  For information on Liko Overhead Lift Systems, see: http://www.liko.com/na/index.asp?market=hospitals

OOn April 15, 2010, following a heavy rain storm in the San Francisco Bay Area, a 130-foot section of corrugated metal pipe culvert collapsed without warning, taking with it a portion of a roadway that served as the only egress for over 200 Richmond families. The 30+ year old culvert, measuring over 20' in diameter, also served as a primary storm release conduit for the nearby San Pablo Resevoir. Evan Reis was called to the site the evening of the collapse and through the night designed a temporary bridge structure that would provide the residents with a reliable means of egress. Over the next six months, Evan designed a temporary cahnnel repair structure so that upon release of the resevoir in preparation for the 2011 storm season, flooding of nearby homes and apartments would not occur. See Richmond Mayor, Gayle McLaughlin's, 2011 State of the City report mentioning the culvert stabilization project.

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