The list includes the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, the center of Los Angeles County government.
Officials have identified 33 buildings owned by Los Angeles County as having a flaw that could cause them to collapse in a major earthquake.Michael Wilson, a spokesperson for the county’s Chief Executive Office, said the buildings on the list were included because they all meet the established criteria for retrofitting.
“The buildings on the compiled list are not in imminent danger,” he said. “The county is methodically working on approaches to complete the retrofits as expeditiously as possible.” The 33 structures are considered to be non-ductile concrete buildings, were built before 1978 and have multiple stories. Non-ductile buildings have an inadequate configuration of steel reinforcing bars, which allows concrete to explode out of columns when shaken in an earthquake, a prelude to a catastrophic collapse.
This flaw, now well-known, was discovered in the 1971 Sylmar quake, and caused building and freeway collapses in L.A. in that temblor as well as the 1994 Northridge earthquake.Chief Medical Examiner Administration/Investigation L.A. County-USC S.
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