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earthquake retrofit
Coverage of earthquake retrofit in the Nexus archive.
- Concrete Footings Rise Beneath a Library That Will Turn 100 While Closed
Crews have been pouring concrete footings weekly since June in the basement of Central Library in Pasadena as part of an earthquake retrofit. The City of Pasadena reports that basement demolition is complete, and crews are now trenching for new footings and building rebar cages.
- Rebar Goes Into the Ground as Pasadena’s Central Library Retrofit Hits Structural Phase
Steel rebar is being installed beneath Pasadena’s Central Library for the first time in its 99-year history, marking the start of the construction phase of a voter-funded earthquake retrofit. About 70 workers are currently working across the building, with excavators trenching in the basement and crews active on the roof.