Howard Cook
Discover all the information you will need to make sure your earthquake retrofit is done properly In this 2 hour lseries of 15 separate videos we explore foundation bolting, soft story retrofits, cripple wall bracing, and shear wall construction, These videos illustrate how to retrofit a typical bay area house, what happens when a home does not have a seismic retrofit, and why seismic retrofitting is much better and cheaper than earthquake insurance.
Earthquake and seismic retrofitting is a field where retrofit contractors are faced with a dearth of knowledge. These videos provide professional retrofit contractors, retrofit engineers, as well as lay people the knowledge they need to make sure a house is properly retrofitted.
Protecting Seismic Retrofit Contractors
Seismic Retrofitting The Way They Used to Do It
Earthquake Damage Prevention Through Seismic Retrofitting
HOUSE CRIPPLE WALL RETROFITS
Retroffing Homes Without Cripple Walls in Two Stimple Steps
Cripple Wall Retrofits Will Save Your Home
How to Protect Retrofits Against Overturning
Only Use Tested Retrofit Materials
Seismic Retrofitting and Bolting of Homes with Cripple Walls is Simple and Affordable
Apartment Building Soft Story Retrofits
Resisting Shear Wall Damage from Overturning
Retrofit Bolted Homes? New Houses & Seismic Retrofitting
Soft Story Retrofits in the Bay Area
What Happens to Homes if they are not Retrofitted?
Angle Irons and Untested Earthquake Retrofit Methods
How to Seismic Retrofit a House - Shear Wall Overturning Forces
Bad Retrofits: a Rule, Not an Exception
Hillside Home Retrofits can Save your Life
Retrofit bolted homes? See why Brand New homes need Retrofitting.
Retrofit Bolting of Houses without Cripple Walls is Simple, Affordable, and Effective
The One and Only Tested Retrofit Shear Wall
Bay Area Seismic Earthquake Retrofit House Home Bolting
Interviewed on local PBS & the NewsHour