San Francisco is seeking input from technical experts on its landmark tall-buildings seismic safety study. Suggestions from seismic design professionals, especially about code changes, will help inform the city’s path forward, in terms of implementing the 16 recommendations in the $400,000 report, called the Tall Buildings Safety Strategy.
“Everyone is committed to seismic safety,” says Bill Barnes, a spokesman for the city’s Office of Resilience and Capital Planning, which commissioned the study. “The big issue is timeline and cost.”