What is Soft Story Building?
A soft-story building is a structure which has a weaker first floor and is unable to carry the weight of the stories above during an earthquake. The first floor generally would have large openings in the perimeter walls such as garages, tuck under parking or even large windows.
What are the Chances of major earthquake...
Earthquake scientists predict that there is a 99.9% chance of a 7-magnitude quake hitting Los Angeles in the next decade or so. If this earthquake strikes before you've had a chance to retrofit your residential or commercial building, many lives could be lost and massive property damage could result. Since Los Angeles codes state that building owners are liable for any loss of life and damage to property within their buildings, you could end up facing enormous liability losses.
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It is the LAW,
The goal of the ordinance is to reduce the risk of injury or loss of life from the effects of a major earthquake. During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, many soft-story buildings caused loss of life and significant property damage.
Not only is it required by law, but it is also in the owners' best interest to implement the seismic retrofitting on their buildings. This will help prevent loss of life and injury, as well as mitigate significant and expensive property damage in case of a major earthquake event.
SERVICES
Engineering
Building Permit
One Stop Process
Our in-house California Licensed Engineer will prepare the required plans, specifications, and calculations to provide required compliance and submit to the department of building and safety for review and approval.
House Remodeling
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New Home, Addition, Repair
Everything about Home remodeling such as New piping for plumbing, Electrical works, Modern Kitchen & Bathroom, Kitchen Cabinet & Counter Top Slab Fabrication, LED Down light retrofit, Tile Installation, Driveway Concrete Pavement. Paint, Roofing, Fascia Board Repair etc.
Commercial
Property Management
Apartment, Condo, Commercial
Tenant Improvement From the Design stage to Construction, Apartment Management Works.
Condominium HOA Works such as Roofing, Hallway Repair, Waterproofing Deck Installation and etc.
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CASP REPORT (ADA LAWSUIT)
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY
Protection from the Drive-by Lawsuits
For almost a decade opportunistic ADA compliance litigation, AKA “drive-by lawsuits,” was the scourge of Southern California retail property owners. And fallout took a HUGE financial toll on many shopping center landlords and tenants alike.
This growing problem finally prompted the California Legislature to act. The State passed two new laws addressing ADA compliance issues…
SB1608
This 2008 law established a program for training inspectors to certify that a property adhered to “ADA compliant” architectural design. The program was titled CASp – Certified Access Specialist Program.
SB1186
This 2012 law positioned CASp a viable defense against ADA compliance lawsuits. If a property owner or tenant receives a letter threatening litigation, and they’ve previously obtained a CASp inspection report, this law gives them 60 days to correct alleged ADA violations.
BUILDERS YOU CAN TRUST
FREE CONSULTATION
Any Question about the Soft Story building & Home Remodeling, Tenant Improvement.
EXPERIENCED
We've been in the industry over 35 years through many aspect of construction field especially Home remodeling & Soft Story Seismic Retrofit.
SELLING OR BUYING THE HOUSE?
Before or After the buying or selling the house, Licensed contractor and Licensed real estate agent can help you how to improve the value of house through not only Contractor but also active real estate agent.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS THINK
"Chabuilder did everything – with almost no time or effort for me! The best part was that I could completely trust their team to retrofit and fulfill the order compliance of mandatory soft story building retrofit professionally"
- Don Choi
Soft Story Apartment Owner
"Thank you for your coming at the unit yesterday. I am pleased to inform you that Chris has been completed all works in good manner and I am very happy for his accomplishment. Again thank you so much for everything. Have a good weekend."
- Yasushi Koshimizu
(Century City)
"Thanks for the attention even after the job done, I am pleased that chris does care about the job even after his part was done, he did a job in a good manner and i am very satisfied with their services"
- Joon Um
(Apartment Owner)
CONTACT US
ADDRESS
3550 Wilshire Blvd STE 1430
Los Angeles, CA 90010
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PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US:
Email: chris@chabuilder.com
Tel: 213-505-4532