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The Bay Bridge: Where The Fault Lies
A three-day examination of how one of California's most visible and expensive public works projects foundered, and the cost to taxpayers as a result of the foul-ups.
Tags: public works projects; Bay Bridge; Loma Prieta earthquake; California Department of Transportation; Caltrans
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Steel moment-frame buildings: The sage continues
Davis reveals that "thousands of steel-framed buildings ... could collapse in a major earthquake." The findings are based on what "building officials and structural engineers discovered ... as they inspected hundreds of steel framed structures following the January 1994 earthquake that took place in Northridge, California. Eight years later, still very few buildings in earthquake-prone areas have been strengthened to resists massive seismic events in the future, the story reports.
Tags: Northridge Earthquake; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Loma Prieta Earthquake; California Seismic Safety Commission