Complicating matters: A clamor is growing among parents to dedicate any available funding to seismic upgrades, particularly in the 19 schools in the district that have unreinforced brick masonry ...

The district had previously indicated that only one or two of the roughly 20 schools with unreinforced masonry could be retrofitted – a paltry commitment considering the severity of need.

Many buildings in Nepal are made of unreinforced masonry, which is not very strong and can easily collapse in an earthquake. Much of Nepal is remote and mountainous, which can make it difficult to ...

As WW has reported, the district has 19 unreinforced masonry buildings that could collapse in on students during a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, and it would cost $126 million to retrofit ...

The city’s population density and vast stock of unreinforced brick buildings create some cause for concern, which is top of mind for city officials. According to its 2014 hazard mitigation plan ...

Palo Alto’s current ordinance applies to just three building types: unreinforced masonry, buildings that were constructed prior to 1935 and have occupancy of 100 or more and buildings that were ...

Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, certified VITA tax preparer, IRS annual filing season program participant, and tax writer. Zoe Hansen ...