Client Spotlight

Our clients are leveraging SP3 to deliver more resilient buildings, quantify the benefit of retrofitting existing buildings, and to perform advanced building-specific seismic risk assessments of both individual buildings and portfolios of buildings. The examples below provide a snapshot of resilient design and retrofit projects completed by our clients.

Advanced Seismic Evaluation (Tier 3+ and FEMA P695)

A higher-fidelity seismic assessment showed UCSF's Ambulatory Care Center did not need the $1B retrofit its original Tier 3 rating implied.

Resilient Design

Oregon's first USRC Platinum building — seismically isolated by KPFF with SP3, with expected losses reduced to 1% of construction cost.

Resilient Design

KPFF designed this 11-story state building to stay functional after an earthquake, supporting recovery for Sacramento and the State of California.

Resilient Design

Mar Structural Design used SP3 to reach a Gold USRC score for this 9-story affordable-housing tower — for just 0.24% of construction cost.

Retrofit

Miyamoto used SP3 to design a viscous-damper retrofit for two 1970s concrete towers, cutting expected losses to 12% at design-level shaking.

Resilient Design

Forell Elsesser used SP3 to deliver UCSF Tier 2 performance — function within days to weeks — for only 0.6% additional construction cost.

Resilient Design

Rutherford + Chekene used SP3 to meet Stanford's Class II performance objective, minimizing research downtime in this new laboratory building.

Resilient Design

ZFA used SP3 to stiffen this 5-story steel-frame building with SidePlate, expanding usable space while delivering resilient seismic performance.

Resilient Design

Designed with SP3 using the FEMA P-58 and REDi methods for low repair cost and virtually no downtime — resilient design, proven cost-effective.