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04/18/2013
San Francisco Mandantory Seismic Retrofit Program for Soft Story Buildings

On the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Mayor Ed Lee signed into law the Mandatory Soft Story Retrofit Ordinance. This legislation requires the evaluation and retrofit for "multi-unit soft-story buildings" defined as: Wood-frame structures, containing five or more residential units, having two or more stories over a "soft" or "weak" story, and permitted for construction prior to January 1, 1978.

04/07/2005
iAssociates incoporates

iAssociates incoporates as a California Corporation. Our offices are located in Alameda, close to the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of our projects are in San Francisco with many projects in adjacent counties including, but not limited to:
Alameda County:
Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City, Fremont, Castro Valley, Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore
Contra Costa County:
Concord, Danville, El Cerrito, Richmond, and Walnut Creek
Marin County:
Sausalito, San Rafael, San Anselmo, Tiburon, Mill Valley, Nicasio, and Novato
San Mateo County:
Burlingame, San Mateo, Redwood City, and Menlo Park
Santa Clara County:
Palo Alto, Mountain view, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Campbell, Los Gatos, Los Altos, and San Jose
Sonoma County:
Petaluma, Rohnert Park, and Santa Rosa

OES Registration

David Inlow S.E. has been listed on the Office of Emergency Services roster of Engineers selected by the State of California to perform rapid assessments of buildings in the wake of disasters such as from wind or earthquake events.