HFO-TV: Seismically Retrofitting Portland’s Unreinforced Masonry Buildings – Pt. 2

Aaron Kirk Douglas interviews Pavilion Construction’s President Brian Gerritz about a City of Portland plan to retrofit old brick buildings that appears headed for the City Council in the spring of 2016. Gerritz discusses the expenses and practical ramifications of implementing such upgrades. Among other things, the new city ordinance could require owners to notify residents that they are living in a seismically vulnerable building.