Alumnus Jon Buckalew Awarded SEAONC Award

Jonathan Buckalew (CEE MEng 2011) was recently awarded a $10K SEAONC Special Projects grant to explore retrofit options for soft story buildings.

His project entitled, "Comparison of Soft, Weak, Open Front Retrofit Guideline," was deemed by the SEAONC Board to be "extremely timely and relevant given that the City of San Francisco is seeking direction and input in addressing these types of buildings in their long-term hazard reduction plans."

Buckalew has joined a soft story working group that will be using his project to help craft the performance objectives for the upcoming mandatory retrofit ordinance in San Francisco.

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