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Berkeley Campus Retrofit: Unit 1 Residence Halls

Thumbnail Image Image-CR0287 Student residences. Externally retrofitted, concentrically braced steel frame and shear wall in older reinforced concrete-frame buildings. Now rated seismically 'good.' The present one-story dining hall, seen in the photo with pagoda-style roof, has been rated seismically 'poor,' and is being replaced. (University of California, Berkeley)
Thumbnail Image Image-CR0296 Close-up of external steel frame connection to columns of Deutch Hall. (University of California, Berkeley)
Thumbnail Image Image-CR0297 View of Deutch Hall residence with retrofitted external, braced-steel frame now rated seismically 'good.' (University of California, Berkeley)
Thumbnail Image Image-CR0298 Closer view of lower floors of Cheney Hall residence with external, braced-steel frame retrofit. (University of California, Berkeley)

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