Secure-It Consulting

Secure-It Consultants works closely with a team of engineers (California Engineering Group, Inc.) to provide specialized consulting, structural engineering and seismic risk management services consisting of facility evaluation and the strengthening of existing building and non-building structures as well as providing fastening solutions for their interior contents as it pertains to non-structural seismic hazard mitigation. Our professionals function as an integrated team of principals, consultants, engineers and contractors, having more than one hundred years of structural and non-structural design, retrofit and evaluation experience. Our team has participated in providing structural and non-structural engineering, seismic risk management, consulting and retrofit services for numerous projects including insurance companies, government installations, data processing centers, industrial buildings, medical facilities, hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, manufacturing facilities and power plants.

CAPABILITIES:

•  On-site Review of Facility

•  Determination of Conformance to Applicable Codes

•  Determination of Site Seismicity

•  Evaluation of Seismic Risk to Facilities and Contents

•  Description and Condition of Structural Systems

•  Computer Finite Analyses:

•  Static Vertical, Seismic Analyses

•  Linear Response Spectrum Seismic Analyses

•  Non-linear Time History Earthquake Analyses

•  Video Animation of Earthquake Induced Motions

•  Damage Threshold Analysis

•  Estimate of Probable Duration of Business Disruption/Downtime

•  Photo Documentation

•  Evaluation of Financial Impact:

•  Estimate of Loss Probabilities

•  Assessment of Loss Revenue due to Business Disruption/Downtime

•  Loss Probability Curves for Business Disruption, Structure and Contents

•  Development of Conceptual Retrofit Schemes:

•  Seismic Risk Reduction Plans

•  Reduction of Business Disruption with Minimum Impact during Retrofit

•  Financial Evaluation of Alternate Retrofit Schemes:

•  Loss Probability Curves for Business Disruption, Structure and Contents

•  Cost Benefit Analysis

•  Preparation of Construction Documents for Seismic Retrofit

•  Construction Services

•  Support and Management Services for Structural Retrofitting

•  Provide Itemized Proposal for Non-structural Hazards i.e. Contents, etc.

•  Perform Expert Fastening Installations for Non-structural Hazards i.e. Contents, etc.

Active Registration: (S.I.) General Building Contractor, California State License Board (750431),

(C.E.G.) Licensed Civil Engineer, State of California (C 22100),

(C.E.G.) Licensed Structural Engineer, State of California (S 3368)

Memberships: (C.E.G.) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute,

American Society of Civil Engineers,

Structural Engineers Association of Southern California

Representative Projects: (Please see attached)

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