About the author  ⁄ Owen Rosenboom, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.

Owen Rosenboom, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., is a an Associate Principal with Wiss, Janney, Elstner & Associates, San Francisco office.

Historic Renovation and Seismic Retrofit

Located in San Francisco, the landmark Hibernia Bank Building recently underwent an ambitious historical renovation and seismic retrofit. First constructed in 1892, with a major addition just a few years later, the building served as headquarters for the Hibernia Bank for more than 90 years, was briefly used as a police department substation, but was then left vacant for a decade. In the late 2000s, new owner Dolmen Property Group took on the sizable task of renovating the building to allow occupancy once again.

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