About the author  ⁄ Steve Marusich, S.E.

Steve Marusich is a Principal and the Director of Technical Excellence with Forell | Elsesser Engineers in San Francisco (s.marusich@forell.com).

The Art Deco-inspired Clinical Sciences Building (CSB), located on the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Parnassus Heights Campus, originally served as the school of dentistry when it opened in 1932. In the 80 years since, CSB has been in continuous service, providing much-needed clinical, office, academic, and research space for the campus. Unfortunately, being approximately 5 miles from the San Andreas Fault, the building is expected to experience significant earthquake ground shaking, which it was not originally designed to withstand. To reduce this risk, UCSF recently completed a seismic rehabilitation of CSB to extend the life of this vital building for at least another 80 years.

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