The Bruin takes a UCLA-Centric view of last night's earthquake. But its article does provide a reminder about at-risk campus buildings through a link to an earlier article that appeared just one year ago:
The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Powell Library and Charles E. Young Research Library are three of 15 buildings that were found to pose serious risk to life according to a seismic assessment initiative released by UCLA on Thursday.
There are three UCLA buildings that would pose a greater risk to life in the case of a strong earthquake, denoted as a severe risk – The Clark Library Gate House, the Kneller House and the UCLA Nimoy Theater – which are located off campus and are unoccupied, said Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Gregg Goldman in an email statement.
UCLA’s study stems from updates to the UC Seismic Safety Policy made by the University of California in 2017 to assess the seismic risk of buildings on all 10 UC campuses and includes 97 buildings UCLA has reviewed in phase one and two of a three phase review process. Phase three for all UC building assessments is set to be completed no later than June 30, 2020...
Full story from the earlier article at https://dailybruin.com/2019/09/01/seismic-assessment-lists-some-ucla-buildings-as-posing-serious-risk-to-life
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