Structural
If your Seattle home has a basement or crawl space with low ceilings, you may have wondered if there’s a way to gain more headroom without moving. One option is a basement dig out, excavating below the existing floor and reinforcing the foundation to create a deeper lower level while the house stays put. Another […]
We recently sat down with Francesca Renouard, PE, SE, a Principal at Swenson Say Fagét, for a deep dive on unreinforced masonry buildings in Seattle. Francesca has worked on more than 80 URM buildings and served on the technical committee that wrote the retrofit standard the City is planning to require and the SDCI Director’s […]