I believe Shakespeare once said (and, no, I wasn’t there at the time), “There is only one thing constant in life and that is change.” True. Particularly when talking about the city of Santa Monica. I’ve been doing business in Santa Monica for 39 years, but never experienced anything like what the city is currently […]
An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful princess.” He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn back into […]
Who would have thought that our bite-size structural news e-blasts have such a powerful impact? I’m sure you remember the story I wrote about my “pet project” — how dangerous the soft story buildings are in Los Angeles and that the city of San Francisco has enacted an ordinance to upgrade about 2,000 such buildings. […]
We are very much into real estate frenzy, as you know. In the last 8-12 months we’ve heard many stories about bidding wars, properties sold over the asking price, etc. Some people, afraid that they might lose out on yet another dream home, aren’t doing the necessary background checks for the property they want to […]
Source: erdekesvilag.hu “I remember in my younger years, before I became an engineer that a bridge was built over the Danube in Budapest. It was a suspension bridge and slowly but surely the pieces came together hanging from the suspension cables and the bridge was finished. Before it was given to the public for use, […]