Seismically Sound School

Buildings

Bond Oversight Committee

January 30, 2014
 LAUSD Schools and Buildings
 Approximately 1,100 Individual Schools/Programs

 Nearly
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13 000 S
School
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 School Buildings
g on Average
g More Than 50 Years Old

 Design and Construction of All New School Buildings and

Modernization of Existingg School Buildings
g Must Meet Field Act
Requirements
− Field Act Enacted in 1933

 No Field Act Structures Have Collapsed in Any Earthquake

Earthquakes and Resulting Code Changes
Long Beach - 1933
 The Field Act enacted April 10, 1933 applies to new school buildings,
requires design for EQ and wind by competent professionals registered
with the State under the supervision of the Division of the State
Architect (DSA) and with stringent construction inspection.
 The Rileyy Act,, ppassed Mayy 26,, 1933 applies
pp to all other buildings,
g,
requires design with minimum lateral forces for wind and EQ, under
the enforcement of local government.
 The
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Act off 1939 would ld be
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schools. It sets the criteria for use or abandonment of pre 1933 school
buildings.

Unreinforced Masonry Store & Apartment

 Earthquakes and Resulting Code Changes
Sylmar - 1971
 Repeat of Pre-1933 Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Failure –
Failure of the VA Hospital

 Non-Ductile Concrete and Vertical Irregularity – Failure of the

Olive View Hospital

 Anchoring of Tilt-Up Walls to Flexible Diaphragms – Failure of

Many Tilt-Up Buildings in the Valley

 1976 CCode
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Positive Wall Anchorage

Olive Vista Hospital

Tilt-Up Wall Separation Non-Ductile Concrete Failure
and Roof Collapse
Earthquakes and Resulting Code Changes
Whittier Narrows - 1987
 Repeat of Unreinforced Masonry Failure

 Repeat of Non-Ductile Concrete Failure

 1988 Code Changes for Weak Beams/Strong Columns in Concrete

Unreinforced Masonry Non Ductile May Company

Apartment Building Parking Structure
Earthquakes and Resulting Code Changes
Loma Prieta - 1989
 Repeat of Unreinforced Masonry Failure

 Repeat of Non-Ductile Concrete Failure

 Repeat of Tilt-Up Anchorage Failure

Marina District Residential Buildings

with Ground Floor Garages
Earthquakes and Resulting Code Changes
Northridge- 1994
 Repeat of Tilt-Up Anchorage Failure
 Repeat of Non-Ductile Concrete Failure
 Soft
f Stories
i Failure
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 Steel Moment Frames Failure
 Parking Garages Failure
 1997 Code Changes for New Buildings From Lessons Learned

Tilt-Up Building Pre-1976 Tilt-Up

Wall Separation Buildings Failure
Assembly Bill 300
 Assembly Bill (AB) 300 Enacted in 1999

 AB 300 Requires
q DSA to Surveyy K-12 School Buildings
g for the
Minimum Requirements of the 1976 California Building Code

 AB 300 Preliminaryy Report,

p Seismic Safetyy Inventoryy of Public
Schools First Released --November 2002
‐ Category 1: Building Types that are Likely to Perform well, and are Expected to
Achieve Life-Safety Performance in an Earthquake
‐ Category 2: Building Types Not Expected to Perform as well as Category 1 in an
Earthquake, and Require Detailed Seismic Evaluation

 Final Draft of DSA

DSA’ss AB 300 Inventory – April 2004

 Revised AB 300 Inventory from DSA – December 2005

- 182 Buildings in Category 1
- 269 Buildings in Category 2 (Seismic Evaluation Required)
 LAUSD Seismic Mitigation
 2006 -- LAUSD Site Visits & Field Investigation

 667 Buildings in Category 2 Identified

 Buildings Prioritized by:

 Type of Construction
 Age of Building
 Occupancy
 Proximity to a Fault

 Buildings Defined as:

 Priorityy 1-Most Critical Type
yp Regardless
g of Fault Presence (26
( buildings)
g)
– Priority 1A: Tilt-Up Building Type
– Priority 1B: Non-Ductile Framed Building Type
 Priorityy 2-Buildingg Structures within 2 km of an Active Fault ((165 buildings)
g)
 Priority 3-Building Structures Between 2-5 km of an Active Fault (223 buildings)
 Priority 4-Building Structures More than 5 km of an Active Fault (253 buildings)
 LAUSD Seismic Mitigation
 Mitigation Plan Integrated into Master Planning Process with Other
Modernization Programs

 Besides Securing Bond Measures, Applied for State and Federal

Funding to Help Fund the Program

 Priority 1 Implementation -- Structurally Upgraded Most Critical

Priority 1 Buildings
 Priority
P i it 1A – 19 Buildings
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 17 Completed
 2 in Design for Modernization
 Priority
P i i 1B – 7 Buildings
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 All 7 Buildings in Design for Modernization

 P
Priority
i it 2 Implementation
I l t ti -- Developing
D l i Plan Pl tot Evaluate
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P i it 2
Buildings to Retrofit as Necessary - 165 Buildings at 83 School Sites
 LAUSD Seismic Mitigation
 1998-2004: Post-Northridge Earthquake hazard mitigation
 2004-2005: Review of schools with buildings on or near active earthquake faults
 2004-2012:
2004 2012: Replaced MP Building and 2-Story
2 Story Classroom Building at Burbank MS discovered
to be on a fault
 2004-2014: University HS Gym was discovered to be on a previously unmapped fault;
Gym was removed and replaced, and the remaining buildings are in the seismic
program for future evaluation and retrofit as needed.
 2010-2016: Jordan HS, Fremont HS, Dorsey HS address AB 300 buildings as part of a campus-
wide modernization.
 2013-2016: Evaluate and stabilize hillside and classroom building at Marquez ES to prevent
possible collapse in a seismic event.
 2014-2019: Structurally evaluate 4474 buildings with suspended plaster ceilings constructed
prior to the 1976 California Building Code.
 2014- 2015: Initiate geotechnical investigation of Atwater ES campus for potential mitigation
action due to impact of the newly discovered Hollywood Fault.
LAUSD Seismic Mitigation
Priority 1A Buildings

School Buildings Status

BELL SH 1 Complete
CARSON SH 1 Complete
EL CAMINO REAL SH 1 Complete
GARDENA SH 8 Complete
HUNTINGTON PARK SH 2 Complete
IRVING MS 1 Complete
JEFFERSON
SO SSH 1 C
Complete
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MANHATTAN EL 1 Complete
OLIVE VISTA MS 2 Design
VIRGIL MS 1 C
Complete
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TOTAL 19
 LAUSD Seismic Mitigation
 7 Seismic Modernization Projects Approved in June 2013
 Total Combined Project Budget – Approximately $153 Million
 Projects will Provide Seismic Corrections and Upgrades or Replacements
 1st St. ES -- Classroom Building (Priority 1B)
 Audubon MS -- Lunch Pavilion Buildingg ((Priorityy 1B))
 Crenshaw HS --Lunch Pavilion/Student Store Buildings (Priority 1B) and MPR
Building (Priority 2C)
 Foshay Learning Center -- North Classroom Building and Lunch
Pavilion/Student Store Buildings (Priority 1B)
 Olive Vista MS -- Physical Education & MPR/Lunch Pavilion/Student Store
Buildings (Priority 1A)
 Venice HS -- Lunch Pavilion/Student Store Buildings (Priority 1B)
 Widney Special Education HS -- Lunch Pavilion Building (Priority 1B)
 LAUSD Seismic Mitigation
 Monroe HS Industrial Arts Rehabilitation Project Approved in August 2013
 Includes Seismic Retrofitting to Masonry/Concrete Frame Structure (Priority 2A)
 $7 8 Million Project Budget
$7.8

 Two Seismic Retrofit Projects Approved in November 2013

 Frost Middl
F Middle School
S h l Seismic
S i i Retrofit
R fi off Main
M i Gymnasium
G i andd Boys’
B ’ andd Girls’
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Correct Room Buildings (Priority 2A)
 $2.8 Million Project Budget

 San Fernando Middle School Seismic Retrofit of Girls Gymnasium Building

Buildings (Priority 2A)
 $2.3 Million Project Budget
Seismic Mitigation, Gym/MPR/Classroom Replacement
Burbank Middle School
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