She stared at the red contours on her screen.
“SEI 31-03 saved lives,” he said.
The results were ugly.
Elena nodded. “Check Tier 2.”
“No,” she said. “Engineers did. The standard was just the mirror.” A year later, Elena was asked to join the committee updating SEI 31. Her first proposal: a mandatory public disclosure form for any building found to be seismically deficient, so that residents would know the truth before the ground shakes. SEI 31 03 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings ....pdf
Now she had to decide: were they safe? That evening, Elena opened her worn copy of SEI 31-03 — Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings . The document was thick, dense, and unforgiving. It wasn’t a design guide for new buildings. It was a screening tool for old ones. She stared at the red contours on her screen
Marcus was already there, taking photos. Elena nodded