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March 2025
Code Download | Understanding Unreinforced Masonry (URM): Navigating Codes, Regulations, Cost and Incentives
This is the first session in the 2025 Code Download Series presented by AIA Seattle’s Code Committee. More than one thousand Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in Seattle are vulnerable to damage or collapse during an earthquake if not seismically retrofitted. This two-part session will delve into the evolving landscape of URM seismic retrofit requirements, with a Seattle focus, covering the recent adoption Seattle’s code for recognition of URM retrofits, the new alternate method for retrofit, and updates to the city’s…