SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In the aftermath of the recent 7.1 earthquake in Ridgecrest and widespread destruction last fire season in surrounding areas, leading experts at this Forum will present information to educate local businesses and organizations on the hazards that exist in Santa Monica and steps they can take today to keep disaster resilience top of mind when building their businesses.
"We look forward to sharing timely and practical information on how to protect your business, property, employees and tenants at this Santa Monica Business Resilience Forum," says Chamber of Commerce President / CEO Laurel Rosen. "We encourage all local businesses and organizations to learn how they can prepare for and respond to the natural hazards facing our Santa Monica community."
"These types of sessions are very important in terms of increasing public awareness of how we can make our cities safer," says Ali Sahabi, chief operating officer of Optimum Seismic and a leader in seismic resiliency and sustainability. Optimum Seismic has been in operation since 1984, and has completed numerous seismic retrofits to make buildings earthquake-resistant.
A cooperative program of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, City of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, and Optimum Seismic, Inc., this session deals with protecting your business, property, employees and tenants from earthquakes and other hazards.
Topics to be covered at the Santa Monica Business Resilience Forum include:
Optimum Seismic Inc., is Southern California's leading retrofit company for earthquake retrofit engineering and construction, specializing in multifamily and commercial buildings. Since 1984, the team at Optimum Seismic has completed more than 3,000 retrofits on a variety of buildings throughout the state of California, including structural infrastructure such as highway bridges. For information about this event, call (833) 978-7664.
SOURCE Optimum Seismic Inc.
