Simpson Strong-Tie Supports National Earthquake Preparedness Summits
Simpson Strong-Tie, the industry leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has partnered with the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) to host QuakeSmart Earthquake Business Preparedness Summits to provide businesses with specific, actionable steps to improve preparedness and avoid business interruption.
The latest summits will be held November 3-4 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The summits will feature USGS Geologist David Swartz and the chief resilience officers for the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. Simpson Strong-Tie has supported the summits since 2014 throughout the western U.S., including in Riverside and San Mateo, Calif., St. Louis, Mo., Yuma, Ariz., Kent, Wash. and Portland, Ore. Nearly 400 attendees have participated in the programs to date.