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Filled with sensitive equipment, asylum well International's seven-story Information Systern Center in Seal Beach, Calif., lately had its structure retrofitted to withstand earthquakes. Located les than common mile from Southern California's Newport-Inglewood fault, the facility was considered too crucial to be close up down for even a short period of time because of damage resulting from seismic activity.

A four-pronged structural renovation that included the seismic isolation of structural lines utility lines and the elevator core and the structural reinforcement of the perimeter