Documents and plans relating to the seismic upgrade of Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

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Documents and plans relating to the seismic upgrade of Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

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Includes report and evaluation of upgrade concepts (Apr. 1997) and report of preliminary analysis (Nov. 1997) by E. G. Hirsch and Associates; Wurster Building Committee notes (Sept. 1997); sets of plans for three solutions (macroframe, south buttress, and east-west buttress) by Esherick, Homsey, Dodge, and Davis.

1 portfolio and 1 oversize folder (.4 linear ft.)

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E.G. Hirsch & Associates.

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Wurster Hall (Berkeley, Calif.)

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