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2007	Drommi Residence Beverly Hills, California Private Owner WAI Prime; Loewenthal Hillshafer & Rosen	Investigation of earthquake damage to 2-story wood-framed single-family dwelling constructed in the 1920s. Risk assessment.

	Gonzales vs. Farmers Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California Private Owner WAI Prime; Hunt Ortmann Blasco Palffy & Rossell	Investigation of effects of 1994 Northridge earthquake on 4 apartment buildings. Site-specific ground motion estimated using in-house method used on 100-plus similar cases .

	Robert College of Istanbul - Sage and Gould Halls Istanbul, Turkey Robert College WAI Prime	Risk assessment of non-ductile plain concrete building with interior composite frame system. Seismic retrofit with advanced carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers.

2006	First Church of Christ, Scientist, Historic Retrofit Pasadena, California First Church of Christ Scientist Architectural Resources Group	Seismic retrofit and risk assessment of historic reinforced-concrete Greek-Ionic-style building with 30-foot-high, 60-foot-diameter dome.

	LNG Storage Tank Rocky Hill, Connecticut Natural Gas Provider SEA Consultants	Blast analysis to assess vulnerability of LNG storage tank facility to explosives detonated at various standoff distances.

2005	Route 9A - Cut and Cover Tunnel Study New York, New York NYS Department of Transportation Earth Tech/WAI (JV)	Study of 3 alternatives for 1,100-foot-long cut-and-cover tunnel adjacent to World Trade Center. Protection of PATH tubes, retaining wall, and tie-backs.

	Silver Creek Golf Clubhouse Pipeline Protection San Jose, California Silver Creek Golf Club WAI Prime; William Lyons Homes	Risk analysis of likelihood and consequences of accidental break in buried gas pipeline. Recommendations for mitigation of blast and heat loading.

2004	World Trade Center - Structural Engineering Investigation New York, New York Silverstein Properties WAI Prime; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Lead structural engineer for investigation that determined that the collapse of one WTC tower did not cause or contribute to the collapse of the other.

2003	Empirical Earthquake Damage Models of Standard Building Types Multiple Cities, California California Geological Survey (CSMIP) WAI Prime	Study and development of computer models to correlate observed building performance with measured ground motion under earthquake loading.

	Kaiser Permanente Hospital Woodland Hills, California Kaiser Permanente WAI Prime	Risk assessment of steel building including earthquake response; rehabilitation recommendations based on sophisticated computer models.

	Starbucks Headquarters Seattle, Washington Nitze-Stagen WAI Prime; KCE Matrix	Structural investigation, risk assessment, computer analysis, and repair recommendations for historic 9-story building and garage damaged by 2001 Nisqually earthquake.

1999	VA Main Hospital - Seismic Rehabilitation Comparison Designs Brooklyn, New York FEMA/BSSC (Building Seismic Safety Council) WAI Prime	Evaluation of NEHRP guidelines for seismic rehabilitation of buildings through development of comparison designs based on prevailing practice.