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James Gillett is the owner of Earthquake Construction Service, and he provides peerless retrofit work. His qualifications include:

- Expert retrofit work, including: foundation anchoring (all available types), sectional brick & soft wall repair, buttress walls, cantilevered columns, extended subdiaphragms, structural panels, premium reframing, bug & rot repair

- Well-respected Industry Member of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California

- Experience and Integrity: specializing in 'common sense' inspections, Jim will tell you if your structure needs to be strengthened a lot, a little, or not at all.

- Contributor of code-writing work from the 1980's on. Much of the current 'FEMA-approved' recommendations originated from Jim's training manuals and published work

- Author of Earthquake Retrofitting: The Book a valuable resource for builders, buyers, inspectors, realtors, do-it-yourselfers, & homeowners

- 30 years of seismic experience in Bay Area "Ask Jim". Recent job references are available upon request.

Always get AT LEAST three bids for retrofit project; Earthquake Construction Service/J. Gillett provides superior know-how and local experience; e-mail ECS today!

Earthquake Construction Service
Residential and Commercial Seismic Retrofits
Jim Gillett: E-mail Jim

Earthquake Construction Service on Zillow
Oakland on Zillow

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