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  "name": "What is a 'soft-story' condition, and how does it relate to seismic upgrades?",
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      "name": "What is a 'soft-story' condition, and how does it relate to seismic upgrades?",
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        "text": "A 'soft-story' condition refers to a building where one floor is significantly weaker or more flexible than the floors above it, often due to large openings for parking or commercial spaces. This creates a critical weak point during an earthquake. Hometelligent Inc. specializes in retrofitting soft-story buildings, a common requirement in many Bay Area cities like Berkeley and Oakland, to prevent catastrophic collapse.",
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        "description": "A 'soft-story' is a weak or flexible ground floor, often from large openings, creating a critical earthquake vulnerability that requires specific retrofitting."
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  "description": "A 'soft-story' is a weak or flexible ground floor, often from large openings, creating a critical earthquake vulnerability that requires specific retrofitting."
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