The latest Building Code adopted in California and many other states requires equipment suppliers to certify certain types of equipment as operable following a design earthquake. These types of equipment must be certified by testing or experience data. Equipment contaning hazardous materials must be certified to maintain containment by analysis, testing, or experience data.

In addition to 'critical' components, many manufacturers will want to anchor or brace equipment that you supply. Can you tell them where to anchor? Can you prove that once anchored, your equipment will stay anchored?

KLD Enginering can help you answer these questions 'yes'. We work with equipment suppliers to certify their products for a design level earthquake through computer modeling. We start with new or existing equipment and try to find solutions to anchorage and frame issues without modifying their original design. When neccessary, we work with suppliers to find the easiest and most cost effective modification in order to certify your equipment for a design level earthquake. We provide easy to read reports supporting our calculations that can be provided to customers to support seismic safety claims.