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Over the years, we’ve seen a number of ‘kludgey’ earthquake protection systems installed by others. Unfortunately, most of these ‘one off’ systems are not [...]

There is no ‘standard’ for earthquake actuated shutoff systems for industrial or commercial facilities. Our experience is that just about every site is different; using various [...]

Often after a moderate earthquake a client will contact us wondering if their seismic switch, seismic monitor or seismic controller should have ‘closed the valve’ or generated some [...]

Active earthquake instrumentation requires periodic inspection and testing. In the long term, addressing corrosion of electronic components due to moisture issues or galvanic action is a common [...]