Daniel Zepeda, SE, is a Senior Principal with Degenkolb Engineers and serves as the Los Angeles Office Director. With over 20 years of experience, Daniel has extensive experience both in new design and the renovation of existing buildings, including seismic evaluation and retrofits. He is heavily involved in the professional community, focusing his efforts on reducing the seismic risk in our communities. He has been an associate member of the ASCE 41 committee for the past three cycles, a member of the SEAOC Existing Buildings Committee, SEAOSC co-chair of the Existing Buildings Committee, and a past SEAOSC Board member. He is also a member of the SEAOSC Legislative Action Committee, SEAOC Resilience Committee, and a member of the Functional Recovery Task Group, which is developing recommendations for the upcoming ASCE 7. Daniel also has vast experience in performing post-earthquake reconnaissance, including the 2010 Chile Earthquake, the 2010 Baja California Earthquake, the 2016 Taiwan Earthquake, and the 2017 Mexico City Earthquake.
Southern California will be hit by a major earthquake that will damage buildings and severely affect our communities. It is truly just a question of when and not if. Until that big earthquake hits, the time is now to better understand and then address the potential vulnerabilities hidden throughout our communities. Come and learn why there are seismic risk reduction mandates in California requiring the evaluation and retrofit of at-risk buildings in our communities.