Farrell Builders

08/23/2022

Italian bluestone patio with crushed black basalt border

05/02/2022

Seismic column reinforcement for soft story over garage.

03/17/2021

Homeowners in Richmond hired Farrell Builders to prepare the back (uphill) corner of their lot for installation of a new Accessory Dwelling Unit. The pre-fab building will be well used as a detached office for the two academics.
Site work included removal of the old, substandard slab, grading, and creation of a new slab foundation with retaining walls and drainage.

11/13/2020

Recent SkinnyBrace Install for a soft-story retrofit in Berkeley.

05/24/2020

A new SkinnyBrace seismic column provides lateral stability to a poorly braced 2-story home with an all-too-typical weak wall line on the ground level at the garage.

05/21/2020

SkinnyBrace connector plate with 1/4" SDS structural screws

05/16/2020

Interface prep at the existing foundation

03/19/2020

02/15/2020

Structural collector installed in South San Francisco soft story garage. Seismic "SkinnyBrace" column to be installed at end by wall.

08/23/2019

Installation of Thor Matteson's proprietary "SkinnyBrace" seismic column in EL Cerrito, CA

05/26/2019

Independent testing company came to the site and put 9000 lbs of tension on the newly installed HDU5 holdowns. No failures.