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A SPECIAL REPORT: EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

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HOUSE CALLS: How will your building stand up to the next quake? Why wait to find out? . . . MetroLaser of Irvine is about to test portable laser equipment that measures microscopic movements of structures. Analysis of such movements can accurately predict the structure’s behavior when the shaking’s for real. . . . The goal: equipment small and rugged enough to make field tests feasible.

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