1933 California law on seismic proofing standards for schools
The Field Act was one of the first pieces of legislation that mandated earthquake-resistant construction (specifically for schools in California) in the United States. The Field Act had its genesis in the 6.4 magnitude 1933 Long Beach earthquake which occurred on March 10 of that year and destroyed or rendered unsafe 230 school buildings in Southern California.[1]
Many school buildings had completely collapsed due to unreinforced masonry construction and/or shoddy workmanship. The earthquake occurred at 5:55pm on a Friday, several hours after school had let out. Had the earthquake occurred while school was in session earlier that afternoon, thousands of casualties, mainly children, would have likely occurred. Public awareness of this narrowly averted tragedy led to passage of the Act within 30 days of the quake by the California State Legislature. The Act was named after California Assemblyman Charles Field, the key sponsor of the legislation. The act was based on the research done by San Diego architect Louis John Gill, then president of the California State Board of Architectural Examiners, who traveled to the stricken area within hours of the quake and analyzed the structural failures which had caused buildings to collapse.[2]
^CSSC (February 2007), The Field Act and Public School: Construction: A 2007 Perspective(PDF), Publication #CSSC 2007:03, California Seismic Safety Commission, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-03, retrieved 2011-01-27
^Kroll, C. Douglas (Summer 1984). "Louis John Gill". Journal of San Diego History. 30 (3).
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