Phone: 503-823-4375
Fax: 503-823-3903
TDD: 503-823-3947
Unreinforced Masonry (URM) Seismic Retrofit Project
UPDATE: The City's URM Work Group will hold its second meeting on Thursday, February 6 from 3-7 p.m. at the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall (3138 N Vancouver Ave, Portland OR 97227).
Questions? Email urms@portlandoregon.gov or contact 503-823-4375.
On October 23, 2019, Portland City Council passed two items involving earthquakes and unreinforced masonry buildings:
- Appointed a committee to develop a voluntary seismic retrofit policy with options to help for-profit and non-profit building owners complete the work (click here to view the Council documents); and
- Removed a requirement to notify tenants and place earthquake warning signs on unreinforced masonry buildings (click here to view the Council documents).
URM Building Work Group
Information about the URM Building Work Group from December 2019 to present.
URM Building Locator
Click to be redirected to a searchable map and database of Portland URM buildings.
Previous URM Reports & Resources
Reports and resources from the previous work and committees of the URM Seismic Retrofit Project from 2014-2018.
- URM Steering Committee Facilitation Scope of Work
- URM Resolution (June 13, 2018)
- Case Studies From Our Neighbors
- URM Policy Committee Final Report (December 2017)
- Benefit-Cost Analysis Report (November 2016)
- URM Retrofit Support Committee Final Report (December 2015)
- URM Retrofit Standards Committee Final Report (April 2015)
- Searchable map of Portland's unreinforced masonry buildings
- URM Public Comments - 2016-2018 Archives
- URM Public Comments - September 2018
- URM Public Comments - October 2018