News Release
Media resources for upcoming tests of a 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego earthquake simulator
Media day: June 23, 2025
B-roll, sound bites, drone footage will be available for download here
Media day hand out (information on earthquake motions, researchers ID)
Updated June 18, 2025
Photo and video gallery on Flickr
Video
YouTube
Construction overview, floor by floor (drone shots)
Timelapse: Lifting the last roof component in place
Timelapse: Lifting the last wall panel in place on the 10th floor
Timelapse: building construction
Google Drive
Photography
Photo folder: Researchers installing sensors in the building, portrait of lead researcher Tara Hutchinson, with the building behind her, close-ups of the cold-formed steel-framed structure
Interviews with the researchers
Video: UC San Diego Professor Tara Hutchinson explains why the CFS10 earthquake tests are important
Video: Podcast interview with Johns Hopkins Professor Ben Schafer, who is the project’s co-lead
Press releases and feature stories
10-story steel-framed building to be put to the test on the UC San Diego earthquake simulator (UC San Diego press release)
Earthquake simulator shakes up cold-formed steel design (Johns Hopkins feature story)
Cold-formed steel for seismic resilience? It’s on the table (NHERI feature–more technical)
Impact of the UC San Diego shake table on building codes in the past two decades (UC San Diego story)
Useful websites
UC San Diego shake table (live camera views of the building)
Media Contacts
Ioana Patringenaru
Jacobs School of Engineering
858-822-0899
ipatrin@ucsd.edu