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Anderson Niswander Construction is a family owned company, operated by Tom Anderson and Sherry Niswander.  Tom holds an engineering degree and an MBA.  We are fully insured with General Liability Insurance, Workman's Compensation Insurance and a Contractor's State License Bond.  Seismic retrofit has been our speciality since 1989.

We are listed by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) as Certified Seismic Contractors.

Affiliations:
• Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC)
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
• International Code Committee (ICC)
• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• Fireman's Fund Insurance (Preferred Vendor for Seismic Retrofit)

Our technical advisory work includes:
• San Francisco CAPSS Advisory Committee (Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety)
• Oakland's Earthquake and Hazards Outreach Committee for Soft Story Standards
• ABAG Technical Advisory Committee for Development of Retrofit Standards
• FEMA consultant (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Contractor Retrofit Training
• Regional Open Space Organizations (Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Peninsula Open Space Trust)