In 2017, the UC Board of Regents approved significant revisions to the UC Seismic Policy, which included forming a new systemwide Seismic Advisory Board. Made up of leading experts, the board issued new guidelines for assessing all UC buildings based on the latest scientific understanding of earthquakes and changes in the California building code. UCSC has contracted with an independent team of leading Bay Area engineering firms to evaluate the seismic performance ratings of about 600 campus buildings and structures.

Frequently Asked Questions

Seismic Safety Building Reports

View the UCSC Seismic Safety web application

Below is the first batch of seismic safety building reports completed to date, released on December 10, 2019. As our comprehensive seismic safety review continues, all final building reports and their ratings will be posted on these web pages.

Reports	Rating
Santa Cruz_7116_Thimann Laboratory	VI
Santa Cruz_7119.1_East Field House Addition	V
Santa Cruz_7119_East Field House	IV
Santa Cruz_7120_Cowell College – Turner House	V
Santa Cruz_7121_Cowell College – Parrington House	V
Santa Cruz_7122_Cowell College – Beard House	V
Santa Cruz_7123_Cowell College Morison House	V
Santa Cruz_7124_Cowell College Prescott House	V
Santa Cruz_7125_Cowell College Parkman House	V
Santa Cruz_7126_Cowell College Adams House	V
Santa Cruz_7130_Cowell College Academic Building	V
Santa Cruz_7131_Cowell College Library	V
Santa Cruz_7132_Cowell College Classroom Building	V
Santa Cruz_7133_Cowell College Faculty Wing	V
Santa Cruz_7134_Cowell College Commons	III
Santa Cruz_7135_Stevenson College House 1	IV
Santa Cruz_7136_Stevenson College House 2	IV
Santa Cruz_7137_Stevenson College House 3	IV
Santa Cruz_7138_Stevenson College House 4	IV
Santa Cruz_7139_Stevenson College House 5	IV
Santa Cruz_7140_Stevenson College House 6	IV
Santa Cruz_7141_Stevenson College House 7	IV
Santa Cruz_7142_Stevenson College House 8	IV
Santa Cruz_7146_Central Heating Plant	V
Santa Cruz_7155_Crown Classroom	V
Santa Cruz_7156_Crown Faculty Wing	V
Santa Cruz 7157 Crown Commons	V
Santa Cruz_7158_Crown Gatehouse	IV
Santa Cruz_7159_Crown Administration	V
Santa Cruz_7162_Crown Library Study	V
Santa Cruz_7171_Astronomy Laboratory A	V
Santa Cruz_7172_Astronomy Laboratoy B	V
Santa Cruz_7174_Stevenson Preceptor House	IV
Santa Cruz_7175_Communication Building	IV
Santa Cruz_7179_Natural Sciences 2	V
Santa Cruz_7180_Natural Sciences Unit Two Annex	V
Santa Cruz_7189_Merrill College Faculty Offices	IV
Santa Cruz_7194_Baskin Engineering	V
Santa Cruz_7199_Hahn Arts	V
Santa Cruz 7213 Mount Hamilton Dormitory 1	V
Santa Cruz_7231_Mount Hamilton Garage	V
Santa Cruz_7232_Mount Hamilton Garage	IV
Santa Cruz_7240_Mount Hamilton Main Building	V
Santa Cruz_7276_Mount Hamilton 120IN	IV
Santa Cruz_7279_Mount Hamilton Laboratory and Measurement Plate Room	V
Santa Cruz_7306_Porter Academic	IV
Santa Cruz 7306.1 Porter Academic South Addition	IV
Santa Cruz_7311_Main Stage Theatre Arts	V
Santa Cruz_7312_Theater Arts B Drama Building	V
Santa Cruz_7313_Theater Arts Dance Studio C	V
Santa Cruz_7314_Theater Arts Student Production	V
Santa Cruz_7315_Theater Arts Classroom	V
Santa Cruz_7318_Theater Arts 2nd Stage	V
Santa Cruz_7319_Theater Arts 2nd Stage Annex	V
Santa Cruz_7320_Theater Arts Offices	V
Santa Cruz_7376_Kerr Hall-SC	VI
Santa Cruz_7405_Theater Arts Foundry	V
Santa Cruz_7408_Oakes College Residence A13-15	IV
Santa Cruz_7414_Oakes College – Residence B11-15	IV
Santa Cruz_7416_Oakes College – Academic Building	V
Santa Cruz_7419_Oakes College Tutorial Center	IV
Santa Cruz_7421_Oakes College Residence C11-15	IV
Santa Cruz_7423_Oakes College Residence D14-16	IV
Santa Cruz_7430_Stevenson College Music Practice	IV
Santa Cruz_7437_Long Marine Lab Younger Research Building	V
Santa Cruz_7438_Long Marine Lab William T. Doyle Research Building	IV
Santa Cruz_7493_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities-Building A	V
Santa Cruz_7494_ Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building B	IV
Santa Cruz_7495_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building C	V
Santa Cruz_7496_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building D	IV
Santa Cruz_7497_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building E	V
Santa Cruz_7498_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building F	V
Santa Cruz_7499_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building G	V
Santa Cruz_7566_Cowell College Faculty Office Addition	IV
Santa Cruz_7689_Hahn McHenry Bridge	V
Santa Cruz_7726_Physical Education Facilities Fitness Center	V
Santa Cruz 7733 Long Marine Lab Seymour Center	IV
Santa Cruz_7743_Physical Education Facilities Office	IV
Santa Cruz_7775.1_Earth & Marine Sciences A1, A2, Atrium, Lobby	V
Santa Cruz_7775.2_Earth & Marine Sciences B	V
Santa Cruz_7775_Earth & Marine Sciences C And D	V
Santa Cruz_7782_Science and Engineering Library	IV
Santa Cruz_7784_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building H	IV
Santa Cruz_7815_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building I	IV
Santa Cruz_7822_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building J	V
Santa Cruz_7920.0_Social Sciences 1	V
Santa Cruz_7920.1_Social Sciences 1	V
Santa Cruz_7921.1_Social Sciences 2 South	V
Santa Cruz_7921_Social Sciences 2 North	V
Santa Cruz 7922 Music Center	V
Santa Cruz 7922.1 Music Center Recital Hall	V
Santa Cruz 7922.2 Music Center Rehearsal	V
Santa Cruz 7922.3 Music Center Addition	IV
Santa Cruz_7923_Theater Arts Experimental Theater	V
Santa Cruz_7924_Theater Arts Media Theater	V
Santa Cruz_7926_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building L	V
Santa Cruz_7927_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building M	V
Santa Cruz_7929_Elena Baskin Visual Arts Facilities – Building P	V