(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homeowner Ken Magleby, center, watches as Hills Construction foreman Adam Beazer, left, and worker Ron Cherrier, right, drill helical stainless steel rods into brick walls, reinforce roof rafters with wood blocks and nail framing angles and steel coil into the roof of his 1951 home during seismic reinforcement to his home, Mar. 11, 2021. Hills Construction specializes in seismic retrofits and workers are busy reinforcing homes, a year after the Wasatch Front's strongest earthquake on record shook unreinforced masonry structures.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.