Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc. (EPS) is one of the leading manufacturers of seismic isolation bearings in the U.S. Their friction pendulum bearings have been specified for several of the worldâs largest seismic isolation projects to date. These projects include: the San Francisco Airport International Terminal, the largest new building in the world constructed using seismic isolation; U.S. Court of Appeals, a project awarded the federal governmentâs 1994 GSA Design Award for Engineering, Technology, and Innovation; and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, one of the largest bridges to be retrofitted with seismic isolation and requiring the largest seismic isolation bearings ever manufactured. Other projects using friction pendulum bearings include the Hayward City Hall, Greeceâs centralized liquefied natural gas storage tanks, and the American River Bridge, one of the largest new bridges in the U.S. to use seismic isolat
