Is the proposed location of the student-athlete center safe? Isn it right on top of the Hayward Fault?
A. Adjacent to Memorial Stadium, the site is near but not on the Hayward Fault. That essential fact was determined by extensive geotechnical testing in and around the building site. To be absolutely certain, the test results were examined by the Campus Seismic Review Committee and subjected to peer review by independent geotechnical experts. In addition, all of the data was provided to the United States Geological Survey and the California Geological Survey, which conducted their own investigation and approved the findings. Each one of these separate reviews point to the same conclusion: there are no active faults under the building’s footprint.
