Thursday, December 8, 2011

Why we have the California Building Code

On March 10, 1933, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Long Beach, California. According to the Department of General Services (department), that earthquake destroyed 70 schools and inflicted major structural damage on another 120.

No comments:

Fitting in

There is a great pressure to fit in, be the same, look the same, use existing standards. Building codes reinforce the fitting in strategy of...