Earthquakes and Building Construction
Comments discuss how earthquakes in California, especially San Francisco, influence housing and building practices, such as avoiding brick structures, adhering to strict seismic codes, and comparisons to earthquake-resistant designs in Japan.
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In California, earthquakes are the issue. Brick buildings use to be common, but they don't hold up very well in earthquakes. I ma guessing the cost of supplies also play a role.
In California, earthquakes are the issue. Brick buildings use to be common, but they don't hold up very well in earthquakes. I ma guessing the cost of supplies also play a role.
It's not like concrete buildings were automatically earthquake-safe either…
Brick buildings don't do well with earthquakes. California also happens to sit on a major, active fault line. While it is technically possible to make a brick or stone building earthquake-proof, I would imagine it's cost prohibitive for large scale single-family housing projects. Apartment towers are already built with a multistory steel-reinforced concrete base that is built to withstand earthquakes, but it would increase costs significantly to build to the top like that.
Just encourage earthquakes and building on unstable ground. it works in Japan.
The can stand up better to an earthquake.
Hopefully it's being designed with consideration for earthquakes, which are inevitable in the region
Here in California we have earthquakes. You really don't want bricks here.
Brick houses are for locales without earthquakes :)
Anybody know how these stand up to earthquakes?