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by Jach 3359 days ago
Zhang's. They're built to withstand magnitude 9.0. https://www.wired.com/2012/09/broad-sustainable-building-ins... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/chinese-constr...
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adrianN 3359 days ago
They might be designed to withstand magnitude 9.0, whether they actually are built that way is a different question.
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TeMPOraL 3359 days ago
Indeed; I would assume a big part of the bureaucratic layer exists to make everything work mostly correct even though there will be cheaters and thieves at every stage of the construction process.
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