Many commentators have pointed to Chile’s stringent building codes as a key reason why the death toll from its earthquake (in the hundreds at this writing) has been so much lower than in Haiti (in the hundreds of thousands). Unfortunately, much of this commentary confuses two separate concepts: building quality and building codes. Building quality [...]
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Are Chile’s Building Codes Getting Too Much Credit?
Posted in International, tagged Chile, Disaster, Haiti on March 2, 2010 | 12 Comments »
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