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See my other comment above[1]. That company is rebuilding existing tanks on existing buildings, not building new tanks. That might sound like hair-splitting,
by vonmoltke 8y ago
See my other comment above[1]. That company is rebuilding existing tanks on existing buildings, not building new tanks. That might sound like hair-splitting, but it is significant in the context of building codes.
I'm not defending the code as written. However, there are a lot of complexities involved in retrofitting newer things to older buildings that are difficult to encapsulate in codes, hence the reason grandfathering provisions tend to be more generous than some people would like.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19442493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19442493
- dwighttk 8y agoThey put a new tank on a new building in 2007 http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2007/09/wooden-water-tank-tops-nyu.html http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2007/09/wooden-water-ta...
- dwighttk 8y ago"Indeed, new tanks are being built every day, in part because of the current building boom." (again 2007, but NYT instead of a blog) https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/nyregion/thecity/03wate.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/nyregion/thecity/03wate.h...
- vonmoltke 8y agoWell OK then. I thought new construction had moved on, but apparently not.