Building codes and costs to make a building Earthquake-ready do. LA’s newest tallest building set a record for the largest concrete pour ever. That’s because th

Building codes and costs to make a building Earthquake-ready do. LA’s newest tallest building set a record for the largest concrete pour ever. That’s because the footings of any building we build here needs to be sufficient mass that the building won’t topple in an Earthquake. Filed under things that don’t scale. Also, taller than any of Japan’s but about 2/3 the height of NYC’s Skyscrapers.