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| This is why we shouldn't suspend building codes to quickly build hospitals "The hotel was a seven-story steel structure, built in 2013 and converted to a hot
by dpeck 7y ago
| This is why we shouldn't suspend building codes to quickly build hospitals
"The hotel was a seven-story steel structure, built in 2013 and converted to a hotel in 2018, according to Xinhua"
It doesn't appear to me that this has anything to do with building codes being suspended, but I do agree with you that they should not be.
- olegious 7y agoThat part of my comment refers to the well known issue that China often builds things quickly while taking shortcuts in building standards (either because they don't exist or due to corruption).