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Much of the west, especially the five Pacific states, have to set seismically safe construction standards. Wood frame buildings have flexibility.
by DrScump 6y ago
Much of the west, especially the five Pacific states, have to set seismically safe construction standards. Wood frame buildings have flexibility.
- baybal2 6y agoI very doubt that if any resistance is there, that it will ever beats reinforced concrete, or steel frame for safety. Reinforced masonry, if properly designed, will certainly beat wood, and nails too.
- DrScump 6y agoReinforced concrete has strength but not resilience. Check out the Cypress Structure collapse in the 1989 earthquake. There were similar failures of reinforce concrete spans in the later Northridge earthquake. The manufacture and transport of concrete for buildings also has a much more severe environmental impact.
- baybal2 6y agoThere is no chance that a wooden single family house will beat concrete.