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> Plus the goal is generally to build things which barely stand... Since when? Design criteria baked into international building code is quite robust; not jus

> Plus the goal is generally to build things which barely stand... Since when? Design criteria baked into international building code is quite robust; not just naive static load, but wind, snow, seismic activity, fire/flood/termite resistance, etc. are all considered. That's a far stretch from something that can "barely stand".

masklinn 5y ago
> Since when? Since always > Design criteria baked into international building code is quite robust; not just naive static load, but wind, snow, seismic activity, fire/flood/termite resistance, etc. are all considered. That's a far stretch from something that can "barely stand". “Barely stands” in this context is “Barely passes code”, as in “any idiot can build a bridge that stands, it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands”. The more you go over the more money you’re wasting.