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In a twist of fate, the Chamber of Civil Engineers building is one of the few that withstood the quake. https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/

In a twist of fate, the Chamber of Civil Engineers building is one of the few that withstood the quake. https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/10yw25f/chamber_of_civil_engineers_building_is_one_of_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/10yw2...

77pt77 4y ago
That will only result is in conspiracy theories about why that happened.
wongarsu 4y ago
I guess they had the forsight/experience to occasionally send one of their civil engineers to inspect the building site and make sure material and techniques were up to spec.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  I think it's less about the foresight and more about being willing to spend the extra cash. Shoddy construction is often cheaper, easier, or faster, those are the driving forces behind ignoring code. I doubt many engineers would choose to avoid the catastrophes they've been taught to avoid in their work, because they know better than anyone what the impact of such catastrophes will be. There will always be bad people, but there are more constraints than just lack of skill or foresight that make these disasters unfold.
eska 4y ago
Reminds me of the famous pictures of a tori arch in Japan that survived nukes and earthquakes while its surroundings were repeatedly destroyed. Real trooper.
gruez 4y ago
>is one of the few that withstood the quake. but in that picture, you can plainly see a bunch of other buildings in the background that also have "withstood" the quake?
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > but in that picture, you can plainly see a bunch of other buildings in the background that also have "withstood" the quake? Well the OP title is actually "...with almost no damage," which is not something you could tell from a distance in picture. Also, presumably, not every building in town failed to follow the building codes. But in any case, that's nitpicking that misses the point: a building which presumably closely followed the building codes got through with little to no damage.
kamaal 4y ago
Dogfooding is a thing. And its known to work.

77pt77 4y ago

That will only result is in conspiracy theories about why that happened.

wongarsu 4y ago

I guess they had the forsight/experience to occasionally send one of their civil engineers to inspect the building site and make sure material and techniques were up to spec.

jeroenhd 4y ago
I think it's less about the foresight and more about being willing to spend the extra cash. Shoddy construction is often cheaper, easier, or faster, those are the driving forces behind ignoring code. I doubt many engineers would choose to avoid the catastrophes they've been taught to avoid in their work, because they know better than anyone what the impact of such catastrophes will be. There will always be bad people, but there are more constraints than just lack of skill or foresight that make these disasters unfold.

eska 4y ago

Reminds me of the famous pictures of a tori arch in Japan that survived nukes and earthquakes while its surroundings were repeatedly destroyed. Real trooper.

gruez 4y ago

>is one of the few that withstood the quake. but in that picture, you can plainly see a bunch of other buildings in the background that also have "withstood" the quake?

tablespoon 4y ago
> but in that picture, you can plainly see a bunch of other buildings in the background that also have "withstood" the quake? Well the OP title is actually "...with almost no damage," which is not something you could tell from a distance in picture. Also, presumably, not every building in town failed to follow the building codes. But in any case, that's nitpicking that misses the point: a building which presumably closely followed the building codes got through with little to no damage.

kamaal 4y ago

Dogfooding is a thing. And its known to work.