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The bathtub curve does not apply to buildings. Aside from outliers like the Hard Rock Hotel in NOLA, new buildings very rarely fail catastrophically. ‘Greenfie
by quickthrowman 2y ago
The bathtub curve does not apply to buildings. Aside from outliers like the Hard Rock Hotel in NOLA, new buildings very rarely fail catastrophically.
‘Greenfield’ buildings have dozens of inspections during construction. Buildings are designed to remain standing indefinitely with maintenance unlike a battery power tool or washing machine.
Older buildings will typically have more issues since the building codes have improved over time, a focus on inspecting older buildings would be the best strategy.
- cozzyd 2y agoDepends how old... Highrises> 100 years old (like my condo building, which spent it's first 90-some years as an office building) were often way overbuilt.