Seismic upgrades
Jun. 13th, 2018 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrFor a few months now they've been arguing about requiring seismic upgrade to "unreinforced masonry" (basically brick) buildings.
The owners (which include a lot of churches) have been complaining about the cost, saying they can't afford it.
I wish *somebody* would stand up there and point out that if they *don't* do it, when (not *if*) the Big One comes, they'll be paying a lot more in wrongful death suits based on "you knew it wasn't safe in a quake, but you kept letting people use it".
Today they passed something, but it's got a lot of exceptions, allowing up to 20 years to get the upgrades done. :-(
The owners (which include a lot of churches) have been complaining about the cost, saying they can't afford it.
I wish *somebody* would stand up there and point out that if they *don't* do it, when (not *if*) the Big One comes, they'll be paying a lot more in wrongful death suits based on "you knew it wasn't safe in a quake, but you kept letting people use it".
Today they passed something, but it's got a lot of exceptions, allowing up to 20 years to get the upgrades done. :-(
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Date: 2018-06-14 01:31 pm (UTC)As an engineer I find this mindset baffling. Of course, as an engineer I find the way most humans think baffling.