Written in Blood: Part 6, When Cities Burn The disasters covered up to this point were restricted to isolated building incidents. At the height of the industrial revolution, cities began to become densely overpopulated, building codes were sti...

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Written in Blood, Part 5: Property vs People Early building codes and regulations had a very heavy focus on trying to limit property damage to both buildings and sites. Human health, safety and welfare was secondary to these.

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Written in Blood (Part 4) The next time you fly in an airplane, take a look at the windows. You may notice that they are rounded in the corners.

Why are building codes and regulations so important? To prevent the disasters they were written in response to. #writteninblood #codesmatter

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Written in Blood (Part 3) Examples of loss of life causing code and regulation impacts can be found across industries. Some of the most disturbing ones come from the manufacturing trades.

Structural failure, fire and snow- three more disasters that shaped the building code #architecture #codesmatter #writteninblood
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