Real Estate/Development
Nov. 17, 1999
Letter
Your article in the November 1999 issue, on page 29, titled "Concrete-frame structures pose serious quake risk" is quite misleading. You talk of the "recent earthquakes in Turkey, Greece and Taiwan sending shock waves through California's construction and investment industries ... thousands of concrete-frame structures that met code when they were built are at greater risk of collapse than anticipated." Quite a scary statement.
Your article in the November 1999 issue, on page 29, titled "Concrete-frame structures pose serious quake risk" is quite misleading. You talk of the "recent earthquakes in Turkey, Greece and Taiwan sending shock waves through California's construction and investment industries ... thousands of concrete-frame structures that met code when they were built are at greater risk of collapse than anticipated." Quite a scary statement.
First of all, the buildings that were built in...
First of all, the buildings that were built in...
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