did japan's earthquake affect your thought on richmond or high rise? japan

ACC-HE

did japan's earthquake affect your thought on living in Richmond or high rise in general?

lo_pak

回復 9# Catpiano

It's not up or down, find the shear wall of the building...

Lik

回復  Lik

    many new buildings with similar building code in chile were badly damaged as well
ACC-HE 發表於 2011-3-17 20:59

That's true ar. Chile and Canada almost have identical building codes, and lots of apartment buildings crumbled in Chile.

We all know that the most earthquake-proof buildings are the wooden single houses ga la. But those are $1M+ a piece. Who can afford those nowadays (unless you have hot money from Grandfather)? Aside from wooden single houses, your remaining choices are town house, low rise, or high rise ga la.

Given the choice, of course the preference would be:

1) single house
2) town house
3) low rise
4) high rise

But you gotta factor affordability, locations, etc. into account, and buy what you can afford law.

-Lik

lo_pak

回復 10# kingkong123

You are only correct if you haven't included the effect of "resonance"... Don't mislead LYK here...
The water tank on top of the building acts as a very good damper to counteract high magnitude quakes...
Wood frame is a good shock absorber, this is correct, but the joints are weak...

In all, it all depends on the magnitude of quakes you are referring to...

FiChai

As far as I can remember, there was an airplane hit into a residential high rise building in Rmd (next to the Rmd public market) not too long ago, yet I never heard of any serious earthquake for the past 10 years, no matter Rmd or Van. If I really need to worry, i rather worry to live near any coastal area. Not to mention tsunami, just big waves could kill.

kingkong123

Knowing that the "Big One" is imminent (and in fact, overdue), and the fact that Richmond will at be ...
Lik 發表於 2011-3-17 20:43

    你错啦，老友

高层死得更快啊， 高重底轻，或上下差不多重量更容易坍塌

wood frame 头轻底重而且木有有韧性没水泥甘容易倒

Catpiano

Just think about it yourself, if you are smart enough.
peter236 發表於 2011-3-17 21:15

What .. that "TRIANGLE" method?

I didn't read much .. since earthquake wont' affect us ..  

So, during earthquake, should go to higher level of a building?

Anyway, it it happened ..  dont think people hv time to do so ..

peter236

Why go third floor??
Catpiano 發表於 2011-3-17 21:13

Just think about it yourself, if you are smart enough.

Catpiano

Aberdeen center is a favorite spot for many shoppers. If anything happens, just go up to the third f ...
peter236 發表於 2011-3-17 20:55

Why go third floor??

ACC-HE

回復 3# Lik


    many new buildings with similar building code in chile were badly damaged as well

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTec ... e_readiness_110311/

It's not just old buildings that are vulnerable, says Adebar. The way modern buildings are constructed in B.C.'s earthquake zones may also put us at a major risk.

Studying the effects of the 2009 Megaquake in Chile, Adebar found that many of the buildings that were most affected were newer apartment and office towers reinforced with thinner, six-inch concrete walls for support.

B.C. has nearly identical building codes. The thinner walls have become popular in both Chile and North America because they allow for additional parking in underground parkades -- where buildings need to be their strongest.

The results prompted him to call for urgent changes to the building code in British Columbia.