Deathtrap: Moore tornado debris reveals construction flaws, code violations

[kyhowey]

Good article. Video located at the bottom of the article.

http://journalrecord.com/2014/02/20/...s-real-estate/

 

[kyhowey]

This will help:

http://journalrecord.com/2014/02/20/deathtrap-moore-tornado-debris-reveals-construction-flaws-code-violations-real-estate/

 

[cda]

Good article. Video located at the bottom of the article.

Thanks......

 

[Frank]

Hence the requirements for special inspections

 

[steveray]

Special inspector approved this rebar clearance to earth.....Hence the reason an SI does not relieve a BO from doing their job.....

 

[Paul Sweet]

I'm not sure whether codes in 1965 or 1984 would have required reinforced masonry. ACI 531 was first adopted in 1979, but unreinforced masonry was still allowed. Special inspections weren't required until the late 1980s, and then only for more complicated structural systems.