Update: Building Codes in Material Handling
A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about the proliferation of major earthquakes and how the damage they cause is related to building codes. A recent Op-Ed piece in The New York Times illustrated a similar point. The piece of the article that jumped out to me most:
“…based on the kind of damage that buildings suffered in Chile, tall structures in the earthquake zones of the United States appear to be at much higher risk than we thought. This lesson should be of obvious concern to San Francisco and Los Angeles. But it is actually the Pacific Northwest that is most vulnerable to a mega-quake like Chile’s.”
A reader of mine commented on the original post that Chile has exacting building codes, some of the most stringent in the world. Some of those buildings still were decimated. Such a quake in the U.S. may or may not be catastrophic depending on where it hits.
It’s an important issue, and one that material handling distributors, particularly those who do storage and handling systems and large rack installations. According to at least this author, we should expect those codes to change.
The article was in the Times on Sunday, March 28, and was written by Peter Yanev, a structural engineer. It’s an interesting read. I recommend it.
Tags: disaster relief, material handling, rack, storage & handling
March 31st, 2010 at 9:39 am
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