SFGTV2 December 28, 2012
Actually anchored and theyre actively in other floors and pressing down, forcing that concrete wall into a state of compression. And thats the characteristic which allows the building to shake, absorb energy from the earthquake, deform, and also come back to its original geometry. What that meant was the building would be functional. It meant it wouldnt have to be abandoned and fixed. We have probably the greatest specification for concrete ever developed for a project that has a really innovative structural system. One of the things thats evident from the research thats been done is that conc...